Comments on: OMG! The subways are crowded and not running well this weekend http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/10/05/omg-the-subways-are-crowded-and-not-running-well-this-weekend/ A New York City Subway Blog Wed, 23 May 2012 15:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lex http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/10/05/omg-the-subways-are-crowded-and-not-running-well-this-weekend/#comment-1520 Lex Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:13:48 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/10/05/omg-the-subways-are-crowded-and-not-running-well-this-weekend/#comment-1520 "More impressive though is the fact that so many people are riding the trains while at the same time repeated rating the train service as below average. Those C-minuses certainly don’t reflect riders turning away from the subway. The subway strike was a great example of the nervous system that the subway is to NYC. Without it, we lose our minds and our reasonable commute. I say reasonable only because the commuters to Manhattan from the far reaches of the city would be SOL in a car or bus. I would like to see proof that riders ARE turning away from the subway in large numbers. I now I did but I'm the only person I know who has. “More impressive though is the fact that so many people are riding the trains while at the same time repeated rating the train service as below average. Those C-minuses certainly don’t reflect riders turning away from the subway.

The subway strike was a great example of the nervous system that the subway is to NYC. Without it, we lose our minds and our reasonable commute. I say reasonable only because the commuters to Manhattan from the far reaches of the city would be SOL in a car or bus.

I would like to see proof that riders ARE turning away from the subway in large numbers. I now I did but I’m the only person I know who has.

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