MTA

Employees are terrible, trains are slow, stations are dirty. UUGGHHHH im so over the MTA, by far the worst part of my day.

Today will be a great day if I don’t have to a lay bitch out– I’ll be good. Some heffa drops her ass on me to squeeze in. she crumbles my papers in my lap and knocks my book over. I say «you could have said excuse me, I would have moved over» she’s like «I did»
I told her I have headphones in. She said «oh well»
I want to elbow her but I knew that was inappropriate so I continued studying. A Seat became available when at 59^th St. She moved over and rolled her eyes. Wow. The audacity of people. I was getting off in two stops… so as my train stop approached I got up and swung my big heavy leather bag towards her hitting her ever so abruptly. Whoops! As I exit the train, I told her to have a good day.
This heffa isn’t going to ruin MY day!

I don’t even know where to start with this review.
Pros: You can get to your destination w/​out driving/​paying tolls.
You can get into Manhattan during rush hour much faster from just about anywhere.
There are times where you experience the most random shit that will make you laugh because it’s so ridiculous.
Cons: So fuckin many cons it’s ridiculous! I will most likely not be able to list them all or come back and add. I’ve literally come into work saying «I hate the fuckin MTA» more times than I can count”.
Listen, I get in order to fix the subways they need to shut down certain lines and most likely will be during the weekend, but SHIT I see so many MTA workers not doing a damn thing (this goes across the board of all types of workers). They raise the damn fare it seems like every 2 years yet where are the improvements? WHERE??? Then, like many others have stated, many of them have the worst attitudes. Only thing I can say is the damn signs telling you how long til your train comes (which I do appreciate) and the damn 34^th street Hudson yards station that was added. Btw, that station is the cleanest/​nicest station I’ve ever been in, too fuckin bad not that many ppl commute to that stop. Yeah, yeah I know it’s «up and coming» area… blah fuckin blah. Stations are still dirty as hell, random homeless ppl will stink like PURE HORSE SHIT and carrying (legit 5 carts) of their shit so no one will sit on the whole bench because the stench is so bad! Let’s not talk about the signal issues going from the Bronx-Man…I swear like every day! Or being held up from a sick «passenger» for 20 – 25. I understand shit happens, I don’t have an issue w/​homeless ppl but damn these are the things you deal with commuting & I’m trying to get to work! On top of seeing shit like someone clipping their nails right behind you or a girl w/​a fuckin hamster on her shoulder (ike that’s normal), or these girls whipping out a dick on the 6train and sucking it like fuckin nothing!(Go to world star to see these hoes because I can’t make this up man). You also gotta be alert for your phone, purse etc cause it gets real in NYC… you WILL get robbed if you aren’t paying attention. Oh forget about if you are taking the Q67 bus in Queens… THE FUCKIN WORST LINE EVER! How do drivers not get in trouble for having ppl wait anywhere from 30−55min for a bus!?! Yes, you read that right. smh I can go on and on. I’ve clearly written a novel and can most certainly continue because this is what the MTA does to me… gets me hyped to «pop off» on someone. My last words will be that I agree with Jerome T in saying MTA= THE GREATEST SHIT SHOW ON EARTH (but I have no choice in taking it) FML!!!
Tip: Ppl are fuckin IRATE in NYC… especially during rush hour. I suggest throwing your headphones on to tune out ppl and their nonsense to avoid an incident. Also, like stated above be alert no matter who/​how old/​race etc of the belongings.

I have lived on the lower east side my entire life and have been taking the L train back when no one in the world new what the LL (old name) was.
It has had it growing pains as have I.
Last week, as I was trying to do 4 things at one time, I dropped my leather glove on to the westbound train trace at 4^th and 1^st avenue just as the train approached.
Super upset as of course they were my favorite gloves, last Friday I decided and ask if the folks that clean the tracks may have turned in my glove. The lovely thoughtful women worksi the toll booth (whom I have since found out only works at 14^th Street & 1^st Avenue on Fridays) was so so so kind. She offered to call the appropriate staff and they would be at teh station in about an hour. Not realizing such a service was available, I was on my way to an appointment and couldn’t She advises that she could not hold the glove for me very long, but if I wanted to back on Monday. she would make the call.
I returned home early on Sunday and walked to the station. MY GLOVE was found., safe an sounds!!.
I only wish I had her name. she made my month!!!
I must spread the word… Although the MTA subway has its challenges, people are REALLY doing there best and they are wonderful!
Thank you you my new Friday friend. You make a great difference in the world.

