It snowed this morning! Everyone panic. (Photo by flickr user gmpicket)
By now, this morning’s blanketing of snow has turned to mush, and really, that wasn’t too bad. The Brighton Line suffered a few delays due to a problem unrelated to snow, and the surface transportation was sluggish. But the city’s subways weathered the storm this [...]
Most New York City subway riders would agree: Nary a week goes by without some subway delays. Whether it’s a few more minutes than usual at rush hour or a full-blown police investigation/sick passenger issue, delays are seemingly running rampant recently.
Well, as The Sun reported yesterday, if it seems like delays are up, that’s [...]
So that whole Second Ave. subway thing, it’s been around for a while.
Sitting on the top of this post, courtesy of the Modern Mechanix blog, is an image taken from a magazine that hit the streets in October of 1931 when Franklin D. Roosevelt was New York’s governor and Jimmy Walker was our fair city’s [...]
In today’s amNew York, Marlene Naanes and Kate Hammer took a look at crumbling platform edges. In the article is a mention of yours truly and a few quotes from Todd, a frequent commenter on Second Ave. Sagas. I hooked him up. I am the digital pimp of subway news.
The fare hike countdown is reaching in end. In two weeks, subway fares will go up, and riders will begin to grumble: What do we get for shelling out more of our hard-earned bucks?
Well, in December, the MTA unveiled the plan service upgrades, but the agency couldn’t affix a time table to them. They [...]
Last week’s rather pathetic snow storm was a bit of a challenge for the MTA. At first, buses couldn’t handle the wet roads, and after the rain came, the buses were over-equipped for city streets. Chris, the East Village Idiot, noticed a few buses still equipped with snow chains nearly a day after the snow [...]
Later today, Amtrak will unveil new measures in an effort to beef up security on a porous rail network. While sitting in Boston’s South Station last night, I was approached by a WBZ-TV reporter and was interviewed for the story. You can see the video here. I’m on twice, and while I think I talked [...]
New York City’s tenuous race relations are back in the news in a big way. In a three-piece special investigative feature, the Daily News on Sunday unveiled the alarming fact that the city’s black and Latino subway riders are far more likely to be stopped by the police than whites and Asians in the [...]
No new content today on Second Ave. Sagas. I’m out of town for the Presidents Day weekend, but I’ll be back with regular posting on Tuesday. Trains in the city are operating on a normal Sunday schedule without the track work service changes. The commuter rail lines are using special Saturday schedules. So check your [...]
The MTA finished up some construction early, and Queens residents will enjoy the benefits.
Starting on Tuesday, before the rush hour, the MTA will restore express service to the 7 line. Originally, express service was to be down from the middle of January through March 3, but gentler winter weather allowed work crews to finish [...]
