FU to the NYC MTA!!

[Jerry1]

I just want to send a big FU to the famous NYC Transit system.

Tonight I left work and wanted to get home quickly cause I had to get up early the next morning(like 6 am). I take the subway about 11pm and usually get home pretty quickly(like 12am), plenty of time for me to shower check my e-mail and go to bed by 1am getting about 4 or 5 hours of sleep.
So what happens? There is some track fire at Dekalb ave which takes out my usual quick train ride home(The D train for you new yorkers). So i waited like a half hour for a train and said screw it and took the "F" train(that thing is always running). It would add 10 or 15 minutes to my time but no big deal.
I get on that rain only to find out that it is bypassing a bunch of stations due to trackwork(including the one that I have to get off to transfer to another train to get home). Of course nothing is said until the train is leaving the last station before the bypassed ones. So I was stuck. End up going to Church Ave to turn around and wait there 30 min to get a train ggoing to my stop. then when I finally get to that stop, I'm waiting 25 min for that train only to end up having to transfer again(another 20 min or so) to get home.

I left 11pm and got home at 1:30am. Well, screw getting sleep now! If I didn't have my Inno with today's show recorded...I would have hurt somebody.

So to the MTA.......FU!!!!!!:icon_evil

[BGrant]

Going your way? That's what happens when you employ wetbacks and swoogies to operate something that complex. Wait till they take over the airports.....

[Harvey_Birdman]

I don't think it's fair to blame NYC's transportation problems on minority groups. The real cause is the bureaucracy and unaccountability of the system.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

I don't think it's fair to blame NYC's transportation problems on minority groups. The real cause is the bureaucracy and unaccountability of the system.

Don't forget the political hacks and hanger-ons mucking up everything too.

[BGrant]

And the swoogies!

[DonTheTrucker]

Just be glad you don't live in Philly. SEPTA makes MTA look like Mussolini's train system.

[Ballbuster1]

Just be glad you don't live in Philly. SEPTA makes MTA look like Mussolini's train system.
Yeah, New York transit is way better than Philly any time.
I'll usually always drive when in Philly but always take the
subway when I'm in NYC. SEPTA always sucks ass big time.

[chumpy]

And the swoogies!


That would be sCHwoogies.

learn to spell sir!!:action-sm

[Jerry1]

FU to the NYC MTA. I won't have to explain this one too much....

Un-Fare? MTA Considers Increase To Fix Budget Gap
That's Not All: Other Hikes On The Horizon Through 2010

Marcia Kramer
Reporting

(CBS) NEW YORK Are we on the verge of another MTA fare hike?

On Wednesday, transit officials set the stage for raising rates on subways, buses, commuter rails and even bridges and tunnels next year. But that's not all.

What was unusual Wednesday was that the MTA board proposed not just a 6.5 percent fare hike starting in January, but also a new one every two years starting in 2010 -- tied to the Consumer Price Index.

"This is a fair contribution to ask of our riders," MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander said.

Riders sure think it's unfair.

"I hope they don't do it," one said.

"I think it's unfair to transit riders," said another.

Added a third: "You got 2-3 million people riding a day. You got plenty of money. They shouldn't be having to raise fares."

The MTA says it will have a $965 million deficit next year, $1.4 billion in 2009 and $1.8 billion in 2010, and that it needs the money.

City Comptroller William Thompson Jr., who has auditing authority over Transit Authority buses and subways, said he was to study the books to see if the gaps are real.

If the legislature does approve congestion pricing it will mean extra funds for the MTA, causing many to wonder if it's really necessary to start raising fares every two years at the same time congestion pricing kicks in.




They are trying to use a fair hike to hold us NY'er's hostage to pass the stupid congestion plan. A congestion pricing plan that will add thousands of people on an overcrowded subway & bus system.
Funny thing is, knowing the MTA, they will end up raising the fares even thought the congestion price plan gets passed. So everyone gets screwed either you drive in or take mass transit.

