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Bay Ridge Express

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  1. They probably didn't do that on purpose, considering everyone would be gunning for the subway.
  2. It seems most of the people in this thread either drive or (of course) use public transportation, but does anyone actually bike? If so, then you'd know that biker culture, consisting of not stopping at red lights, is rampant. Some do it more carefully than others, treating the red light as a stop sign and looking both ways to see if they could actually keep going or not, but imo the only way that will stop is from enforcement. You can throw as many lights and cameras as you want, but w/o enforcing the rules, incidents and the skipping of red lights will keep happening. The other question is... by how much should these rules be enforced? I imagine that if police began ticketing every biker who skipped a red light even if it wasn't a danger to others on the road, the bikers would get pretty annoyed. Not saying that they should be skipping lights, but it wouldn't be that big of a problem if they would be a bit more careful about it. Also, this begs the question--should bikers have to go through the same training and license acquisition as car drivers so that they would learn how to actually follow the rules of the road? lol OK, but of those dozen biker fatalities, how do you know that the problem was not caused by a lack of care from the bikers themselves?
  3. Speak to us again once you report all of the buses on a weekday rush hour failing to arrive within one minute of their scheduled arrival time at each stop.
  4. Yes, Cuomo can see the future, which is why he said he wouldn't be running for President (spoiler alert: he will).
  5. I support this too, though mainly because I'm tired of very long train rides on R68 s from Midtown on the weekends.
  6. I was on the recently there. The conductor opened the door and let the transfer announcement play, and then cut off the "next stop" announcement to close the doors. But I agree, that announcement is way too long.
  7. I know a lot of progressives, and all of them hate de Blasio because like you said, his administration is a failure. No one likes de Blasio, and it's not about their ideology either.
  8. Really? Cuz when I went there over the weekend, it was jam-packed... most amount of people I've seen in one place since March.
  9. So $4 mil was the bare minimum, huh? Considering his status as a lame-duck now, I don't think I can predict the man. Could be he throws his fists in his air and says "actually, I don't care about helping anyone anymore." But hopefully that's an exaggeration. Whatever he does, he will likely make a point about how he should've been elected instead of Biden lmao
  10. So it sounds like the 211s need to arrive... (or at very least, take the 42s out of retirement?)
  11. I don't know, considering the possibility of severe mental conditions, I'm not sure if the family would accept such an apology even if he is level-headed... after all, what's done is done. But also, I don't necessarily think that the family wants justice by killing the guy, either, like some of the militant-minded on here do. If we're going to talk ethics, the only way justice could be served is if we had structural, governmental reform--a system designed to keep checks on the mentally insane, homeless, etc. I'm not saying that the government was responsible for causing the scenario, but you have to acknowledge that the situation would've been way different if the guy was in a psychiatric facility instead of at a subway station causing chaos. The "liberal-minded" narrative shouldn't be to excuse people of crimes, but rather to make sure that the crimes don't happen in the first place.
  12. At that point, you might as well extend it to Manhattan... though I don't see why anyone would take that route over the LIRR.
  13. Riders Alliance already tried to do that. I promise you that it won't make a difference at all--the regions in which these systems are run are mostly D, and if not, then it's likely that they have a R rep that just drives around and doesn't care about transit. It's (mostly) a partisan issue, whether there's lobbyists involved or not.
  14. Exactly. Biden just wanted to give his good friend Pete some fancy seat cuz he endorsed him. And you're right... what does he know? Because the only experience that I know he has in transit is getting someone killed by removing a traffic stop. Granted, in that regard, you could argue Trottenberg from the DOT is way worse. I'm guessing he will just focus on investing in infrastructure or something, considering that was part of his platform, but as for understanding commuters and the country's various transit systems... I don't see it.
  15. Pretty random question: anyone know on which stations the Jamaica Line plays music during the holiday season?
  16. It was an initial reaction, but now I get how they would be able to do it sooner, dw. Obviously we know a lot more about the pandemic now. But here on the forums, it's either you're not allowed to be eager for a delivery, or it seems like you're assuming the worst. Sigh...
  17. They go way into detail about his bowling scores 🤣 It's hilarious.
  18. IDK, maybe because of the pandemic? What are you even saying?
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