NYC Subway Fare Beaters In Action: https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uCkJE_1544126950


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With the Benny Hill music. :fruit::fruit::fruit:

It's not.

the guv’na tours the crusty old L train tunnel:

https://nypost.com/2018/12/14/cuomo-...d-complicated/

now if only he would tour eastside access and 2nd avenue and tell us what is taking so long.

^ The comments in the SecondAveSagas write-up of this point out the shameful and absurd omission of the L shutdown of not taking the once-in-a-generation opportunity to extend the tunnel and tail tracks west past Eighth Ave, at a minimum to allow faster entry into 8th Ave Station and rush train storage to address ever growing ridership, but to get one step closer to eventual extension west or turning north to the UWS. Only in America and NYC would such lack of foresight (and competance and ambition) be possible.

Pure publicity stunt that cut service to one track for the duration because he has to show off.

That's how little regard Cuomo has for subway riders.

Until the governor and mayor are replaced I'd expect the system to largely continue it's decline or at a maximum stabilize in this current decrepit state

New York Subway Riders’ Commutes Will Get Shorter

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new...ll-get-shorter

Lol Cuomo is going to cancel or greatly extend the L shutdown. Costs certain to spiral out of control again. He may be the worst governor in the country at this point.

So the Cuomo fix is some portion removing the failing bench wall and letting other parts stay but get sprayed down with epoxy. Also some bolting cables to the tunnel wall and some using the old benchwall. This does not seem like a smart plan if more of the benchwall is going to potentially fail. Also this plan has never been tried on a aged tunnel that was exposed to saltwater and has been basically left to deteriorate. Probably would have been a good idea to experiment on a less important tunnel before going all in to try something that's never been done before.

It must reach catastrophic levels before the right things are done. But yes, lack of competence and ambition are at an all time high. Its a sacrilege.

i think i've noticed some trains speeding up already. however, speeding is what led to the union square approach wreck in the 80s, so the speed governors are in place for a good reason. no doubt it can be tweaked, but there is only so much they can do with that. you certainly don't want to give the operators the impression that a green light means speed is a free for all down there.

a new december 2018 advisory work group report on how to fix the mta:


https://pfnyc.org/wp-content/uploads...oup-Report.pdf

Some of the speed limits in places are so old that nobody alive knows why they were set at that level and/or physical conditions have changed so much as to make them obsolete. Also many signal timers were broken and tripping train brakes even if trains were below the limit (causing operators to slow even more).

Who cares tho. This system is probably beyond saving given the lack of political will and gross mismanagement.

Fantastic news re. the L. Thank you, Cuomo! (which is pretty much a first given his abysmal record re. the MTA).

I had been dreading the shutdown for two years now. It never made sense, given that the tunnels themselves are fine. Glad we can keep the line running while fixing the issue.

This takes a lot for granted.

I would recommend reading the SecondAveSagas article on the matter.

Also Aaron Gordon's reporting as well.

L train about face — seems like what they want to do now instead should work out ok — and it avoids the shutdown:

https://nypost.com/2019/01/03/how-iv...ain-nightmare/

Relief for New York City’s Transit Deserts? Commuter Trains Might Help

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/n...rains-nyc.html




https://i.imgur.com/aeL2eKQ.jpg?1

Upstate is rapidly losing population while NYC is thriving. At some point in the not to distant future politicians wont give a shit about upstate. All attention will be on getting the votes and money from NYC.

Only then will NYC subway concerns be taken seriously.

cuomo announced the metro north expansion in the bronx five years ago -- its part of the penn access project.

the bronx is the fastest growing county in the state, so it could use more rail service.

it would be nice if they priced service in the city limits at a flat rate equal to other city transit --- we will see what happens.

https://www.6sqft.com/the-city-is-lo...e-south-bronx/

http://web.mta.info/capital/penn_sta...ccess_alt.html

MTA considered Cuomo's plan years ago and it was shot down for safety and service issues.


Also the repair is expected to have a life of maximum half as long. Certainly possible it lasts that long but also possible the lifespan is FAR shorter if it doesn't work. Nobody knows.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/n...a-subway-.html

The original plan, while more disruptive, is more conservative engineering and wiser in terms of dollars spent. Given the experience the MTA gained in the other tube reconstructions they probably would finish ahead of schedule. This whole plan looks really irresponsible.