its been one year since station agents were stepped out of the booths —


https://www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-subw...s-anniversary/

119yr old grand st bridge in maspeth to be replaced —


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^^^

$300,000,000 sounds preposterously high.

Insanity.

$300M for replacing that bridge? How?
$30M ought to get you a titanium version.

That's what I'd like to know. It's absurd. No wonder NYC can't build anything.

sneak peek at the new pay by plate parking meters —


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Let us know how the Army Terminal tour goes. There's a Makerspace NYC facility there, though there's one much closer to you in SI. Makerspace allows you to access metalworking and woodworking tools to work on projects, which is perfect for NYC because we don't have a ton of space to keep tools around.

And yeah, I did have a slight look of confusion on my face, but certainly not because I was looking to go to the Statue. There was a brief squall that forced everyone indoors, and I was looking for the elevator and places to sit to eat our lunch.

But seriously, fuck some of those hawkers. After I told one of them "we don't need your help, thank you", he started laying on some ethnic slurs at us. Great business model, asshole. I really should have taken his name and his company down to either report him to the company, or if he refused to give me his name, give a bad Google review of the company. Also, the same guy got into a fight with some other hawkers because apparently not even the other hawkers like him.

^ oh geez i am sorry to hear that. the only thing worse than the pushy hawkers and the lunatics are the pushy lunatics.

the nypd does sweep through there occassionaly and run them out, but they always come back. ugh.

and yes we do have makerpark nearby in stapleton. its great and they have fun events. wfmu gets all the non profit alternative radio buzz, but makerpark radio is also terrific (as is the lot radio in w’burg).

https://makerparkradio.nyc/

Yeah, they're just more of an annoyance during an otherwise nice day by the Battery.

Thanks for letting me know about Makerpark Radio. Lots of interesting programming and variety.

Taken on April 22nd

East Broadway

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Displacing Details
Displacing Details by artist Noel Copeland at the East Broadway Station in Lower Manhattan,New York

7th Avenue Station in Brooklyn

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Once a Day Use
The IND Culver Express track platforms at 7th Avenue Station , only used for a peak hour once a day F express train roundtrip.

New Murals installed at the Station , for some reason the border tiles weren't installed yet.

Landscapes adrift—cosmically woven and earthly bonded
Landscapes adrift—cosmically woven and earthly bonded by artist David Rios Ferreira recently installed at the 7th Avenue Station in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn,New York

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Grand Army Station Artwork

Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel by artist Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza Station

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Houston Street Station Art

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Platform Diving by artist Deborah Brown at the Houston Street Station

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Christopher Street Station

The Greenwich Village Murals by artist Lee Brozgol at the Christopher Street–Sheridan Square station

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i rarely have rode them and had forgotten about this charming factoid until i saw one of the water taxi's full on yesterday --

all the city water ferry's are named by second graders -- :tup:

https://www.ferry.nyc/blog/ferry-names/


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june 30th is d-day (c-day?) for free driving downtown --




Congestion pricing: MTA to launch Manhattan toll program on June 30, reports say

By Robert Pozarycki
Posted on April 26, 2024

https://www.amny.com/new-york/conges...une-30-launch/

bay ridge freight line in action —
where the ibx line will go — :tup:


https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4OIa...ZseDBwYm1nZw==

mta making moves ahead of congestion pricing --




MTA looks to beef up express bus service ahead of congestion pricing

By Ben Brachfeld
Posted on April 29, 2024

https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-exp...stion-pricing/


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Congestion pricing: LIRR and Metro-North set to offer 10% discount on monthly passes for city riders ahead of toll rollout

By Ben Brachfeld
Posted on April 28, 2024

https://www.amny.com/transit/lirr-me...stion-pricing/