Port Authority to Long Island City by Express bus?
Is there any way I can get to Long Island City by express bus from 42nd street? I wanna switch it up from the E train this time but I'm not sure how. Any suggestions? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Question on the IND QBL and rails
Ok so as a recap as we all know on May 2nd on the IND Queens Bvld Line @ Broadway and 65th St. in Woodside, we had this massive derailment involving a set of R46's on the F. That very area was supposed...
View Article"Full Service" bus companies/transit agencies
Many of us are aware that NJ Transit is one of the only major transit agencies left that still has "full service" lines, where the drivers collect many and give change - along with many of the NJ...
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Road test tips (NYC)
You know how people are typically incredibly nervous the first time they drive but get better and then basically do nothing wrong on their test? It went the other way around with me. The second time...
View ArticleOver Night Bx39 (Bx41) Question
I dont Post Too much in here. I Do a lot of reading thou. just post when i feel a MTA Set Up is STUPID and One thing I dont Understand Is WHY DO THE MTA MISLEAD people to think that there actually a...
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Lexington Aveune Delays
Can someone tell me how the to Woodlawn during PM Rush Hour is always full when there a always empty and the is kind of full. There is also a ton of trains at 125 Street coming one after the other.
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New York’s Shadow Transit (The History Of Dollar Vans) - The New Yorker
In 1980, when a transit strike halted buses and subway trains throughout New York’s five boroughs, residents in some of the most marooned parts of the city started using their own cars and vans to...
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President Obama calls MH17 crash ‘terrible tragedy’ (Plane shot down in the...
BY MICHAEL WALSH NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Thursday, July 17, 2014, 11:21 AM Updated: Thursday, July 17, 2014, 2:35 PM A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was reportedly shot down, killing...
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Ex-MTA CEO Jay Walder Forced To Leave Hong Kong's Transit Authority For...
Three years ago, Jay Walder abruptly resigned as MTA Chairman and CEO, to lead Hong Kong's MTR mass transit system. Now, he's being forced to leave a year ahead of his planned exit date because of...
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Thoughts on the W and the SAS
Yeah I have the nerve to even bring this subject up on facebook arguing over this and well I am bring it up again here. So: http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/140623_1345_CPOC.pdf I'm tired of...
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The Manhattan Bridge and the BMT 4th Ave Line
Last two are my photos taken with my Canon DSLR: Heres something interesting: There was at one point a turning track that sent trains back to Brooklyn right at the bellmouth of the Bridge....
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Can The MTA Bring The R110A and R110B Back Into Revenue
Just a curious question based off the fact if the R110 units can get a second chance of serving NYC. Nothing more.
View ArticleWhats Up Wit The 2 Line Diversion?
Today The 2 is runnin in two sections 241-149 THEN 149- Flatbush Whas The Point Of this? The train pulled off on the 5 line trackage where I assumed it lays up on the middle track at 138 and come back...
View ArticlePlanning a visit from across the Pond
Hi folks, This September and next January I'll be in NYC on vacation for upto a week at a time. I'm a keen photographer of both trains and landscapes, so will be using some of this time to travel...
View ArticleEverybody has that subway car they just can't enough of...
What's yours? Mine would be the R62A. I LOVE those things, by and large they are one of my favorite transit vehicles ever manufactured. R68A is awesome too.
View ArticleStainless Steel Museum Fleet Status
Passed by 207th earlier. Many of the cars formerly scattered around other yards and the museum itself are now up there in anticipation of August 3rd's trip. Here were my observations: R38 4028:...
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Why Amtrak's On-Time Performance Is So Much Worse This Year - CityLab
ERIC JAFFE Jul 18, 2014It's not just your imagination—Amtrak really has been delayed more than usual lately. According to the passenger rail corporation's latest monthly performance report, on-time...
View ArticleParis Metro large station map?
I've got a large MTA station map, as well as a large London Underground station map (both original). I'm looking to purchase the same for the Paris Metro. Any ideas?
View ArticleA thought - Acela route extension to Toronto?
I am 90% sure this won't be done in my lifetime, and it will probably never happen anyway, but how about HSR to Canada? Electrifying Amtrak's Empire Service? What are your thoughts?
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