Cutting Student MetroCards: Vote Delayed
Ugh. Just get it over with already so we can go on with our lives realizing that this is not the end of the world. This is a followup to SUBWAYblogger’s recent post on this subject that became quite the source of debate. The vote to cut the program has been delayed. However, there are [...]
Read MoreThis morning I had a little kid standing near me with his little sister and parents. Overhearing the conversation, it turns out that the dad used to live in Manhattan years ago. The family was in town on vacation. It started off with them jumping on the train. Dad told the kids where to hold [...]
- 23 Rider Opinions
- Tags: little kid, rushhour, Tourists
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back after a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. SUBWAYblogger’s back in business, sorry for the lack of posts. Without further adieu, we believe it is time for our annual public service announcement for tourists visiting our fair city for the holidays. Here goes: Get Out of the Way. Thank you. To harsh? I [...]
Turnstile 1 Tourists 0 This is the stuff that drives us all insane. Swipe your damn card, then walk through. No green light, no go. That simple. If you’re too slow to figure it out, then you’re a hazard and shouldn’t be on the train.
- 30 Rider Opinions
- Tags: swipe, Tourists, turnstile
Wow did it take for ever to get to work this morning. There were some pretty significant delays on the 1 train last night because of signal problems at 96th Street. The trains were running excessively slow. At one point, it took 10 minutes just to get to the next stop. We were rolling the [...]
- 15 Rider Opinions
- Tags: delays, station, Tourists, train, upper west side
Lots of Foreign Tourists this Morning
Did you see a higher than average amount of foreign tourists on your train this morning? I sure did. There was a large group of what sounded like Swedish tourists on one side of me. Then on the other end were a bunch of Germans. There’s definitely no mistaking the German language. I wonder if [...]