I know Ant ain't gonna be too happy about this because now alot of people are gonna try to dodge the congestion fee by leaving earlier to work before the price comes into effect(before 6am). Much like they did to avoid the car pool rules that were in place in the 2006 NYC transit strike.
Thus creating a new and earlier rush hour time....

[HummerTuesdays]

What was unusual Wednesday was that the MTA board proposed not just a 6.5 percent fare hike starting in January, but also a new one every two years starting in 2010 -- tied to the Consumer Price Index.

That is beyond fair, IMO. You know the increases are coming, and you know what it's going to be. Gas prices keep going up, yet you pay the same price to ride the busses, trains & subways. I say mass transit users have figured out how to beat the system. :)

[seeinred]

Nevermind

[bethm1b]

nobody going to blame the Jews

[Jerry1]

What the? Now everytime it rains here in NYC the entire NYC subway system ends up like the Belt Parkway when it rains....FLOODED & F*CKED UP!!!

MTA MAYHEM
Severe Storms Blow Through City, Cause Massive Traffic Headaches; 1 Reported Dead

(CBS) NEW YORK Fast-moving storms caused major flooding Wednesday morning that overwhelmed New York's subway system. There was no way to get from here to there, many commuters told CBS 2 News.

It was, as Matt Drudge named it on his Web site, The Drudge Report, which linked to wcbstv.com's coverage of the event, "The Morning The Sky Fell In NYC."

Confusion ruled the streets and the subways, as the morning ritual was shattered and New Yorkers became urban refugees. For most, it was inconvenient, but for at least one person, the storm was deadly.

At an afternoon news conference, Mayor Bloomberg confirmed that one woman was killed on Staten Island in the storm.

"A car got stuck in an underpass and another car came long and hit hers," Bloomberg said.

No other serious injuries were reported because of the storm, he added.

Floodwaters reached the third rail in several places along the miles of city subways, spurring a shutdown of the major subway lines that run under New York City.

Straphangers said that they were advised to find alternate means of transportation, which effectively stranded thousands on their way to work with no other option but to head home or wait out the suspensions.

"The subway system was chaotic this morning," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Inside subway stations throughout the city, commuters were confronted with incomprehensible announcements.

Above ground, bus stops were filled with people who waited and waited, as one bus after another rolled by with signs that read: "Next Bus Please."

It was a chaotic scene that most people took in stride. But it was brutally hot, people were late for work and tempers started to rise.

"Everyone's gotta walk, and we pay so much money for the trains. It's ridiculous," one frustrated subway rider told CBS 2 News.

Every single line of the subway system has been affected by the delays, and officials tell CBS 2 News that it could still take hours for the entire system to get back to normal.

That was little consolation for those forced to sweat out delays in the wet and sticky conditions inside subway stations and on train platforms.

"Katrina's sister came through, and she was upset," one man told CBS 2 News.

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Pumps were brought in to help rid the tunnels of water, and crews are still working to restore normal service -- several hours after the initial flooding took place.

The sun is now shining and the major rains have long past, but the delays remain.

City roadways were little better.

"It's a mess downtown, all south of Houston Street is a parking lot," one driver said.

See below for the entire list of line suspensions and routing.

After closing down all service through Grand Central Terminal, service was later restored on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines through the Mott Haven area.

All service is operating through the area slowly and customers will be significantly delayed coming into Grand Central Terminal.

There is limited Hudson Line service from Grand Central Terminal. There continues to be no service out of Grand Central Terminal on the Harlem or New Haven lines because of earlier flooding in the Bronx.

After earlier suspensions on the Port Washington branch, the Long Island Rail Road reports that there are only scattered 10-15 minute delays systemwide.has suspended service on the Port Washington Branch because of flooding in Bayside.

[thetick130]

i have a friend whose an engineer for the mta. They have a gravity based drainage system that feeds directly into main sewer lines for the city. the mta's drainage capacity is very high, but the citys sewer sucks balls and backs up easily. it has nothing to do with the mta.