shiznit1987

I don't think there really is a realistic answer to this issue (masks). I put the over/under on one week before a stream of videos showing MTA personnel/NYPD officers having contentious interactions with the public shuts this whole policy down. Don't get me wrong, there are incidents of officers being abusive and inappropriate. However, people know now that if you cause a big enough scene it becomes a "controversy" and the politicians will back down. I see people just walk onto the train with no mask at all and they just look at you like "Go ahead and say something, get yourself cut". If an officer says something, then out will come the cellphones and people screaming.

Straight up, the biggest thing going forward is the NYPD needs to be put under 100% civilian control. 1) CCRB needs to determine not only what happened during an incident but what the punishment should be going forward. 2) Precinct commanders should be hired/evaluated/fired by community boards based on performance including local officer conduct. Aside from city-wide specialty units like Anti-Terrorism, Highway, etc, the NYPD needs to be broken down to precinct-level departments so communities determine what their policing priorities are. 3) Funding and research needs to go into non-lethal weaponry like taser bullets to eventually phase out the use of firearms except in the most serious situations. 4) Finally, NYPD should look like NY. Black and Latinos should be put to the front of the line in applications and promotions. Waive dis qualifiers for misdemeanors and marijuana convictions. Let's be real, abolishing police/prison would hit Black and Brown communities the hardest from increased victimization, lower property values, worse educational outcomes (how does a kid learn when he's wondering if he'll catch a bullet walking home?), less commerical establishments and the like.

You can't tax money you don't have. When politicians somehow think allowing municipal borrowing and screaming for uncle sam to rescue them then something as gone horribly wrong. The Trump era will pass, thankfully. What's on the other side of that is places that are able to balance providing public services and protecting the most vulnerable with being able to maintain economic dynamism are the ones who will come out ahead. The paradox is many of the things people care about: Climate change, criminal justice reform, education equity, universal healthcare are best undertaken with an eye to supply side solutions matched with public investment. Right now, there are not very many realistic solutions being put forward. Even with all the "free money" from the tax proposals being put forward are just a drop in bucket in the cliff we're staring over, nevermind actually implementing any real solutions going forward.

We could send the to 9th Ave, Brooklyn in that case.

You're on one hand answering yet not really getting at my larger point. The part of my post you removed stated that I agreed with you. It's gotten out of hand with the Pat Lynch types defending egregious behavior. I also already addressed the absurdity of "Internal Affairs" and the idea that police/corrections can or should "police" themselves. CCRB should have been given that authority from it's inception. But we're always going to have a need for law enforcement/corrections. The path forward is to find the right mechanisms to hold those who are meant to protect accountable when they fail to uphold that standard. That's all I have to say about that. Back to the train: I'm not shocked about the cameras not working. Somehow I always thought that was a scam...

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I do not support any temper-tantrum on the part of the NYPD rank n file, and any officer found to have engaged in a precipitous drop in enforcement activity should be disciplined. But you do have to ask yourself a basic question: Cops see some kid marking up a train car one day. Kid starts whipping around, screaming, getting handsy with the officers. Everyone has their cell phone out, screaming brutality. Honestly, what do *you* want the officers to do? I believe society can and should walk and chew gum at the same time. We can demand, forcefully, justice for Floyd, Taylor, Blake et al and yet realize that a cop arresting a Black person is not in an of itself an act of state racism or brutality. What we are seeing is what many activist have in fact been asking for. Less policing. Now that the results are starting to trickle in, people are side stepping...

Here's an idea for de-interling Broadway: Coney Island to 96th st/2nd Ave via Sea Beach -> Bridge -> Bway Express (all times) Coney Island to Hillside-179st via Brighton -> Bridge -> Bway Express -> 63rd St -> QB Express (all times) Whitehall to Astoria via Broadway Local (all times) LL City Hall to 71st-Forest Hills via Broadway local, QB local (rush hours/middays only) No changes, except doesn't run at night (use ) Runs via 53rd st tunnel and QB Local to 71st-Forest Hills (all times) Jamaica Center to 57th st-6th Ave via 6th ave local (all times) Extended to Forest Hills on weekends (optional) Metropolitan Ave to Bay Ridge-95th St (all times) So Queens Blvd looks like this: local, express. Broadway now has zero merges, 4th Ave in BK gets a more reliable train and the Jamaica line gets full time 6th ave access.

