Earlier this week, the MTA started asking bus riders in Manhattan to grade the borough’s bus system. I’ve written in the past about how I feel this is an exercise in futility, but the MTA wants to see the cold, hard proof.
So get out there, folks. Grade your bus line. Tell New York City [...]
Call it No Public Transit Left Behind. After receiving grades for its subways and express buses, New York City Transit is now turning its attention toward the sluggish local bus service that dominates our roadways.
Beginning this morning, bus riders in Staten Island will have the opportunity to fill out rider report cards for their [...]
With the fare hike upon us, a lot of New Yorkers are digging into their thoughts on the subway system. While I’ve been in favor of the fare hike on the basis that the MTA needs the money and the fare hike isn’t that much of a financial onus, as Metro and the Daily [...]
I’ve got three trains left in this whole Rider Report Card thing, and I’m saving the Q — the future Second Ave. Subway — for last. Today, we’ve got two lesser-used train lines, and the results are a little bit different than usual.
The result, gradewise, are the same. The Staten Island Railway received [...]
We’re coming down the home stretch of the Rider Report Cards. With just three trains and the Staten Island Railroad left, let’s jump right now.
Today, we find ourselves visiting the 1 and the 6, the IRT Local trains. The 6 pulled down a C; the 1 fared worse with a C-minus. I’m familiar with [...]
As loyal readers of Second Ave. Sagas may have noticed, I’ve fallen down on the job a bit with the results of the Rider Report Cards. With only six subway lines and the Staten Island Railroad left, I haven’t posted the results in a while.
Honestly, I grew tired of the report cards. Basically, you [...]
Oh, those pesky Rider Report Cards. The City Council thinks they were just a grand publicity stunt, but the MTA seems set on responding to the issues raised by the hordes of disgruntled riders.
After adding service on just two of the 22 lines in response to rider complains, the MTA is skipping the next [...]
Because John Liu is still one of the city’s elected representatives, the City Council is gearing up for another run at the MTA. This time, they are going to hold a hearing on the lack of response from the Rider Report Card program. Only 7 percent of the 700,000 were turned to the MTA, and [...]
It’s grade time, baby! After a few weeks of silence — and missing grades for the Q and W — the MTA issued some Rider Report Cards on Friday. The E and the G, the train everyone loves to the hate, both received their results, and they both landed D-pluses. That’s pretty sad.
Let’s start [...]
We’re hitting the home stretch with these Rider Report Cards, and it’ll be time to start all over again before you know it. As the new line managers on the 7 and L took over on Monday, the MTA will wait with bated breath to see if their management plan actually improves straphanger feelings [...]
