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QM1to6Ave

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  1. I'm sure they figure they will just pick a different line. Given the crazy high absenteeism level, there is more than enough work to go around to just barely fill service, even if they made cuts.
  2. Right, that is my point. The CP B/Os don't have any consequences for their actions, so they do everything they can to avoid having to work. You may remember my posts from the height of covid, when I had to get VG8 to contact MTA higher-ups to get the dispatchers to meet me at my stop, to catch the B/Os who were turning off their signs and blowing past me, so they could have empty buses and not drive into the city. Ever since then, I've noticed that B/Os don't say "you're welcome" when folks say "thank you", they don't kneel the bus, they block seats, they sit at the terminal and leave a few minutes late consistently, and all sorts of other small things that just drive away riders over time. I actually did listen to a City Council hearing from a few days ago, with Richard Davey, who made a point of saying they are looking into expanding EXP service concurrent with congestion pricing, but then also noted that absenteeism on the DOB side is statistically significantly higher now than in years past, and they didn't really indicate any solutions to this. He did also note they are trying to improve bus tracking to include tracking on detours, which is nice.
  3. I know it sounds crazy, but these guys will do anything to annoy passengers so they stop going on that bus. I've seen them be incredibly petty with passengers they don't like
  4. I 100% believe the BOs do it to keep people off of their buses so they can have empty runs. I think since covid, they got spoiled woth empty buses and never wa t to go back to full runs
  5. THank god I've been able to avoid having to take the bus too many times per week because of some job modifications. It's been a while since I encountered a real a-hole B/O, but today's guy on the QM1 takes the cake. He blocked off 4 sets of seats (i.e., both sides of the two front rows) with his personal belongings and tying all the seatbelts together like a spider web, plus he flipped up all of the wheelchair seats. The bus ended up getting fairly crowded, so a lady flips down one wheelchair seat. The B/O starts yelling at her "I put that seat up for a reason! You can't put down the seat" Meanwhile, she got on at the last pick-up stop so there is clearly no wheelchair passenger. The lady apologizes and moves to a different seat. If it was me, I would have yelled "what is the reason? Go ahead and call command and tell them your reason for blocking seats and causing an ADA violation. Let's see what they say, jacka**" I was too tired to take pictures and report the B/O like I used to do, because nothing ever happens anyway to get these guys in trouble.
  6. Ha! Sounds like something new every day, cool!
  7. Got it, that sounds cool. Is that more interesting or more boring than being on the (F)oxtrot?
  8. I see the Eagle Team on the M15 much more frequently in the last few weeks (as in, I never saw them once for about 7 years on the line), but even they have no power to actually stop someone who just walks away from them. I've even see Transit cops working with the Eagle Team, and they let people slip right past them without getting tickets.
  9. Yeah, things did start to go downhill after the 90s. Sigh, the 90's were good times (well, not for everyone, but for me at least)
  10. I've noticed that issue got really bad since covid. People are so angry, they are just looking for any reason to verbally or physically assault anyone. Respect for others has gone to zilch since covid. I even heard a report on the news that some researchers are trying to measure levels of anger in the population because all these researchers have noticed anecdotally how much more angry people have become
  11. What type of station navigation do the cars display? I haven't been on them yet.
  12. 34th-Penn comes to mind, as well as some other midtown stations, last I checked.
  13. I'm sure they end up finding some fraudulent overtime in maintenance, where the guy who claimed to inspect the car was actually in Florida
  14. I'm LOLing that they require "an extremely precise stop" at these stations...as opposed to the usual "sort of precise" stop?
  15. Wow, that is a powerful interview. I hope this T/O Valentine didn't just get himself in hot water by talking to the press.
  16. That is very interesting...you always hear about adults who groom kids to trick them into being abused and whatnot, but these kids sound like they are "grooming" the adults and manipulating them! Pretty scary.
  17. Ahh, thank you! This may sound dumb, but what does "cutting out the brakes" mean exactly? The train can still be stopped.manually, right?
  18. I don't understand how one of the two trains wasn't stopped by a red signal
  19. Yeah, they won't even be able to touch it for a long time while the investigation is underway. I wonder if NTSB gets involved here.
  20. Jesus, I don't remember seeing pictures like that in a while. I'm confused as to what happened exactly--sounds like a work train hit the train and then the derailed from the impact (or from crossing over a switch from the impact?). I'm sure details will come out, but that is really scary. I'm guessing stop arms don't stop work trains that cross red signals?
  21. I've started seeing NYPD TB cops (usually a sergeant and 2 officers) join the Eagle Team at the M15SBS stops (usually the one on 29th st). Theoretically, it would help, but in reality I see the eagle team halfheartedly check tickets, and if someone slips by, NYPD watches them walk away. It's a total joke.
  22. It's scary to see in that video that at least one of them has an MTA vest and hat, and look old enough that they could pass as real employees But if that McCollum guy was able to get away with breaking into MTA property over and over, I have little faith they can stop a group of determined morons like these
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