I hear you. The thing is I tend to shy away from proposals to better utilize the railroads because institutional inertia in the railroad industry is a real thing. Mix in general MTA nonsense and even common sense like your idea goes down the drain. Plus, I am worried about fare and systemic integration, such as let's say I want to grab the to head to Union Sq, how do I make this transfer under your proposal? Finally, I tend to value the network effects subway expansion provides. Railroads bring you to a fixed point in Midtown while with extra subway trunks you increase passenger fluidity which is similar to how building a freeway in one part of the city causes traffic to increase systemically since now there's space here and there. But yes, I can see the value in keeping the PW in house. I think what others have said about building a "C" division has merit.

Rewinding the clock back to those anti-police protests over the winter regarding the 500 MTA officers, there is a reason removing cops from the system is a bad idea. It's not just about fare evasion.

I'm agnostic regarding capturing the PW line or not, it's a good idea, but as you said past Bayside the densities don't call for subway frequencies. It should be pointed out that a little past the Bayside station there is a spot a few layup tracks could be placed, which means maybe turning 3 out of 4 trains @ Bayside and sending the rest to PW, which would pretty much match current LIRR frequencies out there. My (8) train is a totally seperate trunk down 50th St. That's how you get that 30-32 tph figure for the local . As far as Queens Blvd is concerned, the idea is passengers coming from Grand, Woodhaven, 63rd and 67th would take advantage of the transfer @ Elmhurst Ave for a faster ride on the (8) to Manhattan. I think if you run the (8) At >20tph most people would rather take that than an already crowded that's less frequent at Roosevelt. The Northern Blvd issue is helped in the sense that the local stations now have twice as much service as before + the fact that those who will inevitably switch at Roosevelt for the trains will be looking at much less crowding due to people on the heading for the (8) @ Elmhurst Ave. W/O drifting too much into Surface Operations issues, there is v a s t room for improvement in the Q66's operations and in how the routes are structured in Jackson Hts/Corona in general. I live two blocks off the route and can tell you this from first hand knowledge. Keep in mind that many folks in the Northern Blvd catchment area take Q33/Q72 buses to the . Maybe having the Q32 run up 89/90th Sts and upping Q47 frequencies would help grab more riders who currently use the Q66.

2 of the East River tubes are primarily used for Amtrak and NJT layups in Sunnyside Yard. Even without the PW, the LIRR will still find plenty of use for 2 tubes to Penn and 2 tracks to GC, especially if the Port Jeff gets electrified. True, however by my own admission my line is less of an attempt to fill in gaps per say than to kill two birds with one stone: 1) create a "relief" line that gives Flushing/NE Queens all times express service. Jamaica/SE Queens has all times express service in both the and , and this line is meant to give NE Queens the same privilege. 2) Relieve the , as well as the Roosevelt Ave station complex, by draining away QB Local riders at Elmhurst Ave. According to that map, south of Roosevelt is no slouch either. Also, if the goes away, then individuals along Northern will be treated to 30-32 tph service at 111, 103, 90, 82nd Sts where they can then transfer to (now much less crowded) trains @ Roosevelt, or simply stay on to Woodside for the (8)

I'm definitely open to the PW being taken over. I don't think a Northern Blvd subway is as needed as a properly implemented SBS at this time. It's nice to have, but this plan helps out Queens Blvd and serves the heart of both Corona and Elmhurst. If the (8) takes over the PW, then the only stops should be Junction Blvd and Elmhurst/Broadway, along with Woodside of course. The whole idea is for the (8) to serve as a permanent two-direction version of the

