Bikes On the Subway?

[From article]
I got on the 4 train at Fulton Street. At Astor Place, a short, muscular guy in tight black Lycra shorts pushed his stupid peeling, white bike into the car next to me.
He almost hit me but didn't. I wondered if I should punch him if he did. I never punch anybody except in the ring, but I am always fighting imaginary fights in my mind.
Probably not too bright to think of street fighting. Most of these guys carry weapons.
[. . .]
I thought bikes were used up in the streets to prevent pollution. I thought they were used for exercise, to keep in shape. What the hell was he doing here, causing congestion in an already crowded train?
Bikes should not be allowed on the train. Or if allowed, the MTA should charge extra for them. They take up space for about two people plus the rider. Instead of charging $2.75, he and his bike should be charged $11.
[. . .]
Why not let the jerks bring kiddy pools with them so they can take a dip when they are bored?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/a_little_tirade_against_bringing_bikes_on_the_subway.html

May 14, 2016
A little tirade against bringing bikes on the New York subway
By David Lawrence

Limited Vision Of Massachusetts Officials On How To Improve Mass Transit

Future New York subway cars could look a lot more like the London Tube and Paris Metro, a new design released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has revealed.

New York City (a real world class city), has adopted an idea from the far east to increase subway capacity by ten percent. NYC's system carries about 6 million each weekday. If only some MA state and local officials would read about the world, they might learn something outside of their bubble. Here's a recent report on NYC's plans.

http://nypost.com/2016/01/25/mta-to-test-open-gangway-trains-to-give-passengers-more-room/

MTA to test open-gangway trains to give passengers more room
By Danielle Furfaro
January 25, 2016 | 3:31pm
New York Post

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3416768/MTA-reveals-new-open-gangway-subway-train-design.html

New York subway cars of future: MTA unveils $52m plans for 'bendy' cars that passengers can walk through
The open gangway configuration seals the space between cars
It allows passengers to spread out and move from one to another
Design predicted to increase passenger capacity by up to 10 percent/car
MTA said it plans to spend $52m on 10 open gangway cars for two trains
By Dailymail.com Reporter and Associated Press
Published: 23:50 EST, 25 January 2016 | Updated: 07:18 EST, 26 January 2016

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http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20160125/NEWS/160127325

MBTA looking for ways to reduce crowding on the Red Line
By Andy Metzger
State House News Service
Posted Jan. 25, 2016 at 4:42 PM
Updated at 4:51 PM
Cambridge Chronicle

Sex Crimes Increase on New York City Subways

Crowded subway cars can make passengers vulnerable to gropers, flashers and voyeurs.

Photo: Getty Images

[From article]

Sex crimes on the city’s subways have soared by nearly 20 percent this year, due to a surge in the number of gropers, flashers and voyeurs, NYPD officials said on Monday.
“I think everyone has a subway horror story,’’ said straphanger Ashley Ezparda, 27, of Jackson Heights, Queens,
[. . .]
The most common offenses are forcible touching, lewdness and unwanted surveillance, NYPD Deputy Chief Vincent Coogan told MTA officials at a meeting.
Coogan said the rising number of complaints stems partly from riders getting more serious about inappropriate behavior and reporting it.
He said cops have been able to make arrests in more than half the cases — an increase in busts — because more straphangers are snapping cellphone photos of perpetrators.
For example, earlier this month, police were able to arrest a Level 3 sex offender — the most dangerous — because one of his victims took his photo as he grabbed women aboard trains and on platforms, Coogan said.
The vigilant straphanger, whom the creep smacked from beneath a bench slat at Columbus Circle on Nov. 27, promptly handed her cellphone shot over to cops, and officers then spotted him preying on another woman a week later in the same crowded station, the deputy chief said.
The suspect, Roger Reid — who has 31 previous arrests, almost all for subway sex crimes — was promptly busted.

http://nypost.com/2015/12/15/city-subways-are-turning-into-a-sex-crime-filled-horror-show/

City subways are a pervert’s paradise
By Danielle Furfaro and Frank Rosario
New York Post
December 15, 2015 | 1:12am

New Midtown IRT No. 7 Station, But Still Worst Subway Line

[From article]
The No. 7 train just opened its 22nd subway station this week in the Hudson Yards at West 34th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan.
But while the station was hailed for its design and sweeping mosaics, the line’s 52nd Street station in Queens takes the cake for being the worst station in the entire system, with a whopping 79 percent of its structural components in bad shape, the study found.
“This is one of the most neglected stations in the area,” said straphanger Michelle Vasquez of Woodside, Queens.
[. . .]
By contrast, the No. 6 line received the best reviews, with only 15 percent of structural components across its 38 stations requiring attention.
The study also projected that, based on the MTA’s current spending, New York’s subway lines would not be up to snuff until 2067.
[. . .]
A recent report by the same group found that 24 percent of all structural elements across New York’s 467 subway stations are in disrepair.

