Manhattan
MTA To Restore M50
When the MTA was forced to cut service last June due to severe budget issues, bus riders were the hardest hit in terms of the amount of service cut or lost. One of those lines cut was the M50 which lost weekend service. This past Monday, the MTA announced it was restoring weekend service on […]
BxM2 Revises Northbound Route In Manhattan
Yesterday afternoon, MTA Bus announced that beginning on Sunday, April 17, the northbound Manhattan route of the BxM2 would be revised. Here are the details courtesy of the press release I received: MTA Bus Company announces that beginning Sunday, April 17 the BxM2 express bus route to Riverdale will be revised in order to provide […]
MTA Still Drafting Repair Plans For 1 Stations
181st Street 1 station after the ceiling partially collapsed in 2009. Who can forget the image above? when after years of crumbling & decay, the ceiling at the 181st Street station on the partially collapsed onto the tracks in the summer of 2009. Unfortunately this was not the only station with issues as the 168th […]
Straphangers Forced To Buy Swipes From Vandals
When you are a regular subway rider, some things are just expected as they come with the territory. Whether it be dirty stations, seeing rats roaming the platform & tracks, or seeing vandals selling MetroCard swipes. It turns out that the latter has become an issue at the 181st Street station on the A where […]
A F Train That Never Came…..
Today’s New York Daily News features a story about how MTA Board Members would be more understanding of riders’ gripes if they had to wait for a train that never came. It all began at the 23rd Street station where riders waited over 30 minutes for a train that was never going to come due […]
