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50 minutes ago, NoHacksJustKhaks said:

For the funds the  has, they can certainly do better on this. 

Which circles right back to the new deep cleaning program 

We're basically saying "gee, it sucks stuff isn't being cleaned" in response to the fact that they're cleaning more stuff in more thorough ways now. Hopefully they'll keep this up and expand the deep cleaning to more cars and stations. 33 St on the  definitely looks great – someone mentioned it got a deep clean and it really looks like it's 15 years newer from its prior renovation. 

12 hours ago, VIP said:

Side note: I never understood why some of transit’s regular wash facilities couldn’t produce this.

I think the normal car washes are basically a souped-up car wash; things like graffiti smears on stainless steel (I don't know how to describe it, but the spots on cars where paint was obviously cleaned off) as well as steel dust buildup and other grime probably penetrate deeper and are harder to clean than a simple wash. Also, it seems like they got some new end bonnets as well

3 minutes ago, VIP said:

Now will that set go to East New York or 207th?? Hmmm...

I believe it's part of another 4-car set at ENY that was awaiting its arrival. I think for some reason 3070-73 was delayed and held back instead of coming in a while ago when the rest of the 30XX cars arrived

38 minutes ago, Mtatransit said:

I think the MTA needs reform, like maybe we need to start over, the taxpayers and us riders have enough

Wasn't part of the whole congestion pricing thing part of a reform package for the MTA (to what degree we'll see, given that it's Cuomo of course) 

16 hours ago, RR503 said:

Here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g3pNbvpfqGE4g9v-7t3bfU0xO23U40fp

Mind if I use this data for a term paper I'm writing for school about the subway system's downfall in the 70s and 80s? I've been looking for nice ridership data that extends before the 70s as well as after, and this is a holy grail for me with how specific it is! 

4 hours ago, Bay Ridge Express said:

Their strategy is farebeating.

I still doubt most motorists would instantly go to farebeating. Definitely not a 1:1 ratio; if anything I'd assume a pretty good turnover from cars to transit. 

14 hours ago, paulrivera said:

The question I have, however, will be what happens when motorists smarten up and congestion revenue starts falling short,

Assuming they move to other modes of transport (public...transport...even?), that revenue could very will just become fare revenue. That's the brilliance of it – you have an alternative in place so that if people are so discouraged from driving, they'd take a train or a bus (which we have lots of). These people likely still need to travel into the city, and if even a small fraction of the drivers decide to simply change their lifestyle, a vast majority still either will pony up the fee, or will switch to another mode of transit. 

8 hours ago, VIP said:

Why did the  get those NTTs? 

They split service into two sections, which meant trains couldn't come from Westchester, so the Manhattan segment (149-GC to City Hall) had equipment from Jerome, as well as a few R62As which I assume were moved downtown before the weekend began. 

3 minutes ago, Bay Ridge Express said:

Well that's definitely the Penn Station  announcement... most likely was just an accidental copy paste

Really funny since the  would have the normal M34 - 33 St announcement for late nights, wouldn't it...and the  had that transfer before it lost the R142As, didn't it? 

So I was riding an R142 on the , and heard something...very interesting, to say the least, at 33 St. Any ideas? 

41 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said:

So I think the  is single-tracking from 3 Av-138 St to 125 St on the Brooklyn Bridge-bound track, hence Pelham Bay Park trains having to go express from 3 Av to Hunts Point Av due to lack of switches to get the train back to the local track.

Oh, that makes a lot of sense! Thanks!

What work would be happening to split the  into two sections this weekend? Given that trains run to 125th Street in one section, and past it on the express tracks on the other section, where would they be actually working that would require this split? 

1 hour ago, biGC323232 said:

Even if they see the sign on the floor below thats still not gonna stop them in my opinion...

Feels like one of those gates you see on r/CrappyDesign or something that could easily be opened by a thief. Sure, it's not going to stop determined folks, but to a casual person who's just taking the opportunity, the presence of a gate itself (or in this case the fare evasion warnings) could be a good enough deterrent to at least curb some fare evasion.  

1 hour ago, BayParkwayW said:

But yes, this is what I’m talking about:

Wow! Just curious, what would happen if a passenger went to the front window? Would they get yelled at by the T/O (or would one be not even allowed to step in to begin with lest they be haggled by an irked employee) 

15 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Sometimes employees will forget to close the door all the way, and when the train starts speeding up or brakes hard, the door will fly and get stuck in the half position. I've seen it happen twice on the .

Anyone have a pic of this? I'm not really understanding what's being described and I've never seen what (at least I think) is being described. 

17 hours ago, Calvin said:

Also, for those interested in G/Os, R142As on the .. may come back....this weekend

Saw the G/O being for a split  from 149-GC to Brooklyn Bridge. Would that mean we could see both R142As and R142s on the  in Manhattan? 

On 3/23/2019 at 11:12 PM, Calvin said:

Not sure when this started but Bedford Av on the  inside the tiles are off on the side and lights in the middle are all off, temp lights were on on the bulbs. 

I saw this at least back in late February. While it sure doesn't look good I find it...kinda interesting to see the station practically gutted while still being open. A peek behind the curtain of sorts, IMO

1 hour ago, Jcb said:

The NYC subreddit doesn't do much besides complain about everything. It's kind of their thing.

I posted a nice video of the 7 at sunset, and someone even joked when I mentioned appreciating the subway, saying "What would this sub do if it couldn't comment "tHaT pRoBaBlY sMeLlS lIkE pIsS" every day"

3 hours ago, ABOGbrooklyn said:

Any way to get Google to fix this? It's been bothering me. 

I think there's a way to report inaccurate map data. Maybe under feedback? 

18 hours ago, R68OnBroadway said:

Was on a  that went BIE at W4 because the windows to the doors inbetween cars were missing 

Did they just like...pop off? Or was the train just running without them and all of a sudden went BIE?

On 3/14/2019 at 10:14 PM, Interested Rider said:

It is the same thing with the "Caution; Bus is turning"

I feel like that's also a thing for visually impaired people, no? Same as the crosswalks that have noise indicators and buttons to alert people when it's safe to cross. 

7 minutes ago, Around the Horn said:

but its pretty cool that it sounds like West Side Story

I remember the NYT did an article from at least a decade ago on this coincidence, but they definitely didn't go into as much detail for the reason as to why. I really liked the casual explanation of how the inverters work, and how they make the sound, since I never really grasped that before. 

I've also come to like the ONIX sounds more in the past few months – when the HVAC is off I like hearing the motors whirring up along with the inverters on the R160s. 

25 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

8 sets, operates 18 trains and 8 sets of them are 179s.

So by the time all the 4-car sets are delivered, the  will be more than half R179? Nice!

2 hours ago, j express said:

3206-3213 now in service on the  

How many total does that make for the ? It's gotta be getting close to half the C's fleet by now...

Radiolab from WNYC did a story about the sound of the R142's inverters, and how it sounds like "Somewhere" from West Side Story. The specific part of the show begins at about 55 minutes in; it's about 20 minutes long. It's a good listen, and I really enjoyed the piece https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/asking-another-friend