Your Requisite Weekly L Train Post
Seen over the weekend on the L Train at the 1st Avenue station:
I could crawl from 1st Avenue to 8th Avenue in 54 minutes. Thanks, MTA!
For the record, I don’t know if this sign was actually accurate. I wasn’t about to risk waiting around for 54 minutes to find out.
This entry was posted on Monday, November 26th, 2007 at 5:04 pm and is filed under Subway Stupidity. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Ha Ha Sound says:When are they going to get this for the 4/5/6 line? I really want to panic in the mornings thinking that the next 4 train isn’t coming for another 3 hours.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Todd says:Man, the trains were horrible today. An inch of rain and everything got all backed up.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
The Bee says:MTA makes me burn with rage.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » MTA, Siemens at odds over technology projects says:[…] In an effort to address these deficiencies, the MTA long ago contracted with Siemens to retrofit the 100-year-old subway system with 21st Century — or is that late 20th Century? — technology. Using the BMT Canarsie line as a staging ground for subway monitors and a few bus routes for surface monitoring, Siemens was supposed to deliver technology that would allow riders to know when the next buses and trains are coming. While some of the L line stations have the monitors, the technology has been far from perfect. […]