The Greatest Shit Show On Earth, aka the MTA, is the fucking worst. THE WORST!
Here’s why:
Three MTA employees at Port Authority taking to each other at the info booth while on their phones. Your boy approaches and waits for them to finish talking…2 min…3 minutes… so, I interrupt…
Me: «Excuse me, are there anymore express…»
MTA employee (without ever looking up from her phone): «NO»
: They continue talking amongst themselves :
This has been my experience with many MTA situations: rude mutherfukers who just can’t be bothered to do the minimum of what their job requires when they are busy with their personal activity. Actually, this happens at most government agencies like the USPS, NJ Transit, Long Island Railroad, etc… but NOTHING COMPARES to the MTA, aka the Mecca of Worthless People. Now, I’m not saying ALL are worthless in this agency that functions using our taxes, but I am saying the majority are this way.
There are too many other complaints I have about them to count and I’m not drunk enough yet to rant that long. If anyone was gonna change these guys, it would have been Bloomturg. No career politician has the balls to stand up to them. I’d ride a bike, but I don’t want to die, so I guess we’re stuck with these dickheads.
I think I’ll go make snow angels, now.

Mta I usually don’t like posting anything but in 14 years in NY I had it with you, the worst freaking service there is so disappointed, I spend $ 116 per month and I always find myself taking cabs at least 8 times per month which it adds to another $ 200 to my expenses, you are not fair to the weekend workers, please fix this!!! Or stop charging so much for metro cards

How hard is your motherfcukin job?
This is where the public school dropout/​GED educated are employed. A depository of society’s lesser… operating the transportation system.
Hey, were you trained to fix a «signal»? Wait let me guess, it’s broken @ rush hour.
How about physics; momentum & velocity? Can you properly stop a fcukin train without sending passengers flying?
If you are going to do a job, why not do it the best way possible? Holla!!!
It is strongly suspected that workers are dissatisfied with a multitude of issues; worker salaries, retirement age, pensions, working conditions at the Transit Authority, from prior highlighted worker grievances brought to light by Mr. Roger Toussaint (who brought the city to it’s knees via transit strike on December 20, 2005).
NOTE: It is also strongly suspected that workers do such a horrible job PURPOSELY, to bring light to their bitching for MORE, MORE, MORE $$$$ etc.
The MTA continues want more, give less, all in a perpetual downward spiral inadvertently embarrassing themselves & New York City.

Old, overcrowded, dirty, chronically late.
After traveling on countless underground systems all over the world’s largest capitals, I can now say that the MTA subway system is among the worst on the planet. Slow, inconsistent, corrupted and never apologetic.
I use it only because I don’t have a choice… and unfortunately they know it.

7 train is sucks More than hour from 42^nd street 5^th Ave to 41^st street queens boulevard, usually takes max 20mn!

For someone who doesn’t use the subway system a lot I have to say it is rather confusing at first until the second or third time finding your way. A city below a city. Quick pace for the knowledgeable users. Once I started using an app on my cell phone all fell into place and I got it. Pretty amazing a 7 minute ride can save you 40 minutes of walking time. Cheaper than a taxi and you don’t have to sit in traffic. Lots of characters down below and normal travelers. Always something to see and it doesn’t have to be Halloween to see it. Just remember to wash your hands after traveling!

This station, 6 train 33^rd, symbolizes the MTA’s deficiencies so well: small, outdated, unfit for the needs, dirty, dangerous lacking of barriers, often too overcrowded a train from 42^nd before or 14^th before it to even board, etc. Big sigh all around.