Here's my idea for 50th St Crosstown (8) train to Flushing: Start at Hudson Yards (new station built under 10th Ave/34th St), then have stops at: 50th St/7th Ave (Transfer to ), 50th St/5th Ave, 50th St/Lex (transfer to ), tunnel comes into Queens at 45th Ave and stops at Court Sq (Transfer to , Train then runs under LIRR to Woodside (Transfer to ), then follows PW Branch with stops at Broadway/Elmhurst Ave (Transfer to ) and Junction Blvd and finally terminates under the Main St-Flushing LIRR station. service would be discontinued. The first advantage would be Flushing, Woodside, Elmhurst and Corona getting bi-directional all-day express service. The next big advantage is due to the connection at Elmhurst Ave, the trains as well as the Roosevelt Ave station itself would see significant crowding relief.

It's unfortunate you got disrespected like that. He didn't even ask you? Sadly, there is a lot of messaging out there telling folks that the subway/bus is a "right" and not paying isn't a big deal. I've gotten glares for exiting thru the turnstile since I wasn't their ticket in.

Let me be that guy: I put the over/under on a subway fare inspector being violently assaulted around 48 hrs after implementation. No MTA employee will willingly engage in this line of work, and after the first string of violent/controversial incidents we will be left with: 1) A transit workers revolt 3) virtually zero farebox recovery. If the bus drivers are willing to let dozens get on thru the back door what makes you think an MTA employee making 20-30$ an hour is willing to get cut over a 2.75 fare? I don't believe POP is workable within the context of the NYC Transit System

You inadvertently answered a thought I had: Why did cars up until the 1980s have rubber trim on their door windows but post GOH have bolted frames. Thank you.

Unfortunately, we are being answered: https://abc7ny.com/man-suspected-of-vandalizing-63-subway-cars-breaking-200-windows/6356473/ You'd think after the glass breaking fad of the mid 1980s the TA would have switched to plastic or plexi. Is there any reason why subway cars don't use plastic for their windows?

Just gonna lob this one out there: Dream extension: Run up 10th Ave with stops at 10th/14st, 10th/23st, 10th/34st (Transfer ), 10th/42st, 10th/50st, 10th/57st, then turn into Columbus Circle. Also, while not a subway, how easy would it be to do a light rail in the LIRR Bay Ridge cut? I'd see a line running from Broadway Junction to Brooklyn Army terminal doing very well.

There's simply no way the MTA is shutting down whole trunk lines in Manhattan. It's pointless to even talk about it, you'd see line abandonment in the outer boroughs first. Taking away from core capacity would put us in a situation similar to that of DC Metro where they built out the system w/o thinking about where all the trains were supposed to go once they got to DC (over-branching). The real fiscal bleeding is on the bus side anyway. If you want to see a true death spiral, that's your ICU patient right there. Buses will be slaughtered first, then off-peak subway/railroad in that order.

I hope the glass breaking trend on the dies down soon and/or doesn't spread.

How possible do you think it is that we'll simply see massive frequency decreases instead of any widespread structural changes? I'm thinking that on the subway side of things, stuff like 15-20 minute off peak headways and more bus routes going to half-hourly/hourly service? Second, some investment in technological change is needed as well. MoW on both the subway and the railroads needs to be massively overhauled. There has got to be some level of automation that can be achieved in terms of track replacement, signal replacement, power upgrades, etc.

Not for nothing, but if/when another QB Local service is available, I'd like to see the upper level of Myrtle rebuilt and the permanently shuttle-ized. To be honest, that would go a long way towards making Broadway-Brooklyn work a whole lot better. The TPH slots saved could go towards a peak direction running express between Marcy and Broadway Junction then down to Canarsie. The local stops on Broadway would have all 's stopping there so that'd be a service increase in it's own right.

For those proposing the to Fulton Street, how would it get there? Would it tie into the Rutgers St tubes and share the , then switch at Jay? Also, If the does make it to Fulton, does that clear the way for an IND extension down Utica?