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No the Beach Boys were uninspired nothings ... the best things they ever did was backing vocals for Elton John's Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me and Chicago's Wishing You Were Here.
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err ok that’s you, but that said, anyone actually serious about pop music would disagree. in fact this current best of list has the cali bb’s at numero uno: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-50-american-bands/ i wouldn’t want to hear them rap tho — anymore than hear the ny bb’s sing. :haha: |
this is a good idea — although i wish they would also require ebikes to make some kind of noise so you can hear the dam things coming — :shrug:
NYC unveils public e-bike charging ports for delivery workers By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 3, 2024 https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-pub...orts-unveiled/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ny...sh/ar-BB1j8FQi https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...768&h=1024&m=6 Officials announce the opening of NYC's first public e-bike charging station in Manhattan's East Village on Feb. 29, 2024. © Provided by WINS Radio New York |
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Ooof. Interesting take. I didn't know that opinion was possible. |
In other music matters, some nerd figured out exactly where this photo was taken:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds https://popspotsnyc.com/simonandgarfunkel/ The photo is funny since they're wearing suits...back when all pop acts wore suits. Also, I find it technically interesting since it was shot on a tripod at maybe 1/8sec in order to get the train blur. But some of the low-kelvin incandescent light from inside the train makes it onto the subjects. They no doubt spent an hour+ on this shot, since you really only get 2-3 shots when the train arrives and then leaves, and almost none of them will be usable. |
^ the suits made a brief comeback in the new wave era —
*** a peek at the abandoned lower level tracks on 42nd st — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3jYr...NuZGw0azJyOA== |
fun trivia via amny & the transit museum —
Q: What’s the history behind naming stations after multiple streets — like 174-175 Sts on the (B)(D) and 182-183 Sts and 47-50 St-Rockefeller Center? Ely W., Fordham Heights A: The commonality of all three of these stations is that they were built by the Independent Subway System (IND) and opened between 1933 and 1940. When the IND planned out its stations, designers wanted to “fix” what they felt earlier subway operators had gotten wrong about notifying ridership – even in subtle ways – about their orientation within the city and the subway system. IND also built on a larger scale than the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and nearly every station had at least two entrances. This was because IND planners had the luxury of seeing the profound impact the subway already had on New York, so they tried to accommodate for future growth. The stations were typically named for the predominant or “major” street the station served, such as Fordham Road. For 174-175 Sts and 182-183 Sts, both ends of the station serve similarly important streets, so it seems the IND decided to include both names. The 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Center Station was one of the busiest in the IND system (and still is today), and the name indicated the entrances from 47th Street all the way up to 50th Street. There are a few more stations naming the entrances at both ends, all also built by the IND: Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Clinton-Washington Avs stations on the G and Clinton-Washington Avs and Kingston-Throop Avs on the C. It’s part of what makes the transit system so endlessly fascinating; no matter how far we progress, there’s something in it to remind us of the moment in time it was constructed. – Jodi Shapiro, Curator, New York Transit Museum |
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This was also a possibility in NYC because the trains and platforms are so much longer than most other transit systems. By contrast, the Boston Red Line (and never-opened Cincinnati Subway, which was built to the same specs) originally had 300-foot platforms (four 70-foot cars). This is often less than the length of a single block whereas a 600-foot platform is always longer than a block, except in very unusual circumstances. |
Huge Bus Order for NYCT
New York awards New Flyer with two new contracts for up to 2,090 Xcelsior® transit buses
https://www.newflyer.com/2024/03/new...transit-buses/ I just hope they don't continue with the awful Cuomo RV paint jobs. They're dreadful. I'm extremely disappointed the R-211 is continuing deliveries with those incredibly stupid decals. NYCT needs to get back to it's roots with the two-tone blue IMO. The recreational vehicle livery is beyond bad taste. Can you imagine if TfL just decided to repaint all their iconic red buses with hot rod flames? Cuz that's the analogy. |
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trivia — after the great 1974 caper movie and great movie about nyc itself the taking of pelham one two three the mta has an unwritten rule to never run a pelham bay park terminal station train at 1:23am or pm. :tup:
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only across the ind, which was built later and so based on lessons learned. at first the irt and bmt stations were short. they were gradually extended between the 1920s-1960s. |
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I think I read that once somewhere... Side note, I'm guilty of purchasing a German copy of Pelham 123 just to put on my shelf. I can't read German, I just liked the way it looked. :shrug::haha: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/10wAA...gXX/s-l400.jpg ...... |
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have you seen it in the wild?