http://nypost.com/2015/09/15/the-7-is-still-the-worst-subway-line-despite-new-34th-street-station/

The 7 is still the worst subway line despite new 34th Street station

By Emily Saul
New York Post
September 15, 2015 | 6:01pm

Two Killed on LIRR Tracks In Queens, NY

[From article]
A local commuter who asked to only be identified as Al, 61, said he often sees young people hanging out on the tracks.
“At nights the trains are silent and they are quick so you really don’t have time to spin around. You are gonna get hurt,” he added.
“There should be cops placed up there,” said Harry Raj, 53, an auto body repair worker who lives nearby. “It is easy to get to and it’s isolated. People are always up there all hours of the night. I’m not surprised it happened.”
Their bodies were discovered 200 feet east of of the Hollis platform and the engineer did attempt to stop, but it was too late, the MTA said.
“This location is known to have kids playing on the tracks all the time,” said Raj.
According to the MTA website, the train, which left from Ronkonkoma at 1:46 a.m., was scheduled to arrive at Penn Station at 3:05 a.m. but the accident caused major delays.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/09/two-struck-and-killed-by-nyc-commuter-train/

Two struck and killed by NYC commuter train
By Natasha Velez, Dan Prendergast and Georgett Roberts
New York Post
July 9, 2015 | 7:44am

Vandals Steal Copper Wire, Disrupt A and C Lines in New York City Subway

[From article]
It "led to delays and crowding along all 31 miles of the A train, and forced thousands of Rockaways customers to use shuttle buses to get to work,” MTA New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco said in a statement.
[. . .]
A train service will be suspended and replaced by shuttle buses on Wednesday around 10 p.m. so the agency can conduct emergency repair work overnight, an MTA spokesman said. A train service will be back to normal by Thursday morning, the spokesman said.
The cable theft also disrupted service along the entire C line as it prevented some trains from turning around or from getting out of the storage space in Rockaway Park yard, the MTA said.
[. . .]
The cable theft was discovered at 11:22 p.m. Tuesday night when a northbound A train lost power north of the Howard Beach station.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150527/howard-beach/power-issues-along-line-cause-morning-service-disruptions-mta-says

Thieves Cause Chaos on A and C Trains by Stealing Copper Cable, MTA Says
By Trevor Kapp and Sybile Penhirin

May 27, 2015 8:27am | Updated May 27, 2015 10:46am

Police Arrest Teens Vandalizing NYC Subway System

[From article]
Police have arrested seven teenagers in the last three months, on accusations that they committed acts of vandalism on the subways.
The group, known as the Subway Conquestors, has been implicated in several incidents in recent months.
In the latest video posted to YouTube, the group sneaks onto a darkened train at an unknown location and begins manipulating doors. An announcement and digital map indicate that the train is set to run as a D Train, but the train is of a newer model than those actually used on the D line.
D.J. Hammers, who uploaded the video, alleged that they used stolen subway keys.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/22/subway-vandalism-arrests/

7 Teens Arrested In Recent Weeks In Subway Vandalism Incidents
After Months Of 'Conquestors' Ruling The Underground, Cops Strike Back
CBS News New York NY
May 22, 2015 8:03 PM

CBS News New York NY

Updated: Metro North MTA Train Crashes Into Car, 7 Dead North of New York City

Posted February 3, 2015 11:14 PM ET; Last updated February 6, 2015 4:49 PM ET


Firefighters work at the scene of a train vs car accident at the Commerce Street crossing in Valhalla Feb. 3, 2015.

People arrive for Ellen Brody's (inset) funeral in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Photo: AP (2)

[From article]
He said Brody, a jewelry store saleswoman, had been on her way to meet a client at the time and was unfamiliar with the neighborhood in Valhalla where the crash occurred.
“Somehow she ended up in this strange and unfamiliar place,” said Alan Brody, a native of Durban, South Africa. “I once drove there in that area two years ago, and I remember thinking, ‘This looks like my old home in Africa,’ and I was also thinking, ‘Are you kidding me? Who could imagine a major commuter railroad running through this? How could it?’”
http://nypost.com/2015/02/06/husband-eulogizes-wife-who-caused-fatal-metro-north-crash/

Husband eulogizes wife who caused fatal Metro-North crash
By Lorena Mongelli and Laura Italiano
February 6, 2015 | 3:15pm
New York Post

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2938864/Metro-North-train-bursts-flames-crashing-car-just-outside-NYC-resulting-multiple-deaths.html

At least seven dead and a dozen seriously injured after train crashed into a Jeep stuck on the tracks and burst into flames just outside New York City
Metro-North train crashed into car while traveling in Valhalla, New York
Officials: At least seven people killed and further 12 seriously wounded
After crash, passengers in the first three cars were evacuated via ladder
Dozens of firefighters were pictured battling shocking blaze amid snow
One unnamed passenger tweeted: 'Front of train is completely burnt out'
It is unknown why car was on the railway tracks; police are investigating
By SOPHIE JANE EVANS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:51 EST, 3 February 2015 | UPDATED: 23:45 EST, 3 February 2015

Chaos: Emergency crews stand outside the train, while concerned passengers line up inside one of its cars.

