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Is anyone else having a real bitch of a time with the turnstiles the last few days?  I feel like a complete moron. It all culminated with today when I swiped so much that I lost my fare. I’m hoping that the guy in charge of cleaning the MetroCard slots is on vacation or something.  [...]

It’s a good thing I snagged a seat today, or it would have been a pretty crappy way to start my morning. At 28th Street, my train was stuck in the station because of a door problem. Perhaps some of the motormen that read this blog can chime in on what can cause this. Clearly [...]

Aaaand we inch ever closer to the $2.50 single ride and the $103 monthly unlimited. The final vote is Wednesday. Gov. Paterson to MTA: Go ahead with Doomsday budget How Will You Cope With Higher Fares? MTA Committee Proposes Big Subway Fare Hike I don’t claim to be that good at math, but eventually the [...]

It took me nearly 15 minutes to get a new Metrocard today.  What a freaking cluster f*ck. I happen to be at a station that is under construction, so it only has two machines at this entrance.  Of course, there’s always a line because there’s only the two machines. So I got in line.  Once [...]

Hell, why not?  If banks, auto manufacturers, and more are all bellying up to the pork buffet, why can’t the MTA? Senator Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to write a check for a few billion dollars to bail out the MTA. Just think, this could have been done back when Congestion Pricing was all [...]

Was anyone delayed by the wall collapse on Lexington in the 30′s today? Apparently, there was a 10 foot wall that collapsed at a construction site.  Emergency officials evacuated a neighboring building as a precaution because they feared that the ground movement might make the foundation of that building unstable.  It wasn’t really that bad [...]

So like I said, the rain is bad news. My ride home was all f-ed up.  I got onto the platform only to see 10,000 other people already waiting for the train delayed due to rain. By pure miracle, I made it onto the first train that finally came 15 minutes later.  People were getting [...]

For that price, it had better come with at least two drinks. The latest news is the very real possibility of subway fares going over $100 for monthly cards.  I call bullsh*t there not because of the price necessarily, but what we get. I love the lead from the Daily News: Brace yourself for the [...]