Really? Please tell me this isn’t true.
Apparently, the subway lovers from a couple weeks ago rubbed off on this guy. (Wow, that was an unfortunate wording)
This is just like a Craigslist missed connections, only exclusive for train riders. Gonna vomit.
Because MTA board members don’t even bother attending, and it’s their job. Yes, three board members have managed to not attend a single fare hike hearing, yet they are eligible to vote on the issue when the time comes.
Andrew Saul, Donald Cecil and Susan Metzger are the board members who have not made it to a single hearing. They also happen to be co-chairs of the “Show Up When We Damn Well Please Committee.”
Saul is vice-chairman and head of the finance committee! Head of finance, yet can’t manage to attend hearings on the largest finance measure of the year. He’s also a candidate in next fall’s Republican primary in the 19th Congressional District, so that explains the arrogance.
Some people are just complete nightmares.
[Photos: Daily News]
I feel like this guy almost every day on the subway, but mostly just in the summer. However, I’ve never really thought to verbalize it quite the way he did. Bravo my friend.
Man launches into torrent of expletives on the train. Warning: Very graphic language.
Yes, those were probably crickets you heard at some of the recent MTA fare hike public hearings. Why? Well that’s what happens when about half the board doesn’t even bother showing up.
Maybe the missing board members decided to cut school work and go for a joy ride in their father’s prized Ferrari. Maybe? Oh wait, that was Chicago.
Out of 16 voting MTA board members, only half showed up for last Monday’s hearings. Wednesday the turnout was even worse, with only six making an appearance, and only seven showed up on Thursday.
Maybe they all had trouble getting there because their trains weren’t running, and it was days before then next bus came. Just guessing.
Ummm…why is everyone so impressed with the good grades the S train received in the Rider’s Reportcard?
How hard could it possibly be to run a train that has only one stop? If you can’t manage to do that well, you need to find a new line of work. It’s no shock to us that the S train was rated well.
You just get on it. Stand for 30 second, and get off. Then it heads back in the other direction. Not rocket science.
Seriously folks? Is this what it has come to?
I know it has been a couple days since I last posted (company in town), but I take my eye off the ball for one second and we’ve got Christmas music in the mall.
I enjoy holidays like Veteran’s Day because it usually means I can get a seat on the subway. Which I did…in both directions. However, when I got off the train today the holiday was crushed. It was crushed by Christmas.
There it was. The start of holiday decorations. Holiday music playing outside. It is the official start to the holiday season. Let the cash registers ring.
SUBWAYblogger.com recently got our hands on some insider knowledge from sources within the transportation business.
First, the obvious, but not widely known. Coming a year from now, New York City will host the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems. This is hands down the absolute largest, most important expo for the entire transportation business. Everyone who is anyone in the transport biz attends this show. Manufacturers, builders, tech geeks, etc. all get in on the act.
So what does this mean for the everyday transit user? Hopefully some quick improvements.
Our sources tell us that the upcoming World Congress is a regular topic of conversation for high level transportation officials in the city. Why? Because no host city wants to be embarrassed by the state of their transportation system. Part of the World Congress includes tours of facilities in the city. During that week, NYC will be the world wide focus for the transportation business. That’s a ton of pressure if you’re on the receiving end of that focus. You want to be on top of your game.
So what will we see? Well, it’s no coincidence that we have seen somewhat random program launches by the MTA like: online escalator/elevator alerts, weekend service alerts via email, MTA trip planner, cellphone service in the subway, alternative payment methods, and most recently the SMS text message alert RFP.
So you should expect to see many of these new technology initiatives sprout up. The more jewels the city has to show at the World Congress the better. All those new hybrid buses…yeah…those will be looked at too.
It’s reasonable to assume we would have gotten all this stuff eventually even if the World Congress weren’t coming to town. However, it probably wouldn’t be happening all at the same time (now!).
The new New Jersey 511 system is a perfect example. (511 is a call in service for NJ traffic and transit alerts). The NJ DOT had this technology 4 or 5 years ago already purchased. However, we hear that they allegedly sat on it because of bureaucratic issues. Then, all of a sudden, they caught wind that New York and Connecticut plan to launch a 511 system. So they jumped to get theirs up. Unfortunately, they are launching “new” 5 year old technology. So when you call the number, you hear an ancient text-to-speech voice reading you traffic/transit alerts. Pretty lame-0. Read More »
Have you seen this video. It’s like a Craigslist “Missed Connection”…only way more gay. There, I said it.
But, the romantics here at SUBWAYblogger decided to throw the kid a bone, and post it.
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Patrick discusses the girl of his dreams from Jakob Lodwick on Vimeo.
If this turns out to be some sort of hoax, I’m going to be rippin’ pissed. On the other hand, if he finally meets her, I totally want to see a picture of this chick.In other news, even if he doesn’t meet her, he’s now got thousands of other single hot girls wanting his shit. So either way, he’s totally set. If that was the plan from the get-go, this may have been the most genius idea in the history of mankind.
Ever heard this one: “Because of a trouble, uptown/downtown _____ trains are running ______ ”
Ever wonder what the signal lights really mean? It’s a little more complicated than a normal traffic light. For example, when you really pay close attention, you might notice stacked sets of lights. One might be green, and another might be yellow. What the heck does that mean?
Well, I stumbled across a fabulous article on “How Stuff Works.” Who knew?! They have an article about how the subway works. It covers more than just the lights and signals. This is one of the many helpful illustrations they have.
So check it out. Some pretty cool stuff I bet you didn’t know.
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