Every single time I ride the subway the turnstile spits out my card on the first swipe. The turnstile beeps deducting my fare, yet the damn thing stays locked up. It takes a second and sometimes third swipe for it to open. Each beep is my fare being charged again and again. Einstein working in the MTA booth always refuses to issue me a credit or refund saying it’s my fault. Also, I couldn’t believe the shuttle between Grand Central and Times Square wasn’t running on a Sunday. Ridiculous. Thank god I don’t need to ride this cranky dinosaur very often and only when I visit NYC.

Tokyo
Paris
London
Fifty feet of shit
New York

Oh… the MTA subway system. In my 20+ years in this city. A couple of positives. LONG list of negatives. Some interesting experiences. Some interesting people.
First of all, I agree with reviewer Tina C., in that «New York City has the MOST efficiently covered citywide system. It is truly the ONLY one system in the whole world that operates ²⁴⁄₇ @ 365 days a year.»
Now I can’t speak for other major cities, but I can speak for my home city of Shanghai. Ok, last time I was back in Shanghai was 2011. and even then, the subways in Shanghai. however technologically advanced they were compared to NYC, however clean and well maintained they were compared to the dump that is MTA’s subways. The subways in Shanghai DO NOT run ²⁴⁄₇. So just on that point alone. NYC’s subways has the win!
But damn. back to the maintenance issue. Many of NYC’s subway stations are so filthy! The stations themselves are dirty. the tracks have so much garbage. frequently starting track fires that cause delays in the commute. Lots of homeless people congregate in the subways too. From my experiences in taking the E and F trains, I’ve seen homeless people hog an entire corner in the a subway car, sleeping on the seats and having bags of their belongings strewn about in front of them.
Navigating the subway system is more efficient and easier in recent years. Most major stations have wireless connectivity. And there are many mobile apps you can download like Embark NYC and Exit Strategy, that can give you up-​to-​date information on Subway times, delays, etc.
Taking the NYC subway system as a primary transportation every day. you can see people from all walks of life. and many people may say, that is the «beauty» of NYC; it’s such a huge melting pot of different cultures. And that’s true. You can see some interesting people in the subways. loll Although, I know many people who say it is because of so many «weirdos» in the subways, that they refuse to take the subways and prefer to drive to the city or take the LIRR. So it is honestly a love/​hate relationship. loll

I’ve never lived in New York so I’ve not had to use the subway as a resident, nor am I sure I’d want to have to rely on the subway system to commute to and from work through the week, as I can only imagine how congested and busy the system must be and how many commuters are trying to ride during «rush hour».
That said, for the weekend a friend and I spent in Manhattan, staying near the Theater District and wanting to see the usual tourist sites like the Statue of Liberty, ⁹⁄₁₁ Memorial, Chinatown, Columbus Circle, etc. the subway system was perfect for us. It was fairly easy to navigate, it was reliable on that particular weekend, and the cost was reasonable as well.
To boot, we were able to map our route via Google Maps and understand which line to use, where stations were located and how best to get to and from everywhere we wanted to visit.

INEFFICIENT SERVICE.
I have traveled to Paris, London, Moscow and all have highly superior subway systems. The MTA has frequent delays. The tracks are covered in trash at a lot of stations, I think the people working for the MTA are purposely delaying trains. Something is very wrong with this system. Why do they not power wash the beautiful remaining Mosaics? They don’t wash them so that they can create jobs tearing them down and putting up new ones with ugly bathroom style tiles and take several months to finish the job (as usual).
THE MTA is beyond bad. Here is a blatant example of typical behavior from the system administrators (excuse the confusing language but this exemplifies it)
«LADIES & GENTLEMAN THE TRAIN ACROSS THE PLATFORM WILL BE MOVING FIRST» (the herds scurry across the platform, fear stricken, some panicking, some angry and agitated, many tired) MTA: «LADIES AND GENTLEMAN THIS TRAIN IS NOW OUT OF SERVICE YOU MUST NOW MOVE ACROSS THE PLATFORM TO THE NEXT TRAIN» (The doors remain shut, it’s cold windy and rainy outside, people are visibly upset, meanwhile subway doors are shut and won’t let anyone in the cars) People sit. «DO NOT BLOCK THE DOORS (Roars the loudspeaker) YOU ARE DELAYING THE TRAINS (Notice how they avert to blaming the MTA customers for the delay and scolding them like little children) The train sits there for 15 minutes and finally moves.
This could be an excellent system if it had an overhaul and changed it completely. For now it will continue to be a piece of sh*t. I don’t think this is what the builders of the system intended.

