Subway Service on Weekends Is F@#%ed
We long ago gave up trying to take the subway on the weekends. Life’s too short, so it’s the bicycle or car for us. This view was confirmed last weekend when it took an out-of-town friend an hour and a half on Saturday afternoon to get from Midtown to Clinton Hill. So it was no…
We long ago gave up trying to take the subway on the weekends. Life’s too short, so it’s the bicycle or car for us. This view was confirmed last weekend when it took an out-of-town friend an hour and a half on Saturday afternoon to get from Midtown to Clinton Hill. So it was no surprise to read this lede in The Post this morning: “Here’s a subway service notice: Use your car on the weekends!” A group called the Transit Riders Council has studied subway service over the past two weekends. The bottom line: “It’s bedlam,” said Andrew Albert, a member of the council as well as the MTA board.
Expect subway service disaster this weekend [NY Post]
Photo by Zach Klein
What, you mean except for the more than 50% of New Yorkers who don’t have cars? The Post is so out of touch that you just have to laugh at it most of the time.
NSR — I have a car and my expenses are close to what DIBS says, though I only get about 1 parking ticket a year… $300?! Jaysus, you suck. 🙂
I would have to say, my car has given me a great deal of freedom — especially *leaving* the city. I don’t use it that much in town. Probably twice a week for an errand — though this increases in the winter. That being said, if my car were to die completely I would have to think long and hard about replacing it. Rentals are cheap enough (though require a little planning) and car services are convenient… and I used them anyway because I find myself accidentally shitfaced.
About the Honda… I think that’s a good choice as far as reliability and so on, but theft is a big problem with Hondas, Acuras, and similar cars driven by the folks that modify/enhance their cars. Huge black market for parts.
I have a 1998 Plymouth – that I bought used for $8000 in 2003. It has been surprisingly reliable (truly surprising) and it’s just emasculating enough that no one will steal it. Though some bastards (kids?) broke in once and stole ALL of my quarters from the console and made a complete mess of my stuff. I don’t pay for theft insurance (my Geico rate is about $800 per year) — my car isn’t worth the deductible. You would probably want to carry theft for a Honda / Acura… that almost doubles the insurance.
@ tyburg – and walking would’ve been free!
You walk an average of a mile every 15 minutes – 4 mph – & that’s an easy strolling gait.
on the weekends if I have to go to the city I take a taxi. Forget about the subway
gawker is for moronic californian transplants. maybe that’s why no one here noticed.
*rob*
Umm where’s his banjo?
Don’t be a racist, Dave.
The dude is seriously tempting some psycho hipster-hater to give him a little “encouragement” to visit the tracks.
i’m surprised no one has mentioned the oddness of including a picture of, not just any hipsterish idiot waiting to have his legs amputated, but jakob lodwick of long-time gawker-ridicule fame. maybe there isn’t a lot of crossover between gawker/bstoner readers…