all about the track geometry car. the tgc inspects the rails — :tup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4dQe...1xZ3lqd3Zweg== |
^Did they pluck that narrator from some patty cake kids show?
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^ word to the wise — never put the sound on for insta clips :haha:
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more $ for busses — and three fare free bus routes per boro — :tup:
State lawmakers propose $90 million for more frequent buses, fare-free pilot in budget response By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 12, 2024 https://www.amny.com/transit/state-l...-pilot-budget/ |
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what a problem to have, seems a gimmee for rail, but hmm ... :shrug:
Trail over rail? Federal funding for QueensWay linear park could threaten long-sought QueensLink rail project By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 18, 2024 The federal government granted New York City $117 million to design and build part of a High Line-esque “linear park” on an abandoned rail spur in Queens — but some advocates and elected officials worry the plan would forever foreclose the long-sought possibility of reactivating transit service along the corridor. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/federal...-rail-project/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...0/P1090970.jpg The long-disused Rockaway Beach Branch rail spur. Friends of the QueensWay https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...-10-130612.png A rendering of the proposed QueensWay in central Queens. Friends of the QueensWay https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...size=1536,1435 A map of the proposed QueensLink subway connection. QueensLink |
Absolute imbeciles. I thought I could count on the Feds having the competence to see this is an obvious vital transit corridor not some opportunity for a stupid f***ing park.
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as i recall the mayor is hell bent on it becoming a park.
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The article states the work if done would be for the section that crosses Forest Park and the MTA claims it wouldn't preclude joint usage with transit. Yeah, we'll see. Best case scenario nothing happens and the next mayor favors rail.
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At this point I sincerely hope he's not re-elected. I know he was handed a bad hand but I'm totally unimpressed by his ability to run the city.
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Mind numbing decision making. One of the city's biggest transit deserts with perfect ROW ready to be integrated.
Also forget the stupidity of ruining transit opportunities, this is just not the High Line. The High Line works because it is an urban tourist attraction. This cuts through residential neighborhoods, I really can't even see it being that big of a success. |
Yeah the comparison to the High Line is complete apples and oranges that only a person that doesn't understand design or nuance would make. "Hey that's a shiny new viaduct park, now we want one!" is the basics of it. Never mind the High Line was a industrial freight rail road through what is now a hip trendy neighborhood not a previous purpose built passenger rail corridor with astonishingly obvious transit connectivity benefits.
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welp leave it to the usa to cheap out on a major rail transit revival opportunity in the hand and fall back to a park.
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path rolls out contactless payment —
TAPP-to-pay: PATH contactless payment system launched at several train stops By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 20, 2024 The Port Authority rolled out its new TAPP contactless payment system at several PATH train stations on both sides of the Hudson River, the agency announced Wednesday. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/tapp-pa...ment-launched/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...esize=1200,900 The Port Authority activated its TAPP contactless payment readers at the Oculus on March 20. Photo by Ben Brachfeld |
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A throwback to when the old South Ferry station was briefly reopened
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Have always been curious as to what specifically all those station conduits are feeding and why oh why they can't be more combined to lesson the amount that are running everywhere. Nexis, if you know please do tell. That above photo is absurd.
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how ‘bout more of this, umm, everywhere?