Reverse backwards MTA = All The Money OR
MTA= Money Thrown Away!
To me it’s a love/​hate relationship with New York’s MTA. When compared with mass transit systems in other cities/​countries of the world, I admit New York City has the MOST efficiently covered citywide system that operates the five boroughs aside from LIRR, LIRR Bus, and Metro North. It is truly the ONLY one system in the whole world that operates ²⁴⁄₇ @ 365 days a year, in the «City that Never Sleeps.»
The system is over 150 years old yet so vastly complicated of gargantuan size that is impossible to upgrade and maintain for outdated equipment; dilapidated stations; dilapidated signal switch problems, inefficient on-​time service among other major problems. Just follow the sound of unwarranted hostility with service issues as nearly every New Yorker will devour how the fare continues hiking to infinity, in conjunction, with ill service performance are a rapid tale spin grave decline. Panhandlers everywhere and their strong stench airing the trains, «trains are delayed due to congestion ahead», «emergency brake is activated, train crew is investigating the scene», «police activity», or the annoying «signal problem» and the infamous «this train is out of service, no passengers!!»

Its absolutely absurd that the Machines Fuck up every day and the people in the Booths could give a shit about what happened to you. The Machine charged my Card 3 times but no money was added to my card I called and they told me that my Bank is the Issue?!? are you fucking serious? So I had to call my bank and they are looking into the issue.
I swear they always have a smart ass or half assed answer for you.

Go to any other city in the world – London, Prague, Paris, Berlin, Moscow – and the difference in the service of their metros compared to the MTA makes me embarrassed to say I live in New York City. Consistently unreliable service and delay after delay, lousy attitudes by employees, garbage trains, horrible communication, lack of upgrades, lack of cleanliness, horribly tourist unfriendly… it’s a third world subway system. I’ve been living in NY my entire life, and just when I think it can’t get worse… another delay.

I have to say, a 24 – 7 service isn’t easy to plan or coordinate — and while I don’t trust their ability to negotiate fare increases (I’m going to guess a significant amount of pork in their budget), $ 2.50 for anywhere in the city via subway isn’t horrible, and they do cover a decent amount of ground with the buses *gasp*, too. Yes, the buses aren’t bad other than at rush hours.
And the BusTime app is great — why can’t they do that with every subway line? It shouldn’t be hard to put in a few sensors showing where the train was *last* (forget about between station times).

Dans une grande ville comme New York, le réseau des métro est vaste et quoi de mieux qu’une carte avec trajet illimité pour se déplacer sans prise de tête.
Au nombre de fois où l’on se paume entre les stations et les directions à prendre, c’est loin d’être un luxe et s’impose comme un incontournable. Une trentaine de dollars suffisent ainsi pour se fournir avec un pass de la sorte durant une semaine.
Toutefois il faut veiller à né pas se tromper sur la commande. Elle peut s’effectuer aux guichet mais personnellement je recommande plutôt les bornes, plus adapté pour prendre son temps et être sur du bon choix d’autant qu’on peut sélectionner de nombreuses langues d’instruction.

La MTA metrocard est votre alliée pour découvrir la ville de NYC.
À la journée, pour 3 jours, les tarifs sont vraiment avantageux.
Si vous êtes perdu, demandez votre chemin, les new yorkais prendront le temps de vous aider. C’est vraiment différent de Paris, sans blâmer les parisiens …
Si vous êtes curieux, laissez vous guider dans les dédales des stations de métro, certaines sont magnifiques et puis surtout vous aurez peut-​être la chance d’accompagner votre voyage par de jeunes musiciens, acrobates, danseurs!
Et surtout amusez vous à regarder comment sont chaussées les femmes, runnings dans le métro et à la sortie les troquent les vilaines baskets contre des talons élégants!