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Bus Time arrives on B61

JR_in_NYC — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:52:43 +0000

As per <a href="http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=725">mta.info</a>, looks like the B61 has Bus Time enabled. Now you'll be able to tell how long you have to wait for the B61. I wish they would hurry up and enable it on all city buses.

No Q train on Monday??

brooklynian — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:06:08 +0000

The MTA is not running the Q train on Monday, despite the fact that many people do work that day. Here's how the MTA justifies that: <a href="http://patch.com/A-qT08">http://patch.com/A-qT08</a>

Clinton Washington C-station finally getting audio announcements

armchair_warrior — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:44:32 +0000

I think they just deliberately don't speak clearly cause some of them might be illiterate!!

Clinton Washington C-station finally getting audio announcements

notsayin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:08:14 +0000

Oops! Yes, I've revealed a state secret here. <img src="http://brooklynian.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_pirat.gif" title=":pirat:" class="bb_smilies" />

Clinton Washington C-station finally getting audio announcements

homeowner — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:15:34 +0000

Oh great, thanks for advertising that JBL speakers are hanging in a station with "no cell signal, no station agents". <img src="http://brooklynian.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/eusa_wall.gif" title="](*,)" class="bb_smilies" />

Clinton Washington C-station finally getting audio announcements

notsayin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:10:06 +0000

If you’ve ever stood on the platform at the Clinton-Washington C stop, waiting in vain for a train that never came –you’re already aware the station has no PA system for MTA announcements. With no cell signal, no station agents, and no speakers - riders currently have two options in that situation: leave the station to get information above ground; or wait indefinitely on the platform, sharing eye-rolls and shoulder shrugs with fellow commuters in this information vacuum. It appears that’s about to change, as workers began installing dozens of <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/217388-REG/JBL_CONTROL_25AV_WH_Control_25AV_WH_Monitor.html">JBL Control 25AV speakers</a> on the platform’s vaulted ceiling this past week. The $350, 200 watt indoor/outdoor speakers are some of the first “modern” loudspeakers we’ve seen within the MTA system – and will hopefully mean that riders will get clear, intelligible announcements – unlike the garbled, under-amplified mumblings you often get via the decades’-old speakers in other stations. As of mid-2009, <a href="http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/riders-worry-as-stations-losing-workers-also-lack-pa-systems-1.1351193">over 120 of the system’s 468 stations lacked PA systems</a> – at a time when budget cuts were forcing the elimination of human station agents at over 100 subway stops. In the face of pressure from straphangers’ advocates, the MTA pledged to provide audio announcements systems in all stations, but admitted it would take until 2012 to complete the work. Will Clinton-Washington see fancy digital countdown clocks anytime soon? Sadly, the answer appears to be “probably not”. The <a href="http://www.mta.info/countdwn_clocks.htm">MTA’s website says that 19 Manhattan stations</a> on the A/C/E line currently have the clocks, and there’s no mention of expansion to the Brooklyn end of the line at this time.

Kids Hit by Crumbling Ceiling at Eastern Parkway Station on Saturday

erratum8mm — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:00:50 +0000

<blockquote>They should sue the stupid MTA 'til their very last penny. MTA sucks. 104$ a Metrocard and we can´t even be safe.</blockquote> If they do that, your Metrocard will cost even more.

Kids Hit by Crumbling Ceiling at Eastern Parkway Station on Saturday

homeowner — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:04:39 +0000

The wall in the Nostrand Avenue station had water pouring down it yesterday when it rained. I mentioned to my kids that it was possible that the whole thing could come down. I'm not surprised this happened, only surprised at the location since I thought that the MTA redid that station less than five years ago.

Kids Hit by Crumbling Ceiling at Eastern Parkway Station on Saturday

CRISTINA — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:52:50 +0000

They should sue the stupid MTA 'til their very last penny. MTA sucks. 104$ a Metrocard and we can´t even be safe...AGRRRRR... I hope the kids are ok. Thanks for sharing, Andrea.

Kids Hit by Crumbling Ceiling at Eastern Parkway Station on Saturday

andrea_s — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:13:12 +0000

Hey, neighbors. A 12-year-old had to get stitches after being hit in the head by debris from a crumbling ceiling at the Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum subway stop on Saturday. Prospect Heights Patch has a story up about it (which I wrote): <a href="http://patch.com/A-gRM2">http://patch.com/A-gRM2</a>.

MTA Bustime on the B63

shekb — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:25:13 +0000

I've used it 4 times now on my phone and it's worked very well. It did lose an approaching bus once for a few stops, but overall extremely useful. I wish they'd roll out an app and expand the program to all buses.

MTA Bustime on the B63

GoodProspect — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:20:48 +0000

I happened upon it last week on the B63 (not a bus I often take) and it was fantastic. I've just written a letter to the president/ceo of NYC transit, copied to the head of the NYC bus division and the president of the MTA applauding this new system and encouraging them to apply it to the B69 and B67 routes (which are the ones I use most)..... I encourage everyone to do the same.....

MTA Bustime on the B63

Boygabriel — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:20:16 +0000

Man this would be so great. I have friends who use it in SF

MTA Bustime on the B63

Carmen — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:04:33 +0000

<a href="http://www.mta.info/nyct/BusTime_desktop.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mta.info/nyct/BusTime_desktop.htm</a> This shit is seriously cool. I used it today to get to trader joes and it was right on point- the text said the bus was 3 stops away and, low and behold, I could see it 3 stops away when I peered down the block. Also cool is the ability to track when a bus is coming without actually being at the stop- while I was in TJ i knew how much time I had until the next bus, so I was able to take my time looking for a last-minute product and I arrived at the stop about a minute before the bus came. I think this will really change the way people use buses in the city. I hope its expanded to more lines soon.

Access A Ride bus #3544

armchair_warrior — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:21:22 +0000

I would say depends on which company that access a ride belongs to and if it was unionized and which one and if they are good friends with the bosses :p. last time my friend got in a fight with his supervisor (my friend started the fight lol) and he was friends with both union bosses and company bosses. he only had to apologize and he won't ever do it again. that was that end of the story. later on the supervisor got fried for unrelated reasons ;).

Access A Ride bus #3544

Boygabriel — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:24:38 +0000

@<a href='http://brooklynian.com/forum/profile/bcodsnpkslope'>BCODSNPKSLOPE</a> Really? that's kind of cool that they actually responded and took action.

Access A Ride bus #3544

rosweed — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:50:04 +0000

Surprise! The MTA emailed me with a number to call. I talked to a very pleasant woman who told me they would investigate and would talk to the driver.

Access A Ride bus #3544

BobMarvin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:11:03 +0000

No fault for injury, but not car damage. The victim's property damage is paid by his carrier (minus a deductible) ONLY if he/she has optional collision coverage. If the vehicle that caused the damage is identified the victim's insurance company, if there was collision coverage, will collect from the owner's insurance and refund the deductible.If the victim didn't have collision coverage his/her only chance of being reimbursed is through the other party's insurance(or directly from the other party if,like the City, they're self-insured).

Access A Ride bus #3544

BCODSNPKSLOPE — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:45:54 +0000

there is a number on the back of the bus to report the unsafe driver... I had one of their kamakazie pilots cut me and a bunch of others off one night on atlantic avenue and i was able to follow him to his garage where i was so peeved that i spoke to the safety director who pulled the guy off the road

Access A Ride bus #3544

modsquad2.0 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:09:28 +0000

NY is a no fault state. The same thing would've happened had he been caught or simply left the scene. The City is self insured therefore no rate change. The victim's car's damage is paid by his carrier, even if the perp is caught, not the City.