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If the MTA ever filed for bankruptcy, we'd be basically having both the city and state government declaring a state of emergency because of the transit system's importance to the city. It would not be surprising if the subway was put under a federal monitor to make sure things don't escalate quickly. There'd also be a huge emergency meeting over what agency would replace the MTA and who would fund it. In terms of media coverage, it would be regarded as one of the biggest events of NYC in the early-21st century.

There was some overcrowding at 79th Street on the train last night during the PM rush thanks to an entrance on the other side that is closed for repairs. http://gothamist.com/2019/05/29/video_subway_platform_overcrowding.php As a longtime line rider since childhood, I feel like service is slowly on the decline. Just today, I was on a Bronx-bound train that went express to 145th Street because of a train at 137th Street that had some issues. The needs an improvement in terms of timing and more attention from the in general as it has been getting crowded from riders of the , , and , especially the weekends.

I never knew homelessness on the subway was this bad. And a whole car too... City government needs to take control of the situation, it's getting worse and worse by the day. It's not the first time though, I remember a long time ago there was a picture with a similar situation on the train.

Don't worry about that. 5249 has been persevered for the NYTM. In fact, they have multiple RTS saved for the Transit Museum.

The held a farewell celebration for the RTS Series on May 6th, 2019 that was a part of the transit system for 38 years. It was a great event; saw many transit officials and enthusiasts present. Hard to believe there were many of these on the streets of the Big Apple months ago and just like that it's all over. Anyways, here's the pictures from the farewell. A special thank you to the people that organized this event. Enjoy!

Depends. I imagine there would be a few subway cars preserved (some would be saved as a form of Amercian pride as it is fully built and manufactured in the U.S., plus it's status as the oldest operating subway train in the world) but many would be scrapped.

A huge thank you to the folks at the that organized the farewell of the RTS yesterday. It was great to see 38 years of history be celebrated one last time. They did, the interior smelled fresh and clean when I stepped inside 5241. The floor, the seats, even the ceiling where the air conditioner is.

Both of the yards that 42nd Street Shuttle is a part of is R62As and those aren't getting NTTs anytime soon. The is likely waiting for the R262s to come in to begin CBTC installation on that line.

I'm a bit 50/50 on this. 50 on the grounds that it would improve bus service on the M14 (which is a great thing) and 50 on the concern that it would cause major traffic issues since 14th Street is used by cars a lot, and the roads south of 14th head into different directions and how would 23rd Street and 34th Street (as well as the one direction avenues) would handle the huge traffic from 14th, especially the bus routes.

They're working now? Cool, I'll try it out whenever I pass through there. BTW, are there any plans for the general public to get their hands on an OMNY card if they don't have a phone or debit/credit card?

If anything, this means that we should be thankful Byford isn't gonna give in to Cuomo's bullshit and that he ain't going anywhere anytime soon. The reason why that is it's because the only thing that matters to the politicians in power at the moment is just saving their ass and not caring about the public at large. They only care about themselves sadly.

On a related note, more and more R179s are popping up on the by the day.

Seems some firm is trying to help CRRC land the contract to build the R262. https://about.bgov.com/news/manafort-linked-firm-helps-china-company-chase-nyc-subway-deal/

Wow, it's time isn't it? New York City is never gonna be the same when these buses retire. The RTS series in general have been serving this city since the 80s. It's witnessed the rapid change the Big Apple underwent at the end of the 20th Century as well as the last 19 years (especially 9/11 and the austerity like measures/fiscal cuts the faced as a result of the Great Recession at the end of the 2000s-early 2010s), multiple appearances in alot of movies tv shows set in NYC plus the news reports, served in all 5 boroughs some for long-gone depots, that's how long they've been around. I'm happy to have ridden them in person on routes in Manhattan and see them in action in Brooklyn and Queens. It also feels like the buses are New Yorkers itselves because so many of us have gotten used to it's presence on the streets no matter where in the city we head out to. I do hope the RTS has some sort of farewell celebration like what was done to the original Routemasters in 2005 when they were retired.

The recently announced that they were inspecting all elevated structures after the incident on the . Simply put it, the workers are just making sure things are in shape and removing anything that can be hazardous to the cars and people below.

I caught one at 145th Street today. :l

The original 33rd Street terminal on the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad was there before the subway line on Broadway was built.

I know, but I meant before that connection at South Ferry existed.

At Rector Street where Trinity Street intersects Morris Street and an off ramp from the tunnel, you can see the entrances to the train stop and the / stop across the street from each other. And I've been wondering "why wasn't a transfer built here?"