Brillant93

Wouldn’t be surprised if some mafia like behavior is taking hold.

Its probably not too late, but getting repairs done shouldn't take almost 10 years for a depot or anything else.

I'm not sure why people are acting as if the MTA has the money to rebuild and fix off their property? They are a government agency, they will need money to fix the vast system we have in this city. Our depots are very old, they were old trolley barns for a lot of them, they need to be rebuilt or renovated, but at the same time look how long its taking for Jamaica bus depot to even get rebuilt. This was planned years ago, but construction won't even start until when? Next year? The MTA needs money, but the MTA needs to also be freed from being a pawn for politicians as well.

It’s a government agency and it requires hearings before implementation. You want them to just go a head with the redesign without community input?

I think this was mentioned a couple months ago on here. But we have the late 2000s and early 2010 models aging out.

Also wearing designer clothing doesnt matter either.

Its the fleet and depot thread.

Has farebeating ever gotten this bad? I was on a route and I watched everyone and I was the only one who paid to get on.

What's the Flatbush depot renovations gonna be about? I'm curious?

The Q35 going to sheepsheads bay and not Flatbush junction where there is a straight connection to a subway doesn't make any sense at all. How many people from Far Rockaway are going to that area? Who will it benefit? Most of the people who travel from that area aren't going there so there isn't a need for the Q35 to even be rerouted because you are already taking away a direct connection to Manhattan via the subway.

It’s probably to make a train connection.

Well, i'm not one of those people who would act as if things weren't bad back then, but I am more so saying along the lines of public behavior now vs back then. I mean years ago many people wouldn't fare beat but now its sort of a thing that is commonly done without any sort of remorse. It really has no bearing on the MTA but just the public in general.

I believe some transit agencies check the contactless payment cards randomly. But if they do, I think they would have to be police. edit: has anyone even noticed that there’s lots of people who vape on the trains now?

Do you think the MTA are going to have some sort of eagle team on all the bus routes once OMNY goes into full effect? Its not practical for bus drivers risk their lives asking for fare and a lot of people just walk on the buses without paying now. I would imagine they'll use a device to check and see if OMNY cards were swiped and if you have a transaction receipt on your phone.

So my suspicions were right, its still being used. I don't know why they needed to give that depot back to the city it there were never any plans to even tear it down. I understand it was on a burial ground but it could have, in my opinion been converted into an engineering school and or trade school of some sort of the unvalued youth to work for the MTA or something.