Archive for December, 2007
No, It Can’t Be!
Two G trains by the Smith-9th Streets station; Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit
Every time I look at the results & tell myself that it can’t be! How did the not earn a F for an overall grade in the 2007 Rider Report Cards. While the line did fail as it earned a [...]
Straphangers Say The E Is Far From Excellent!
E train layup at the Kew Gardens-Union Tpke. station; Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit
Most of the NYC Subway lines earned a barely passing grade in the “2007 Rider Report Cards”. Unfortunately for the E train, it failed to earn a spot in that category. The straphangers have clearly spoken & their message is [...]
City Officials Continue To Insult The MTA
Last Thursday, outgoing deputy mayor Daniel Doctoroff announced that the city would be willing to pay for half of the costs to build the much talked about Hell’s Kitchen stop at 41st St. & 10th Ave. The most pathetic part of this announcement is the fact that the original plan called for the city to [...]
Fulton Transit Center Facing Major Financial Issues
The Fulton Transit Center which is known as the centerpiece for Lower Manhattan’s revival from 9/11 continues to face major financial issues. During a MTA meeting, board member Nancy Shevell said the agency would require serious “soul searching” if it wanted to keep the estimated $888 million dollar work tab from expanding out of control. [...]
Ulterior Motives?
While the proposed service improvements should improve service for many riders, one has to ask why the delay in implementing the possible changes? Well it seems the answer lies with Mayor Bloomberg as he is made out to be the culprit behind the delay of the possible service improvements. Patrick Arden of Metro wrote this [...]
Service Improvements On The Way???
In what could qualify as a slick but poorly executed P.R. move, the MTA’s New York City Transit division announced possible service improvements that riders could look forward to starting in the second half of 2008. Some of the improvements which are supposed to serve as a way of calming the anger of the fare [...]
MTA Looks To Decrease Response Times
10 days ago the MTA announced their plan to spend $1.3 million dollars to decrease their response time to escalator & elevator breakdowns throughout the subway system. The plan calls for more than 300 escalators & elevators to be hooked up to a computerized monitoring system. Here is a brief article about the plan courtesy [...]
Staten Island Railway Is No Different
The updates have been extremely rare the last couple of weeks. I have been extremely busy & am now just starting to catch up. Lets get started with the “Rider Report Card” results for the Staten Island Railway. Here is the full breakdown:
Top 10 priorities that Staten Island Railway riders would like to see improvement [...]
