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manateefourmation t1_j6j0he5 wrote

Reply to comment by jdapper5 in MTA cuts free Wi-Fi from NYC buses by flightwaves

  1. Perception is quite literally not everything. We live in a world where everyone has a video camera on them at all times and free platforms (TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) that incentivize sensationalism for profit. If we allow and don’t fight back with real statistics about crime in the subway - or NYC in general (which is the safest city in the US but you’d never know it from “perception”), we will be a losing battle. And if you believe it’s perception, how about posting against the sensationalism instead of being part of it. Your post here played into it! And the main reason ridership has not bounced back according to actual data has nothing to do with crime; it has everything to do with remote working. As of last month only 17% of office workers in NYC had returned to the office full time. Stop making stuff up!
  2. Do you know that almost every other country in the world subsidizes their transit systems - they don’t expect them to be profitable. Or, like DC, and London (among others) charge high distance base fares. Do you want to pay $10 to get from distant Queens or Brooklyn to a Manhattan? That’s what you would pay in DC? Do you want to turn the subway into the LIRR or Metro North and charge those fares. It would solve the deficit really quickly. Do you appreciate just how inexpensive $2.75 is relative to all other transit options?
  3. Your argument that having cell service underground is “Not a necessity,” is your subjective argument. My strong hunch is if I surveyed subway riders I would get a different answer than yours? The cost of this is a drop in bucket of what it costs to run the subway. It also addresses safety perception issues to be able to call 911 at any time.
  4. I was born and raised in Brooklyn and lived in Astoria before Manhattan. So I have a lot of outer borough transit experience. The NQR from Queens got me into the city flawlessly. The D from Brooklyn the same. The L when I lived in Williamsburg was amazing. So I have no idea what you are talking about. So yeah “folks like me.”
  5. Where we might agree is that we need outer borough options like a light rail between Brooklyn and Queens so that for most trips you don’t need to go on the subway into Manhattan to to get between Brooklyn and Queens.
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