[From article]

At least seven people were killed Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a car just north of the train station, according to officials.
At least 12 others were said to be injured in the crash.
Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, had said earlier the victims included the driver of the car, a woman who was outside of her vehicle when the crash occurred, and five people on board the train. But later Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino tweeted that there were at least seven people killed.
The fiery scene began to unfold about 6:30 p.m. when the Harlem Line train out of Grand Central Terminal struck the black Jeep Cherokee at the narrow, two-lane Commerce Street crossing, causing an explosion that engulfed both the car and the train.

Evacuation: Following the crash, the first three cars of the train were evacuated via ladder. Many were crying and screaming. Above, a man from a car toward the back of the train is helped out of it by emergency crews.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/

At least 7 dead, multiple injuries after Jeep, train collide in Valhalla

Matt Spillane, Khurram Saeed and James O'Rourke

The Journal News

10:55 p.m. EST February 3, 2015

Hidden Cameras in NYC Subways

Besides the hidden cameras, typical domed cameras are littered through the subway system.
Photo: J.C.Rice


Some of the pipes above your head in NYC’s subway stations are actually hidden cameras.

Photo: J.C.Rice

[From article]
The cameras date to as far back as the 1990s, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said, but the agency revealed it prefers using other, equally covert “enhanced equipment” — even better cameras “that serve in a number of various capacities.”
Besides the hidden cameras, typical domed cameras are littered through the subway system.
The MTA described the cams as “antiquated” — yet some of the cameras found by The Post appeared to be housed in brand-new metal casings.
“They are covert cameras for high-priority areas or high crime,” one source noted. “They record, but can be monitored real-time if it’s deemed necessary.”
[. . .]
In all, there are more than 4,500 cameras throughout the subway system, according to the MTA.
Experts marveled at the cameras, which are housed in what look like electrical conduits.
“These are fascinating,” said Robert McCrie, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management. “What we are seeing is something very well adapted to the circumstance — not only in the sense that they look like a part of the industrial environment of the MTA, but also in the sense that they are positioned in ways to get people’s heads and shoulders.
“These add something different because the perp isn’t looking for it — because he doesn’t know what to look for,” the professor added.

http://nypost.com/2015/01/18/4500-cameras-in-nycs-subways-including-these-hidden-ones/

The hidden cameras in NYC’s subways
By Gary Buiso
New York Post
January 18, 2015 | 8:21am

Updated: Man Dead After Being Pushed In Front of NYC Subway By Stranger, Suspect Arrested

Posted November 16, 2014 7:59 PM ET; Last updated November 19, 2014 4:38 PM ET



[From article]
Cops on Tuesday arrested the vagrant suspected of shoving a man to his death in front of a speeding Bronx subway, sources said.
Kevin Darden, 34, who has 30 prior arrests, was picked up in the Bronx, the sources said.
The subway pusher’s mother said that she is happy her son has been captured. “I’m glad they got him off the streets and I’m glad hes not dead,” said Darden’s mother, Berlyn Joyce Jones.
She added that she has not lived with her for years and he suffers from mental illness — as she offered her condolences to the victim’s family

http://nypost.com/2014/11/18/deadly-subway-murder-suspect-arrested/

Deadly subway murder suspect arrested
By Kirstan Conley and Shawn Cohen
New York Post
November 18, 2014 | 6:51pm

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[From article]
A straphanger was fatally struck by a Bronx train after a stranger pushed him off the platform in front of the victim’s horrified wife, police sources said Sunday.
Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, was struck by a southbound D train at Grand Concourse and East 167th Street in Highbridge around 8:50 a.m., authorities said.
The man was standing on the platform with his wife, Yow Ho Lee, when he was pushed by a guy who then fled out of the station and onto a Bx35 bus at Grand Concourse and East 167th Street, sources said.
The train’s motorman witnessed the push and slammed on his brakes, but it was too late, a transit source said.

http://nypost.com/2014/11/16/man-in-fatal-nyc-subway-hit-may-have-been-pushed/

Man fatally struck by NYC subway ‘was pushed’
By Dana Sauchelli, Reuven Fenton and Rebecca Harshbarger
November 16, 2014 | 10:24am
New York Post

Construction Drill Misses NYC Subway Car By Inches

On inspection, MTA workers discovered that the drill had broken through the roof of the tunnel and was just inches from the side of the train

