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  1. On 4/5/2020 at 1:05 PM, Deucey said:

    Actually I do. And I’m going to formally advise you to stop it - since during this stay-at-home order period I figured out how to use these moderator buttons.

    I have a better idea.

    Delete My Account.

    Anything is better than listening to whiny NYCT personnel deny the inevitable.

  2. 16 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said:

    Not even worth this back and forth. We already have restrictions in place and is beyond obvious and everyone on the forum knows the MTA is in a situation worse than a budget crunch.  Nothing else to discuss. Time to clock out.

     

    This makes me question tho: anyone think we're gonna have at least a form of holiday schedule for subways in effect? Iirc SEPTA started to do this recently and the MNRR Hudson Line was put in weekend service until further notice.

    I agree. I feel like Cassandra right about now. I'm done.

  3. Just now, B35 via Church said:

    Unprovoked, you blurted out to MHV9218 that "I have absolutely no one in my ear".... You reassure it by telling me that whatever biases you have aren't "informed" by second hand comments....

    **Newsflash**: Nobody gives a shit about if you're being influenced by some outside force with this narrative you're spewing & defending on here, or if it's an original "suspicion" of yours - but it's amazing how "us guys" have to answer for Rockefeller - all because, and yet again, you're running on nothing but an assumption that the MTA's shutting down....

    You forgot to inform us NYC residents well below I-287 that not only is the MTA not shutting down, but are suspending fares for local buses...

    Good job though at condescendingly repeating that our debtors will come for us - because, you know, that's definitely someone that's concerned for those of us in NYC & not someone that feels some type of way about this region of the state, gleefully wagging a virtual finger, anticipating for an event of sorts to happen...

    He's trying to convince himself that he's right, because he wants an MTA shutdown for the purpose of sticking it to New Yorkers here in the city.... His mindset is very typical of quite a bit of upstate NY patrons, FYI.....

    The shutdown of commerce would be devastating to the WHOLE state's economy. I would never wish that upon anybody. Those conditions alone could cause an explosion in poverty (which has happened before).

    You guys KNOW your situation isn't financially tenable. Stop pretending that it is.

    I wish things turned out differently for you guys. I think y'all got a raw deal. You completely ignored my Rockefeller remark. I thought that with Byford, maybe you would see some much needed change, but given that he was pushed out, it's clear you cannot. Don't ignore Byford's departure as if it doesn't factor in. It absolutely does.

    If you're going to rebut my concerns, do so without assuming how I think.

    I know that some of you are employees. You're less inclined to believe me because I no longer have a stake in the city's affairs (which I admitted in my status earlier this week). You don't have to. But at the very least, stock up on some precious metals because there's a reasonable chance your pensions could be at risk.

    I wish I was wrong. I really do. I don't do this to spread fear. I'm saying this so you can prepare. But if you don't want to, "this is fine."

  4. 23 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

    The only pretending going on here is this concern you're exuding.... Are NYC residents on here supposed to be impressed by someone with an upstate NY bias telling us that you was in NYC this past Monday - as if you're some beacon of information, apprising those of us well "below I-287" what we already know? Honestly now.

    Funny how two days ago, we were experiencing a manufactured crisis - but now you're not making anything up & we have to stop pretending that this isn't real, because a few people on a forum is checking you about this whole MTA shutting down bit.... It's one thing to have the mindset that there'll be service decreases due to ridership decreases & front line workers suffering from whatever ailment they're suffering from - it's another to sit on here on some, oh, the MTA's gonna pull the plug shit....

    ...and throwing Byford's name into the mix in your little slippery slope argument, isn't helping your case for an MTA shutdown or some cancellation...

    I spent three years up close and personal with the city, its residents and transit system.

    My bias is informed by real suffering and real-world experience, not second hand comments. My experience, however, does make me understand why Upstate resents the MTA so much.

    I just wonder why you guys allowed Rockefeller to do what he did. This is why the MTA's hella insolvent. While the lights will be kept on, this isn't sustainable financially, and I repeat, your debtors will come for you.

  5. 1 minute ago, MHV9218 said:

    What are you suggesting is going to happen? MTA service, if it were to be curtailed, would be curtailed because of a decree from Cuomo, not because of anybody economically tied to the MTA's debt payments. It probably will get reduced, but even in Italy the trains are still running. It will not be shut down entirely.

    I never said service was going to get cut by order. I have absolutely no one in my ear. I literally admitted that in the first reply. My concern was the dynamic. Given Byford's departure, the Coronavirus pandemic, the MTA and Cuomo's denial in what led to his departure, a series of unfortunate events will occur by which the MTA will be cancelled. If it doesn't occur by order, it will by actuality.

    What I meant by debt vultures are those who hold MTA bonds. The moment any of them waver, those pensions will go the way of St. Clares, but one hundred times worse.

  6. MTA workers are already beginning to get sick and there's a huge drop in ridership. I was just in NYC this past Monday. My bias does not make the reality any different for those below I-287. People are gonna get "railroaded".

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/new-york-e2-80-99s-mta-takes-a-ridership-hit-as-investors-hang-on/ar-BB11pZLE

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/marleycoyne/2020/03/20/23-new-york-area-transit-workers-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/#3cd7565129a5

    I'm not making anything up. Stop pretending that this isn't real.

