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Create Your Own Subway Service Pattern! (ForFRACertifyMotormen)
Hello there! This is the second edition based on FRACertifyMotormen's "What service patterns would YOU set up?" With this edition, I'ma really take things up-a-noch! However though, these rules still...
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Should the 6 Express have express service between Parkchester and Pelham Bay?
Just based on what you guys think about this idea of extending express service beyond Parkchester... That's all... DO NOT ARGUE OVER THIS LIKE ITS BASED ON HAVING AN BROOKLYN EXPRESS ON THE CULVER...
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What Would Happen if the 6 and 7 Lines didn't have thier own express service?
Alright, time for a transit scenario. What would haapen to the and lines if they didn't have thier express service? Explain how this would affect the transit community, and how would commuters get a...
View ArticleWould the LOMEX (Lower Manhattan) and MMEX (Mid Manhattan Expressway)...
My first highway scenario. I'm going to do the backstory first. The Lower Manhattan Expressway (I-78 and I-478) and Mid Manhattan Expressway (I-495) were two highways proposed by Robert Moses...
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Malaysia Airlines pilot's 'Democracy is Dead' T-shirt fuels talk that he...
As the search for the missing plane widened, U.S. lawmakers demanded answers. Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah's support for jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has stirred fears that he hijacked...
View ArticleOf Government Hypocrisy
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/03/of-government-hypocrisy-part-1-of-2/
View ArticleSuffolk County seeks bump in NY state funding for bus service
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has asked Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for a nearly 50 percent bump in state funding for the county's bus system -- pointing out that Nassau gets a lot more money while...
View ArticleB36/86 Holding Lights at Coney Island
I read on mta.info that new bus "holding" lights were installed at the Coney Island station to essentially delay bus departures if a Q is approaching for transferring customers. Anyone know how...
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NICE bus riders seek more MetroCard machines
Some NICE bus riders have raised concerns about the limited availability of MetroCards in Nassau, but the MTA says it won't be providing new vending machines to sell the cards in the county. The...
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What Happened if the 6 and 7 didn't have their Express Service? (Hardcore)
Since my first topic on the and was a success, I'ma make a hardcore version to turn up the wick. > Here are the rules: The and run all by themselves. 24/7. You can't use the express bus...
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2nd Avenue Subway Brooklyn and Bronx Provisions Thread
Something special I set up for you guys to decide what part of the line the should set up next for the and lines for the Bronx and Brooklyn provision. For this thread you have to: Set the street and...
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R38 Discussion Thread
Something special I put in honor of the retirement of the R38's. This is the perfect safe-haven for all dicussments about this amazing subway car, as well as the memories and moments we had with it...
View ArticleThe Last of the Brooklyn Trolleys
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/02/the-last-of-the-brooklyn-trolleys/
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RGB Sign Testing Now?
So I was on an X12 going to school and as we were turning onto Battery Place, I see a Nova LFS with multicolored signage. Only the front sign was on though, the side and rear signs were off. Luckily,...
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Lexington Av-63 St terminus for Q?
As you know, the weekday terminal is Ditmars Blvd Astoria with it ending at 57 St-7Av other times. What about the prospect of terminating it at Lexington Av-63 St (especially late at night when the...
View ArticleMetro North Comet V cars usage East of Hudson
Hypothetically speaking, if the Comet V cars used on the West of Hudson Metro North Lines came over to the Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven lines the same way the Comet IIs did, what kind of changes do...
View ArticleOperation Secaucus Junction
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/03/traffic_90_minutes_delay_for_commute_from_lincoln_tunnel_new_jersey_bus_services_face_90_minute_dela.html#incart_river_default Got the word over the radio...
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SUV crashes, lands on top of Q train in Brooklyn
Police were on the hunt for the driver of an SUV who fled after crashing through a fence in Brooklyn Wednesday morning and landing atop a train, officials said. The out-of-control 2006 Nissan careened...
View ArticleApril 2014 Bus Schedule Changes
I wanted to do this in a seperate thread so that there would be a "steady" and "good flow" of a discussion instead of placing it in the Bus Random Thoughts thread The M8, Q31, and Q77 are slated to...
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MTA Moves Forward with Video Cameras on Trains
March 19th, 2014 Metro-North train The MTA is moving forward with the installation of video cameras on trains. Following up a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board, Metro-North...
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