Month: December 2006

Can you hear me now? Nope

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Soon, the MTA will be have cellular providers installing service on the subway platforms. Passengers will be able to make last minute calls before getting on the trains. Not so much. That was the hope as last reported, but now it seems that may not be the case.

The MTA still hasn’t picked a provider even though they opened the bidding way back in August 2005.

This is one of the most retarded things ever. Doesn’t the MTA know how much money they could be making from the cellphone companies for this? But yeah…let’s keep sinking further into a budget deficit.

Summer is back already

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Dear global warming,

Welcome to New York City. Enjoy your stay.

Is it flippin’ hot and humid or what? I walk out to head for the subway, and I think to myself, “What the hell am I wearing a coat for?”

The platforms are getting stuffy again too. At least the MTA decided to turn the AC back on. A couple times this week I noticed that the trains were much cooler and refreshing than the platforms.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

Beep beep this train is not stoping

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How annoying is it when trains skip stations? “Makes me want to punch babies,” if I may steal a Dane Cook bit.

You can always tell when you are about to be screwed by an oncoming train that isn’t going to stop at your station. They blow the horn in quick sets of three. So just bend over when you hear that coming.

SUBWAYblogger also hates when the you are standing at a local station and you see local trains speed by on the express track.

For some unknown reason, you start thinking of crazy schemes to get on one of those trains. As I’d you might know something the rest of us don’t. Don’t lie, you know you think about it.

“Hmmm, maybe I could time my jump to land me between train cars to the I could just walk in the end doors. Nah…my new pants will get dirty.”

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

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***UPDATE***

A funny video submitted by Vinny from Insignificant Thoughts via our comment section.