  7. 1 hour ago, Jova42R said:

    Since we don't have one of these for the BRTA, I thought I'd start one. Does anyone know which buses they run? @Autocar@MassTransitHonchkrow@GojiMet86 I know you are experts on CDTA, do you know about BRTA?

    I haven't lived in the Berkshires since 2012. I've only been to Pittsfield Intermodal once. However, I will attempt to locate resources on their site and see if I can plop them here.

  8. On 3/3/2020 at 4:53 PM, KK 6 Ave Local said:

    Here's a plan for expansion from 1920 that I thought differed from a lot of others of the time. It hasn't received too much coverage despite being as ambitious as it was, and it has a brief feature in "The Routes Not Taken". It was apparently planned to be complete by 1945. If only

    Nyc_subway_expansion_1920_map.jpg

    A further testament that New York City is where dreams get stolen (as opposed to becoming true). We're so far gone from Carrie's New York. Another theft is bound to happen in three weeks of EPIC proportions. Again.

  9. On 2/29/2020 at 6:52 PM, bobtehpanda said:

    Did you even read any of the conversation around that? We're talking about projects started by the MTA's predecessor a century ago. All those bonds are retired and everyone involved in the construction, planning, or financing is dead.

    It's possible I didn't. Could you give me the index so I can catch up? Thanks.

  10. 22 hours ago, Deucey said:

    Seeing this and how “far” it is to Manhattan makes me wonder why BRT/BMT didn’t make (J) a three track line with a proper express setup East of B-way Junction, and a 4 track to Marcy Av, or why (L) is two tracks.

    Seems a lot of money could’ve been made if they did.

    Making money was never the goal. The [very rich] people holding onto that $40bn of debt are gonna get rich at the expense of the MTA by this summer. Byford's actions would threaten their payday. It's why he's out. Kiss those pensions goodbye. St. Clare's was a warning shot to the sorry state of retirement in New York State.

     

    A similar dynamic is playing out in Miami, Honolulu and Seattle.

  11. On 2/23/2020 at 5:59 PM, bobtehpanda said:

    Damn, y'all best get on some blood pressure medication because the amount of salt in here is too damn high.

    Anyways, I made a... different MTA map, and I was wondering what y'all think. (Yes, stuff like wheelchair accessibility is missing, and there are some misspelled or misplaced station names, but I'll correct it when I correct it.

    YWaiHhG.png

     

    One way to explain the lopsidedness of the subway system...

  12. On 2/10/2020 at 11:48 AM, RestrictOnTheHanger said:

    With the recent rise in amount of homeless people on the trains, how much disruption has there been to daily operations and who in ops/other departments are taking notice?

    The amount of sick and disruptive passenger incidents has to be having adverse effects on runtimes, OTP, overtime, and other metrics. Not to mention the safety and bio hazards that follow. At what point does management step in and become more aggressive in keeping homeless people out

    The city nor the MTA is not interested in dealing with its homeless problem. Even the attempts at cracking down on fare evasion are being labeled by advocacy groups as 'poverty crime enforcement'. How can they not notice?

    Such conditions make it ripe for a coronavirus outbreak. This is by design. As I said in previous posts, NYC is in a controlled breakdown.

    I was previously homeless and sought the subway as a refuge, but as a paying customer. Those who pay should never be forced to leave. I was still receiving help to pay for my rides so I could meet employers and landlords. Found myself in an inescapable Catch-22.

    I fled Upstate because the cost of living is lower and the transit system is not a mess. NYCT bleeds three times the size of CDTA's budget in fare evasion every year. With a good paying job, you could have $23K left over AFTER taxes.

    #FleeNYC

  13. 2 hours ago, shiznit1987 said:

    There's a very simple question burning in my mind:

     

    Why didn't the MTA decide to go with HEETs as the default turnstile of choice? To me, it seems like the perfect solution: On the one hand, this reduces the need for more police/citizen interaction and on the other is nearly un-defeatable as a fare control mechanism. It's clear that the old broken windows model of policing is socially untenable...however the MTA cannot simply let the subway "be free" as it's not financially sustainable. 

     

     

    I raised a similar concern in Subway Off-Topic. At this point, with all the dysfunction in the MTA, it's not a good standalone move. What needs to change is the guidance previously given by Cy Vance with regards to fare evasion, which is a blow to any attempt to curtail it. IMHO, I felt that service needed to be cut where fare evasion was most rampant (great business move, but advocacy groups will cry racist and poverty discrimination). Absent any radical intervention, y'all will suffer the same fate as St. Clare's.

    Further, the management structure of the MTA makes it seem alien to both the city that depends on it and the suburbanites who are forced to fund it. Let's be frank - the MTA isn't going to get better. I see you guys going bankrupt in three years, tops.

  14. 2 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

    Cool story.

    No worries.

    As for the link, it works fine on my end - it points to the NY state library website... Tried to check ny.gov, but they don't seem to have a list of all the counties anywhere (if they do, it isn't all that feasible to access).....

    Then I guess it's an ASN block (which is reasonable, as it it wards off DDoS attacks, which often use ASNs like Leaseweb. I just don't feel OK giving local DNS overlord MCI my information.

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