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Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

yomf — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:49:52 GMT

I don't think the OT would be much different if the parade was held on a Saturday. The "extra" expense is there no matter what. Of course the MTA saved on

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

mrbeach602 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:42:53 GMT

yomf, these parades cost a fortune-in police,sanitation,ems and other city agencies. a saturday parade will put them on OT-at a time when the city cant afford

Fw: [LIRRCommuters] Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

Michael B. Justice — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:24:49 GMT

This should have gone to the entire group. MJ ... From: "Michael B. Justice" Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:57:36 To: Ian

Re: My ride on Metro North

Michael B. Justice — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:57:44 GMT

MNR does have construction worker trains and vomit comets, but the passengers are much more behaved. They announce "know you're right" on most trains, not

Re: one medical emergency = 3 cancelled trains

reality569 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:43:45 GMT

Always screwing the reverse commuters. It's LIRR's fetish it seems. I bet alot of ppl were trying to squeeze aboard the N20/21 bus to Flushing. And riding LI

Re: My ride on Metro North

reality569 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:43:24 GMT

The problem does indeed have alot to do with LI. Even though its quite rural up there, I think trains get more respect. On LI, car is King and trains and buses

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

Ian Greenbaum — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:32:46 GMT

Sorry point out the obvious, but don't people have the option of purchasing a Metrocard when purchasing their LIRR ticket? Its been a while since I have

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

John R Wersan Jr — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:23:48 GMT

... That about sums up the MTA. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

yomf — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:04:58 GMT

I also agree that the parade would have been better on Saturday. One would have thought that the subway would have been prepared - this not being the first

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

Michael B. Justice — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:09:43 GMT

There wasn't much, if anything, that was different this time - it's another non-news story. I work downtown and while the subways and streets were crowded, it

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

lingcat_2000 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:55 GMT

I do agree with Phil that it would have made more sense to hold the parade on a weekend from just a logistics angle - less people in the downtown area to

Re: Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

Philip L — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:47:22 GMT

See what I mean? The city was overrun with non-commuter spam yesterday. This is why the damn thing should have been on a Saturday. It is a beautiful day

Ooops, MTA didn't think of THAT...

LIRR Commuters Community — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:26:48 GMT

Big party, big pain: MTA muffs Manhattan transfer for multitude of Yankee fans Editorials Saturday, November 7th 2009, 4:00 AM The various arms of the

Re: one medical emergency = 3 cancelled trains

yomf — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:47:38 GMT

Yes, you are right - it is all in how they "number" is computed. There is a big difference between accurately _measuring down-time_ and trying to get the

Re: one medical emergency = 3 cancelled trains

Ian Greenbaum — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:20:13 GMT

As far as the machines being down, perhaps that is logged much like the OTP. If the measure is if the machines are, lets say, up at 8 P.M., they could be out