oreosfly
oreosfly t1_jea26bq wrote
I read the headline and knew this shit either came from the Post or Gothamist
oreosfly t1_je68iaw wrote
Reply to comment by Pennwisedom in Gothamist: NYC subway station agents say so long to the booths this week by Delicious_Adeptness9
Just jump.
I hate farebeating and farebeaters - but it should not be this difficult to give someone your money. The MTA sure as hell makes it a chore.
How the fuck are there still no OMNY machines in stations???
oreosfly t1_je5vk6t wrote
Reply to comment by wrongwaycorrigan in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis
As someone who knows nothing about repairing roads.. why do they mill the street and then leave it in that condition for weeks before repaving? Milled roads are terrible for cars, terrible for bikes, and terrible for air quality in the surrounding neighborhood.
Is there an engineering reason as to why they cannot mill on night 1 and replace on night 2? Or is it just a logistical thing?
oreosfly t1_je5bspc wrote
Reply to comment by iStealyournewspapers in Gothamist: NYC subway station agents say so long to the booths this week by Delicious_Adeptness9
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They do not perform any MetroCard transactions anymore.
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The stroller issue could be solved by installing an OMNY and MetroCard reader at the gate, or by installing ADA compliant turnstiles like every other sane country has done.
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The blue MTA help points can be used for directions.
I’m not attacking you or saying you’re wrong or anything, but every conceivable function that station agents perform can be replaced by more efficient, usable, and cheaper alternatives.
oreosfly t1_je3j6y9 wrote
Reply to comment by Available_Survey8834 in New York’s MTA Hates Transparency by psychothumbs
LIRR conductors are worse. The agency spends an average of $200k per conductor on salary and benefits, and the job literally involves you walking up and down the train and scanning fucking QR codes. A local moron off the street can do that job.
The MTA should install fare gates on commuter railroads, downsize the conductor workforce, and use the remaining conductors to spot check... even with the fare beating increase it'll save money over paying people to do the same work.
oreosfly t1_je33ta4 wrote
Reply to Gothamist: NYC subway station agents say so long to the booths this week by Delicious_Adeptness9
Just fucking get rid of them. Their role has not be useful in YEARS - for an agency who cries for money every time the sun rises it would be nice if they actually looked internally and eliminated useless ass roles
oreosfly t1_je0mbcn wrote
Reply to New York’s MTA Hates Transparency by psychothumbs
We need to force the MTA to release itemized invoices for every contract it signs as a condition of congestion pricing. No more no-strings-attached funding for the MTA.
oreosfly t1_jdwy9un wrote
Reply to comment by Pool_Shark in MTA Doubles Down on Construction Costs by michaelmvm
The Post is full of BS way too often but I applaud them for occasionally digging into shit that none of our other local media outlets care about.
oreosfly t1_jdvzwco wrote
Reply to comment by michaelmvm in MTA Doubles Down on Construction Costs by michaelmvm
> Those people get a lot of their cost information from the Internet.”
Do you know why researchers have to go to the ends of Earth to find cost information about the MTA? Because the MTA refuses to fucking disclose how they spend money, even though that money comes from taxpayers.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/11/15/why-doesnt-the-mta-actually-tell-us-what-its-paying-for/
> “In New York, there are itemized costs prepared by independent cost estimators to inform the MTA when evaluating fixed-price bids, but … those costs are considered a trade secret of the agency, not to be publicized or else it would interfere with the bidding process,” researchers Eric Goldwyn, Alon Levy, Elif Ensari and Marco Chitti wrote in an upcoming report from the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management.
I can go on Google for a random road construction project and find its itemized cost. How do I know? Because I just fucking did it - here’s an itemized invoice from Florida DOT for a road repaving and widening project in the middle of god damn nowhere
How much did it cost taxpayers to remove litter on the roadside for this project? $102. How is the MTA spending $120 million dollars for elevators at the Hunter College station? Who the fuck knows
This smug fuck Janno Lieber cautions that researchers do not have any first party sources when it comes to MTA costs yet his agency refuses to make those costs public.
I refuse to support another penny going to the MTA until they are fully transparent on how they spend their money.
oreosfly t1_jdnp2da wrote
Reply to comment by Krudark in If you build more public transit, they will come back by psychothumbs
MTA: best we can offer is the G train
oreosfly t1_jdht0ag wrote
Reply to Cops seek crook behind string of antisemitic vandalism in Forest Hills and Rego Park by Jigamanpimpc
But but but some ppl in the other thread said the cops probably did it!
