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Category: Weekend
Subway Rats Are Entertainment
You know you’re in Manhattan when you are entertained by the rats in the subway while waiting for your train.
Admit it, you know you get a certain amount of enjoyment watching a rat run around on the tracks. As long as that little bugger is down there and you’re up here, everything is cool. You even find yourself wondering, “What’s gonna happen when the train comes? Oh this is gonna be good.”
Sick bastard.
It’s even funnier late at night when a lot of people notice the rat. It continues to cruise down the tracks. One by one, people start to lean over to see where it went. Before you know it, everyone is looking.
Sometimes you see more than one. They chase each other like squirrels in the park.
The rats in NYC have adapted to subway life so much that their fur has evolved to match the exact color of the grime on the track bed. It’s actually pretty hard to spot a rat if it isn’t moving. They blend in very well.
What’s also a little odd is the number of subway rat photos on Flickr.
Future Strippers of America
Nice drumming though!
Comfy
Now this is an idea! If mother’s can bring strollers, we should be allowed to bring our own chairs.
Guess what. The subway is over crowded.
Howard Roberts Jr, President of Obvious Information and City Transit President, tells the Post that subway ridership is already at an insane 50 year high of 1.5 BILLION riders a year.
In even more obvious news, that means that riding the train is going to be more crowded and slower. Shocker.
So what does he plan to do about it? Well, he proposes that subway platforms get lengthened to allow 2 extra cars per train. Also, he proposes that technology be improved to allow the trains to run faster than 18mph (average) and run closer together. If the trains can run closer together, they could run more trains, more frequently.
Also, if Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan happens, it will result in an immediate 2% increase in ridership. Joy.
Long story short, the MTA needs to finally get rid of all the 1930’s technology and step up their game.
Last but not least, here’s the holiday weekend transit changes: (includes MONDAY)
1 train: No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry.
2, 3 trains: Trains run local between 96th and Chambers streets.
7 train:Flushing-bound trains run express between Woodside-61st Street and Willets Point until 10 p.m. Sunday.
A, C trains Starting tonight at 11:30 p.m. uptown trains run express between 59th and 125th streets.
E, R trains: Queens-bound trains run express from Queens Plaza to Roosevelt Avenue until 5 a.m. Monday.
F train:Queens-bound trains run on the V line between 47th-50th Street Rockefeller Center and Roosevelt Avenue. Coney Island-bound trains run express from Smith-9th Streets to Church Avenue.
G train: No trains between 71st-Continental Avenue and Court Square until 5 a.m. Monday.
N train:Manhattan-bound trains run express between Stillwell Avenue and 59th Streets. rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to De Kalb Avenue.
MTA: Here to help you get mugged
Check this bad boy out:
So if you already bought one of these…well…kill yourself. OR just pull this thing out next time you are up in the Bronx. Same out come.
Ooo that smell…
I think that’s a song.
Stumbled across another interesting blog today. This might become an addictive habit of searching for blogs to which I can relate.
Anyway, the blog in question, The Odd Broad, had a post about subway smells. Obviously, SB was attracted immediately.
Do you play the “What’s that smell game?” SUBWAYblogger sure does. However, it’s not always that easy to play. During peak commute times, it hard to move around to explore and trace down the scent. However, on a not-so-crowed morning, it may not be that difficult to locate where your local bum has taken a leak on the platform.
In case you didn’t know, the drains along the platform (usually where the wall meets the floor), bums use as their private urinals. Also, they tend to head to the ends of the platform. They will walk all the way to one end or the other and let loose off the edge. Just an FYI for the next time you stand near the platform edge or near a drain.
So yeah, playing “what’s that that smell” can be fun. However, when all you want to do is get away from people after a long day at work, smells can push you over the edge. Nothing like standing face to face with a sea of humanity on a hot summer day with the smell of rotting Indian food lingering in the air. Yum.
Ooo that smell…
I think that’s a song.
Stumbled across another interesting blog today. This might become an addictive habit of searching for blogs to which I can relate.
Anyway, the blog in question, The Odd Broad, had a post about subway smells. Obviously, SB was attracted immediately.
Do you play the “What’s that smell game?” SUBWAYblogger sure does. However, it’s not always that easy to play. During peak commute times, it hard to move around to explore and trace down the scent. However, on a not-so-crowed morning, it may not be that difficult to locate where your local bum has taken a leak on the platform.
In case you didn’t know, the drains along the platform (usually where the wall meets the floor), bums use as their private urinals. Also, they tend to head to the ends of the platform. They will walk all the way to one end or the other and let loose off the edge. Just an FYI for the next time you stand near the platform edge or near a drain.
So yeah, playing “what’s that that smell” can be fun. However, when all you want to do is get away from people after a long day at work, smells can push you over the edge. Nothing like standing face to face with a sea of humanity on a hot summer day with the smell of rotting Indian food lingering in the air. Yum.
Service Problems? Let us Know!!
Well, if you have eyes, you can see that the weather is complete crap today. There’s going to be tons of flooding, especially in the subway tunnels.
So, let us know in the comments section of this post if you experience any service delays while out and about today. We will post them all here. Everyone knows that the MTA site is stupidly slow when it comes to posting alerts, so we will have to rely on eachother.
Police Crack Down on New Rules Leads to Weapon Seizures
Back in 2005, the MTA passed new regulation making it illegal to walk between train cars (using the end doors). The new rule was created mainly out of safety concerns. The MTA wanted to reduce the number of injuries and deaths resulting from people falling through to the tracks.
Recently, the transit cops have discovered a new love of this regulation. Basically, if an MTA cop spots you walking between train cars, they have the right to stop you. Usually, you’ll just get a ticket and be on your way. However, because they have stopped you for an offense, they have cause to give you a quick frisk while they have you in custody.
As a result, the transit cops keep finding guns and knives!
NYPD transit police have seized 296 knives and 13 handguns in the subway this year, compared with 116 knives and eight guns during the same stretch last year.
Realizing this new search strategy, the police have targeted crime hotspots. Areas of high crime on street level will now receive special attention under ground. Cops crack down on subway offenses under these areas, and pull tons of weapons out of the area.
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