MassTransitHonchkrow

@Around the Horn get this: The conductor doted off at Canal St's Tunnel level and it literally took me yelling "what the heck? That signal is green! Why are we still here? You sleep?" Please note ten minutes passed before my remark. The signal could have been green for longer. I find some conductor's lack of tact, disturbing.

Oh yeah. It was 1:47 PM when those doors closed. It was 2:18 PM when they opened at 36 St. Maybe the BusMoji isn't visible from mobile.

I don't follow you. :-/ Is there really such a thing? And if there was, how much could it be leveraged to suck riders' wallets dry? *imagining a scene on Port Washington to Manhasset* Conductor: ticket? Me: *hands ticket from Woodside to Manhasset* Conductor: oh I'm sorry, that doesn't account for our ghost zone. I'm gonna need $3 from you or I call the purple-ties.

Service Changes on the BMT 4th Ave line are cruelly slow. How TF does it take 35 minutes on the express track to get from Fort Greene to Sunset Park? I got off the at 36 St and took the B63 on 5th Ave. What are the friggin odds I make it to Bay Ridge Av before it does? Really craving some busmoji updates on this site...😩 Can't believe there's no Brooklyn routes past the 50s covered.

The Q52/53 hands off to SBS on November 12th. The DOT did a Picassic job with roadways. They really rolled out the 'red asphalpet' out here. **there are intentionally misspelled puns in this blurb**

Great Capital Compromise - the first time since 2007 that the MTA left the base fare as is (despite reduced bonuses and pricier unlimiteds)...😫

@N6 Limited if you want to figure out where zones are, simulate (but don't complete) ticket purchases choosing various locations and mark a zone each time the ticket goes up. The LIRR handouts include zone information, but it does vary by branch. Usually it's in the back. I think the first three zones are within the city and should not exceed $4.25 in cost (besides base fare, this was also preserved in the Great Capital Compromise).

You took my remarks out of context. Don't be an arse. The MTA never does anything in moderation, and by citing utility costs, it should have led to a discussion concerning wasteful spending and energy independence, which is more attainable than either congestion pricing or the millionaire's tax, certain to be shot down by the 7 senators representing the MTA suburban service area. If you have nothing to say to further the conversation, don't further the conversation. I am a trigger happy muter. Just ask via Church.

Did you know that Bee-Line bus data is now available on Google Maps? I was an important help in that game... If they take MetroCard, they should be included. Plain and simple. NICE bus data was available courtesy of the private operator, Transdev, which is painstakignly detailed and rich.

I do honestly wonder if that's happening elsewhere too? The MTA wastes a lot of things. I hear their electric bill is unbelievable.

A study was recently published and I'm not too surprised at how NYC ranks: The study is here: https://www.arcadis.com/en/global/our-perspectives/sustainable-cities-mobility-index-2017/comparing-cities/?tf=tab-profit&sf=all&r=north_america&c=all In terms of the continent, were 1st, but other rankings are lower: the lower the ranking, the worse the score Commute time: 22 out of 23 (Summer of Hell, anyone?) Economic opportunity: 9 out of 23 (I disagree with this) Public finance: 21 out of 23 (with $40 billion in debt, a gold-digging guv 'nor, and a stubborn resistance by the mayor to MoveNY plan, how else?) Road network efficiency: 23 out of 23 (sorry, Moses - you tried) Affordability: 15 out of 23 (with fares 27% higher than nat'l inflation and 50% higher than surrounding agencies, this will only get worse) Utilization: 5 out of 23 (managing delays has gotten better, but the MTA should really consider the Triboro Rail, largely disused by revenue trains but reliable for cargo transport)

@Bill from Maspeth it was like that for me during the first few months I was on this site. After a while, I felt my content was ignored, too, so I took a different approach by taking my criticisms to Medium, where I have the room and the space to properly hash out my thoughts. It's difficult to do that on a forum, as many users here, some of them employees, have diverging views on how things are done. This unintentionally allows the status quo to remain unchanged.

You might have the strikethrough mode enabled by default. It seems the option isn't available on mobile, where most of my replies not this one are from.

PATH does something similar. Me and a conductor shared a coffee break and current events on my last photo run in New Jersey. About August 2016.

I've been trying to utilize the strikethrough function on purpose. Did you reply over desktop or mobile?

The relocation of Eagle Eyes toward SBS is having a visible impact. I see less scoundrels on Brooklyn SBS, even in bad neighborhoods. This is further proof that if you station cops, they won't come. ☝psst...there's a play on words in those italics! =Another city known for city lights and rowdy crowd.=

what standards? 🤔 Hopefully the will use this time to evaluate more than just Bombardier in terms if unfitness for NYC investment. I'm positive several more prime contractors can be booted proper. Also, a Carfax-like history to see how many other agencies they've failed, e.g. NYCHA, CTA, etc, so we don't set taxpayer dollars for failures in engineering.

I think they should be converted into Low-V tugtrains. As far as I'm concerned, the number of outages so close to bottlenecks is putting strain on nearby systems while trapping riders. Kew Gardens, West Midtown, DeKalb, and I'm sure the list will only grow. I'm positive that there are better alternatives to the gas powered vehicles that make the tunnels unbreathable if it isn't being caused by both rat species in the subway. The R32s are beyond useful revenue service. However I don't think they totally deserve a resting place in the Atlantic yet.

I have a different link for the calendar I started on Google - this one is viewable from a browser: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ouh76vca7r0v6a3ks5tnvdapk4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York

I figured other parts came from elsewhere. I'm sure if you bring it up, it'll be brushed over until the real reason actually hurts someone. Then the finger pointing shall commence. 👈👆👉👇

If you're talking about the sound it makes when they accelerate, that's because the R143, R142 and R188 are Kawasaki-built. They seem to share the same components for propulsion.