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Signal problems on local line. Someone hit by a "Q" train near Church street... Both express and local had delays for hours.
Got far as 57th and 7th on W, but when saw next "Q" wasn't due to arrive for 20 minutes (yes, that is what MTA Time said), we just decided to leave station and take taxi back to UES.
On way out of subway station saw something had never seen previously. A huge rat coming down two flights of stairs to make it's way towards a drain grate.
Signal problems on local line. Someone hit by a "Q" train near Church street... Both express and local had delays for hours.
Got far as 57th and 7th on W, but when saw next "Q" wasn't due to arrive for 20 minutes (yes, that is what MTA Time said), we just decided to leave station and take taxi back to UES.
On way out of subway station saw something had never seen previously. A huge rat coming down two flights of stairs to make it's way towards a drain grate.
Ha! I keep hearing that the City (especially Manhattan) is overrun with rats. Another reason to avoid the subway.
Ha! I keep hearing that the City (especially Manhattan) is overrun with rats. Another reason to avoid the subway.
Really only bother with subway during weekdays when traffic makes any sort of travel by motor vehicle a bother. That and or if "Q" and transferring to another Broadway train will get me where need to be or close enough to walk.
Really use the eff out of the "Q" since it opened, but thing has just gone to shyt over years. To get down to Tribeca or SoHo from UES it's a no brainer.
Really only bother with subway during weekdays when traffic makes any sort of travel by motor vehicle a bother. That and or if "Q" and transferring to another Broadway train will get me where need to be or close enough to walk.
Really use the eff out of the "Q" since it opened, but thing has just gone to shyt over years. To get down to Tribeca or SoHo from UES it's a no brainer.
If you have a garage, it's easier to just drive. If I lived somewhere where I had to take the subway into Manhattan, I would surely drive all the time. You live in one of the few parts of Manhattan that I could tolerate living in that feels like a neighborhood, but I would have to do a mix of Uber and driving to get to and from.
Are those track miles or route miles? Do those figures include train yard miles too?
Notwithstanding the ignorance of your question, the point isn't to compare track length inch for inch. It's to compare two very similar systems by complexity and service length.
Secondly, why would French trains require significantly less yard miles unless the NYCTA has too many yard miles due to inefficiency of the system?
Notwithstanding the ignorance of your question, the point isn't to compare track length inch for inch. It's to compare two very similar systems by complexity and service length.
Secondly, why would French trains require significantly less yard miles unless the NYCTA has too many yard miles due to inefficiency of the system?
Doesnt matter at this point. Point is, you think the MTA’s robbing you, stop using their services then. Very simple.
Why keep complaining and still use the services. No one is being forced.
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Doesnt matter at this point. Point is, you think the MTA’s robbing you, stop using their services then. Very simple.
Why keep complaining and still use the services. No one is being forced.
Because some people don't have a choice, or they do, but sitting in traffic sucks just as bad as taking the subway? You think if parking was easier and congestion wasn't such as issue that more people wouldn't drive? Let's be real here. Even if everyone wanted to drive, the congestion would be unbearable. Now that people can work from home, many people are indeed driving. I have not taken the subway in months and have plans on doing so in the future.
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You and many others want London service for $2.75
What a ridiculous statement. If I never took the subway again, part of my taxes would still go to the MTA, including any time I hop in an Uber and any time I pay tolls. As such, we all have a right to critique how they are spending (or rather wasting) taxpayer dollars.
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You think if parking was easier and congestion wasn't such as issue that more people wouldn't drive? Let's be real here. Even if everyone wanted to drive, the congestion would be unbearable. Now that people can work from home, many people are indeed driving. I have not taken the subway in months and have plans on doing so in the future.