/s
oreosfly t1_jdft91r wrote
Reply to comment by PoopEmoji8618 in 'We’re stuck in the sewers': FDNY rescues group of boys who ventured into Staten Island storm drain by mowotlarx
Never underestimate a 12 year old boy's ability to end up in a dumb as fuck situation.
oreosfly t1_jczljjb wrote
Reply to comment by pk10534 in NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record | The New York City Police Department’s budget overage defies a pledge by Mayor Eric Adams to cut overtime spending by half in his first year in office. by bloomberg
Like any other job, there’s also an unquantifiable morale cost when it comes to forced OT. If you are actively looking for OT then it must be great to get paid time and a half for all this extra time. If you don’t want to revolve your life around work so much, you may be inclined to quit, and it can cost quite a bit to hire and train new people.
oreosfly t1_jctzbtg wrote
Reply to comment by ArcticBeavers in NYC Subway Fare over last 120 years adjusted for inflation by dust1990
Not really. Average daily ridership pre COVID was about 5.5 million. 3.94 mil / 5.5 million = 71.6%, which is not that far off from 66.7%.
oreosfly t1_jcnsvzw wrote
Reply to comment by AngelaLambert in Staten Island (or Richmond County) is the most sleep-deprived place in New York State, with 44% of adults reporting inadequate sleep. It also ranks 15th out the most sleep-deprived counties in the U.S. by AngelaLambert
SI has some of the longest average commutes in the country.
> https://www.silive.com/news/2015/09/staten_island_keeps_spot_among.html
The average one way commute in the United States is 27.6 minutes. Obnoxiously long commutes are pretty common NY metro area but Staten Island and the Bronx are absolute monstrosities compared to the rest of the country.
oreosfly t1_jcluph3 wrote
Reply to comment by awesomecytoplasm in NYC Koreatown restaurant shut down after couple reports they found dead rat in soup by bachstop
> Some of you bitter racist people need to stop with the racist comments
Unfortunately some terrible people never let a crisis go to waste…
Nonetheless, the fact that a) this restaurant has a history of questionable food safety practices, and b) DOH’s follow up inspection found evidence of live rodents in the restaurant, it’s better to be safe than sorry and shutting the place down was the right move.
oreosfly t1_jc75b0r wrote
Imagine they find out that the lettered line subway cars do not fit in tunnels and stations for numbered lines
oreosfly t1_jc4oh0d wrote
Reply to comment by TeamMisha in Teen brutally attacked in NYC subway station; hate crime probed: NYPD by OpinionPoop
That's the shittiest part of this situation. We have so much to lose. Sure, we could deck one of those teenagers and knock them the fuck out and in defense of another kid, but if we are arrested or our names are dragged through the mud by a bunch of Twitter warriors, our paychecks, housing, careers, and livelihoods might be toast. These bum teenagers along with the bum adults who breed them have nothing to lose by acting like a bunch of zoo animals in public. Unless the government holds them accountable for their actions, we're powerless against them.
oreosfly t1_jc4o3s2 wrote
Fuck those bum ass teenagers who attacked this kid.
oreosfly t1_jbxtvdd wrote
Reply to Videos show crowd cheering while cuffed ex-lacrosse player topples NYC cops, runs by someone_whoisthat
A kid who graduated college and hasn’t gotten in any past trouble… what a great way to set your career back 10 steps. Idiot.
oreosfly t1_jbu75p2 wrote
Reply to comment by mowotlarx in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog
The design process for these cars began back in 2012. They were already in production by the time COVID hit. Redesigning them in 2021 was never going to be a feasible endeavor.
oreosfly t1_jb6wyh6 wrote
Reply to comment by fieryscribe in Police arrest suspect in rape of woman on the Upper West Side by dosmey
ABC7 updated their article with the following info:
> When McIver was initially arrested in 2019, bail was set at $250,000. But he was released on his own recognizance in March 2020 after prosecutors failed to act in time under the speedy trial law.
> He was given a second chance and offered a no jail plea if he completed two years of treatment. He accepted, knowing that if he failed, he would be sent to prison the full five years.
A no prison plea for an attempted kiddie rapist? This city is run by fucking morons. Sentence him to treatment all you want but he can receive that treatment in prison.
God I fucking hate this place sometimes
oreosfly t1_jaibfje wrote
Reply to comment by meteoraln in Pols target NYC’s violent, repeat shoplifters with bill to protect retailer workers just like cops, firefighters by NYY657545
NYC: we don’t enforce our laws but we will solve it by writing more laws!
oreosfly t1_j9yvyxb wrote
Reply to comment by Important-Ad1871 in Burying Moses' biggest middle finger to the city? Plan to tunnel the BQE being discussed by scooterflaneuse
The point is to route traffic around the CBD, though. If you make all roads cost the same, then people will say "well, I'm paying the same shit anyways so I might as well continue cutting through Manhattan". The entire purpose of congestion pricing is to route people around Manhattan rather than through it.
oreosfly t1_jeg9vxo wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Five teen daredevils busted climbing NYC Williamsburg Bridge tower to make online videos by LouisSeize
Yup. You don’t need to send teens to jail to ruin their lives. Just take away their weekends and after school time and make them do the most mundane community service work possible. They can decide whether they prefer sweeping the park on Saturday or reporting to jail.