“The waits for trains, especially on weekends and during the evenings, are much worse than what they used to be. And the trains are far more crowded.”
Weekend subway service is an oxymoron.
The trains are definitely more crowded. And when people are stacked 12 deep on the platform, you know you’re in trouble.
And what happened to the promise of intelligible announcements?
DH, is it the L that has maps showing you exactly where the trains are? Infuriating when you’re waiting and waiting and have no idea what’s going on because there’s no announcement and where the next train might be.
But I’d still never live MORE than 10 minutes from a subway station. 😉
Park Sloper, I heartily agree with your 3:11 post. My station even has the signs announcing when the next train will arrive. But I do realize that is a fortunate case.
“If the capitalist system is really the bestest thing in the whole wide universe, then shouldn’t we be celebrating the heights to which “lesser” workers have embraced the system and made the most of it?”
I would be totally in agreement with this if we were talking about private sector rather than public.
donatella, ask you building if they have a place to store bikes. If there isn’t you can talk to the building super to see if it’s something you can try and set up. The request was made in the building I work in and we now have a place for bikes.
dibs, I’m talking about the yearly increases. There is no way the fare should have been .05 cents from 1904 to 1948. That’s nuts!
“The waits for trains, especially on weekends and during the evenings, are much worse than what they used to be. And the trains are far more crowded.”
Weekend subway service is an oxymoron.
The trains are definitely more crowded. And when people are stacked 12 deep on the platform, you know you’re in trouble.
And what happened to the promise of intelligible announcements?
DH, is it the L that has maps showing you exactly where the trains are? Infuriating when you’re waiting and waiting and have no idea what’s going on because there’s no announcement and where the next train might be.
But I’d still never live MORE than 10 minutes from a subway station. 😉
“Rodents, Manure Found at Egg Farms by FDA Inspectors in Salmonella Probe.”
Don’t all farms have rodents???????
Park Sloper, I heartily agree with your 3:11 post. My station even has the signs announcing when the next train will arrive. But I do realize that is a fortunate case.
“If the capitalist system is really the bestest thing in the whole wide universe, then shouldn’t we be celebrating the heights to which “lesser” workers have embraced the system and made the most of it?”
I would be totally in agreement with this if we were talking about private sector rather than public.
donatella, ask you building if they have a place to store bikes. If there isn’t you can talk to the building super to see if it’s something you can try and set up. The request was made in the building I work in and we now have a place for bikes.
“I have decided to ditch the MTA myself, CGar, and I am going to bike to work from now on, but where am I going to chain up the bike in midtown?”
donatella, there are new regs requiring commercial landlords to allow bikes into buildings… check them out.
I meant “rob” not “biff”. LOL
“Biff, those fare increases don’t even keep pace with inflation.”
$0.05 in 1904 is worth $1.24 in 2009, ishtar… The fare advances have been WELL ABOVE inflation.
http://www.measuringworth.com/ppowerus/?redirurl=calculators/ppowerus/