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more about #mta more comments → AzureTexan: Yeah, but just as soon as the conformal coating system gets the scenester endorsement, here comes the anticonformal system, being all hip and ironic. more » OMG! Ponies!: Ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry to bother you today. Unfortunately, I lost my job four months ago and, last week, my apartment was damaged when my ... more » Rozelle’s Bagman: I'd love a 600 lb. safe, but a bit useless without the combination more » RCrumbudgeon: Hey, NYC subway seats! Now I know what to get John Rocker for Christmas this year. more » BettyCrocker: A stanchion fo' yo mansion, dawg! more » misslinda: I don't care what fancy name they give them, you take a "stanchion pole" out of the subway and put it in your home and you've got yourself a stripper ... more » The Real JR: I'm still in the midst of the bidding war for some bridge the Port Authority has been offering. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Everything you said about the misallocation of resources (more highways, less mass transit) is true for schools, too Local funding of local transit a... more » Proofer3: Thank you for reminding me how much I love Griffin Dunne, and what an unappreciated film After Hours is. more » badasscat: Fares are simply taxes—incredibly regressive taxes, just like the sales taxes that New York City residents suffer to fund our own transit while subu... more » garbanzo314: Can we also outsource all labor within the MTA to a non-union shop. The TWU has stood in the way of implementing new technology (they fought automated... more » seekingwhat: I'm building an MTA bus depot in Staten Island right now. The stuff I could type here would probably get me fired but... OH MY GOD! THE WASTE!!! more » sensitivitycop: I lived in NYC for 18 year during the Abe Beame, Ed Koch, and David Dinkins years, and still visit NYC 4 times a year. When I do I rely heavily on th... more » OMG! Ponies!: $205 monthly LIRR pass plus $89 monthly Metrocard equals the reason I now drive. more » ErrolFinch: This post made my day -- that's just how furious I am at the MTA (Most Terrible Assholes). I'm sure if I think hard enough I can come up with a less ... more » -
#mta
Happy Surplus Tuesday!
If you're not following the New York City Transit Authority on Twitter, you are missing out on some great deals. It's Surplus Tuesday! Everything must go! More » -
#rants
New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service
Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say "for just one year." Or "not counting the existing fare increase and de facto service cuts." More » -
#propaganda
Feeling Better About Fare Increases
The MTA is cheering up New Yorkers by printing the word "optimism" on millions of Metrocards. *NOTE: "Optimism" should not be interpreted as applying to the state of the New York City transportation system itself. [NYT. Pic via] -
#qualitycontrol
Last Remains of Old New York Being Outed: Crotchety Subway Workers
If you worked underground for however many hours a day, you'd be an angry mole-person, too. The only thing you're missing? Bloodletting claws and a place to hide the remains of students the MTA sent out to antagonize you. [NYDN] -
#campaigns
Bloomberg Promises Free Buses, To Be Driven By Magical Elves
Even though no one knows that there's anyone running against him, Mike Bloomberg's numbers are falling. So yesterday, in a campaign speech, he promised to make all the trains run on time. More » -
#shoeattack
Copycat Shoe-Hurler Terrorizes Transit Authority
A deranged straphanger attempted to assault the MTA's chief executive with a shoe at a hearing today. Thankfully police apprehended the man and seized his deadly Oxfords. More » -
