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These are the rollsigns in question, courtesy of @Lance

This issue is why the K bullet was moved next to the B

Could you share pictures if you have seen any?

@Harry Hi Harry, I hope you are doing well. When trying to enter the site, I got this message: Screen Shot 2020-09-13 at 1.37.40 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Apparently, the certificate expired yesterday, which is why a lot of people aren't posting today. I thought it made sense to let you know if you were not already aware.

Fully understandable. It was very badly phrased.

I understand the political realities and that most people do not care about the issue or have time. I meant to convey that if you believe that the climate crisis is real, you should support reducing car usage. I was not trying to be patronizing, so please forgive the way I phrased it.

If we weren't in a climate crisis, things would be very different. Then I would push for more gradual changes, and try to meet half way. At the current point, trying to meet half way will mean that we will not reduce emissions enough to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and place all our futures at risk. Rural areas need cars. I am not denying it. Urban areas need to become more walkable, need to be denser, and need to have better transit systems.

If you are fine having the planet be uninhabitable, then sure, accept the political reality that it is hard to get people out of cars. If you want to do something about it, like me, you need to advocate to reduce car usage as much as possible. You do note that I understand that some trips can only feasibly be done by cars.

When we are in a climate crisis it should be made much harder. Unless we drastically reduce car use, the world will become uninhabitable for my generation and those to come. New York City has great transit options. People should be steered to using them. Speed cameras only ticket people when they go 11 mph over the limit. People hit by a car at 30 mph are 70% more likely to be killed than a car at 25 mph. Cars should be ticketed for going at least 1-2 mph greater than the limit, and the number of cameras should be increased. Stop blaming pedestrians. https://www.curbed.com/2020/9/3/21419149/pedestrian-safety-deaths-angie-schmitt

The Mayor has not gone far enough with Vision Zero. Driving in NYC should be hard. People's lives are at stake.

Amazing! The 3rd picture is outstanding.

@BM5 via Woodhaven New schedules are up for the Bronx, Brooklyn, and NYCT routes in Queens.

I just noticed that the webpage is now up: https://new.mta.info/projects/rutgers The project will begin with three weeks of work in September. There will be service changes on theandlines every night and all weekend during those three weeks, with additional weeks planned in October and November. Beginning in early 2021, there will be four months of continuous work that will require similar service changes. Benefits for you Our work to fix the Rutgers tunnel and its infrastructure will help make transit more reliable, resilient and accessible, for years to come. The improvements we're making range from protections against future extreme weather events to ADA and circulation enhancements to the East Broadway station. Better service reliability New tracks, ties and third rail New fiber optic cable and signaling equipment Long-term resiliency Rehabilitated pump room to increase pumping capacity New cable racking system to relocate cables above flood levels Rehabilitated fan plant to improve ventilation Better accessibility New accessibility features at East Broadway station include: Raised platform boarding areas Tactile platform edge warning strips Widened staircase from mezzanine to platform for improved circulation Project Schedule and Impacts to E and F Service While we’re doing this work, we’ll need access to the tunnel and its track. That means we can't run train service through the tunnel while we're working. On nights and weekends for three weeks beginning September 14 and one week each in October and November, and on nights and weekends for four months in early 2021, there will be no train service At the East Broadway or York St stations. To provide as much subway service as possible, we’ll reroute E and F trains in Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, We'll reroute E and F trains nights and weekends during: Weeks of September 14, 21, and 28 One week in mid October One week in mid-to-late November Then, in early 2021 service changes will be in effect for four months. How E and F service will operate while we work E trains will be rerouted on the A/C line between Jay St-MetroTech in Brooklyn and W 4 Street in Manhattan F trains will be rerouted on the E line between W 4 Street and 36 Street in Queens E trains will be rerouted on the F line between 36 Street in Queens and Delancey St-Essex St in Manhattan, the first/last stop for all E trains in Manhattan. This change allows us to maintain subway service at 2 Av and Delancey St-Essex St. While we work, the East Broadway and York St stations will be closed to customers. The World Trade Center E station will also be closed during work hours. We'll provide free shuttle bus service at East Broadway and York St so that you can get to a nearby subway station. The Chambers St A/C station and Cortlandt St N/R station will also serve as alternative points of entry into the system.

The issue is Lexington Avenue CBTC, which is being held up as well.

Expect service on par with the initial Essential Service Plan, and more drastic cuts to bus service.

We aren't getting any money unless Biden wins, and we wouldn't be getting it until January at the earliest. The Republican party is willing to let transit and this country die.

Wow. I personally don't understand why they feel to replace signs that are perfectly readable. If it is very faded and scratched, that is one thing. This is a waste of money at a time the agency doesn't have money to spare.

@MHV9218 Look at the interesting signage in this photo. You have a weird large B sign for skip-stop service and a black on white sign telling passengers not to cross the tracks in a weird font. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?41803

Do you really think that if we knew when they would be back in service there would be no mention of a date in the "R179 Discussion Thread"? Relax and be patient.

Mr. Goble needs to be honored when it is safe. In addition, a lot of hardworking operators, conductors, maintenance workers, and other people in the MTA will likely lose their jobs.

City Hall Lower Level can only fit 8-car trains.

Railfans like me do, and I really miss 2008-2010, when you had R32s, R40Ms and R42s running on the line with R46s. I wish I could have ridden that. I have never been on an R46 , which is something I always wanted to ride on.

I was referring to the 1960s plan.

It was initially going to be 64th Street, but officials at the Rockefeller Institute at 64th Street feared that heavy construction and later train movements so close to the Institute's buildings might have adversely affected delicate instruments at the Institute and change the accuracy of the research being conducted.