Last post ever…

Well folks, tomorrow I pick up and head off on my long road trip which will eventually land me in Denver sometime later this month.

But before I go, I thought I’d put up one more MTA related item and boy is this one a doozy.

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Nothing makes us enjoy proposed MTA rate hikes quite like learning they’ve built a bus shelter where there isn’t even a bus line. Oh, MTA, you really know how to stick it to us.

The best part is that the reason the bus line isn’t there is that it was just eliminated in the recent cutbacks. The shelter is at the corner of Union and Prospect Park West, where the B69 no longer goes and the B71 no longer exists.

But the good news is Park Slope residents have a place to sit in the rain and reminisce about all the good times they used to have catching a bus there. Maybe MTA can just called it the B71 Bus Riders Memorial and wash their hands of the whole ordeal.

Presently Councilman Steve Levin is trying to get the MTA to convert the shelter into a covered bike parking lot, but he may have to wait until the MTA gets rid of all the bikes in Park Slope before they complete that task.

Daytime subway-ing in the summertime

foureleven:

• A guy on the R told me to go fuck myself when I refused his sexual advances. You stay classy, bro.
• A tourist looking for the Staten Island Ferry almost burst into tears when I told her she was on an uptown N and that she was nowhere near the ferry. 
• A tourist getting on the 7 (ed: going to Queens) asked if she was heading in the right direction to the LES. This time, I almost burst into tears.

via foureleven

In response to “foureleven”

Dedicated reader “foureleven” asked where I’m heading when I said in my last blog posting about leaving NYC.

Well “foureleven”, I am moving along w/ my wife, dog, cat, and 2 newborn sons to the great state of Colorado for a job offer I received from Starz Entertainment in Denver.

As much as I’ve enjoyed my life in NYC, it’s time to hitch up the wagons and move along…especially since I’ve been unemployed for almost a year (give or take a month or so when I was freelancing steadily).

And I guess with the move comes the unfortunate conclusion to “Tales from the MTA” since I won’t have much access to NYC newspapers and the on-going drama that is the MTA’s attempts to swindle more and more money from the hard working citizens of this fair city.

Thank god I’m leaving NYC

The MTA is considering a few different plans to raise fare revenue and to he honest they ALL suck.

Come on now… Where else in this country ( that has a metro system ) are you expected to pay 104 dollars for a monthly pass? Or the brilliant idea to charge 99 bucks and set a limit on the card of 90 rides.

If NYers end up paying 104 dollars, that would be a whopping 65% increase from when the metrocard was introduced in ‘98 at $63.

All I know is I’m leaving NYC next month and I don’t have to contend with this nonsense anymore.