DOT rolls out ‘Broadway Vision’ to further pedestrianize four blocks near Union Square By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 26, 2024 more: https://www.amny.com/transit/dot-bro...-union-square/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...esize=1200,884 Photo of Broadway at West 26th Street Broadway at West 26th Street. NYC DOT |
it’s heeerrrreee — starting in june —
interestingly, its mandated to rope in at least a billy per year, so they waved off most exemptions (over 100 categories were trying lol): A $15 toll to drive into part of Manhattan has been approved. That’s a first for US cities BY CEDAR ATTANASIO Updated 5:45 PM EDT, March 27, 2024 Share NEW YORK (AP) — New York is on track to become the first U.S. city with congestion tolls on drivers entering its central business district after transit officials approved a $15 fee for most motorists headed to the busiest part of Manhattan. more: https://apnews.com/article/manhattan...30eeae5e58b049 |
sure why not, i mean what could go wrong … ? :uhh:
Self-driving cars get greenlight from Mayor Adams for test run on NYC streets By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 28, 2024 Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday released new guidelines that will allow testing of self-driving cars on New York City’s streets. The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled a new set of safety guidelines and an application portal, allowing for the first time a wide swath of companies to test their self-driving car (also known as autonomous vehicles, or AVs) technology on the complex and chaotic roads of the five boroughs. https://www.amny.com/transit/self-dr...yor-adams-nyc/ |
good news —
Transit crime plunged in NYC during March; major felonies citywide see substantial drops, NYPD reports By Emily Davenport Posted on April 3, 2024 more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...ts/ar-BB1l22li |
Are there any renders of the new Grand Central Madison entrances that will be incorporated into 270 Park Avenue?
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$430M for path rehab -
Port Authority plans $430M rehabilitation for PATH train system By Ben Brachfeld Posted on April 7, 2024 The Port Authority plans to invest $430 million over two years to rehabilitate the PATH train between New York and New Jersey, the agency announced last week. Under its PATH Forward program, the bi-state agency says it will invest in rebuilding and rehabilitating its bridges, tracks, switches, and stations over the next two years. At 116 years of age, the PATH — which runs under the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey’s Hudson and Essex counties — is nearly as old as New York’s subway, and alone is the fifth busiest rapid transit system in the country. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/port-au...on-path-train/ |
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2024 is the 30th anniversary of the metrocard —
first at whitehall and wall stations — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5V4D...w3bGs2anZoaTA= |
moving away from the paper window tickets for parking to pay by plate --
New ‘pay-by-plate’ parking meters are coming to NYC streets. Here’s what that means for drivers. By Ben Brachfeld Posted on April 8, 2024 New York City is serving up out new parking meters that will allow drivers to “pay-by-plate.” The new meters, which will first be rolled out in Upper Manhattan on May 8 before a gradual rollout to the rest of the city, will allow New Yorkers to pay for parking by entering their license plate number into the meter. That will allow the city to stop producing massive amounts of waste from paper parking receipts, which parkers place on their dashboard as proof of payment. Each year, New York City parking meters produce about 2,500 miles worth of receipts, enough to stretch all the way from New York to Los Angeles, the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/pay-by-...ng-meters-nyc/ |
whoa -- beware the barnacle !! :haha::tup:
Is the ‘Barnacle’ the NYPD’s answer to stopping parking scofflaws in their tracks? By Ben Brachfeld Posted on April 9, 2024 New York City parking scofflaws are feeling the long, clingy arm of the law. The NYPD has deployed a new weapon designed to immobilize the vehicles of parking scofflaws: the “Barnacle,” a rectangular device that sticks to the windshield with such force that it’s been compared to the tiny crustaceans known to cling to ship bottoms. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/nypd-ba...ing-scofflaws/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...sportation.jpg The NYPD has started deploying “barnacle” windshield boots to attach to scofflaws’ vehicles.NYPD Transport via X |
28th Street Station
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^ a rare M train sighting in the wild ! :tup:
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