[From article]
New York Subway train packed with passengers had a lucky escape on Thursday when an enormous drill bit narrowly avoided ripping into one of the F train carriages.
The incident happened as the train was pulling out of the 21st Street-Queensbridge station in Long Island City just before noon. The giant bit, which measures 10 inches in diameter, shattered the glass of several of the train’s windows and gouged at its steel frame, the MTA has confirmed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2815286/Giant-drill-bit-narrowly-avoids-ripping-packed-New-York-subway-train.html

Terrified passengers flee as giant drill bores down alongside packed New York subway train
Incident happened as the F train was pulling out of the 21st Street-Queensbridge station in Long Island City just before noon
The drill had missed its mark and came spiraling through the top of the tunnel and narrowly missed entering one of the cars
The giant bit, which measures 10 inches in diameter, shattered the glass of several of the train’s windows and gouged at its steel frame
Drilling was part of the East Side Access project to bring the Long Island Rail Road trains to Grand Central Terminal
By David Mccormack for MailOnline
Published: 22:57 EST, 30 October 2014 | Updated: 05:30 EST, 31 October 2014

Updated: Man Slaps Woman On NYC Subway, After Her Relentless Insults, Brawl Results, Arrests Made, Charges Dropped

Posted November 10, 2014 8:36 PM ET; Last updated November 15, 2014 5:28 PM ET



[From article]
The man in the 8-ball jacket ​seen slapping a belligerent woman on the F train ​in an online video that went viral ​had all charges against him dropped Monday afternoon after authorities ​determined he was acting in self-defense, his lawyer told The Post.
Jorge Pena spent four nights in jail after the brawl, which ​was widely viewed after footage was posted ​to YouTube, before making his $1,000 bail early Tuesday.
A law enforcement source confirmed that all the charges against Pena were dismissed.

Pena’s lawyer, Cary London, said he thinks the charges were thrown out because the woman in the video appeared to be the aggressor.
“This time the system worked,” London said.
“Thank God for smartphones because the DA’s office was able to have all of the information in front of them at an early stage to show that our client did nothing wrong and acted in self-defense.”

http://nypost.com/2014/11/12/man-whose-epic-slap-went-viral-has-charges-dropped/

Man whose epic slap went viral has charges dropped
By Josh Saul, Rebecca Rosenberg and Sophia Rosenbaum
November 12, 2014 | 12:43pm
New York Post

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[From article]
The video shows a woman and her friends laughing at and taunting a man while on the train between the Broadway-Lafayette and West Fourth Street stations early Saturday.
“You got a wack— 8-ball jacket that came out in 1990,” Danay Howard, 21, yells at the man. “Get your money game up.”
Howard and two of her friends then notice another man filming the exchange with his cellphone. They run after him and one of them smacks the phone out of his hand.
The women then go back to insulting the man’s clothes, at which point Howard slaps the man from behind with her purse.
That’s when Kevin Gil, wearing the 8-ball jacket, turns around and smacks Howard hard across the face, knocking her off her feet.

http://nypost.com/2014/11/10/subway-brawl-breaks-out-after-man-slaps-woman/

4 arrested after vicious slap sparks insane subway brawl
By Matt McNulty
November 10, 2014 | 12:05pm
New York Post

Woman Falls To Death In NYC Subway

A woman, who appeared to be intoxicated, died after falling on the train tracks at Union Square, officials say.
Photo: R Umar Abbasi

[From article]
A woman was killed by a train Saturday when she fell from the platform onto the tracks at a busy Manhattan subway station, authorities said.
The victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, appeared to have been intoxicated, said MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.
A police officer at the scene said the woman, who may have been distracted because she was using a cell phone, could have been accidentally bumped by a fellow passenger just as a Brooklyn-bound 4 train approached the Union Square station at about 3:30 p.m.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/12/woman-killed-after-falling-onto-train-tracks/

Woman killed after falling onto train tracks
By Erin Calabrese
New York Post
July 12, 2014 | 7:09pm

NY Man Testifies About Power Saw Attack In NYC Subway, Bystanders Watched

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317393/Michael-Steinberg-Elderly-man-sobs-jury-hears-carved-half-man-wielding-power-saws-subway-platform--workers-stood-watched.html

Elderly man sobs as jury hears how he was almost carved in half by a man wielding two power saws on a subway platform... while workers stood back and watched
Michael Steinberg, now 70, suffered sliced ribs and a punctured lung after a madman came at him with two chainsaws that were left on the platform
He said workers with contractor Five Star Electric Corp. sat back and watched, ignoring his pleas for help
His mentally ill attacker, Tareyton Williams, apologized for the bloodbath
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 16:49 EST, 30 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:50 EST, 30 April 2013

Daughter of New York Real Estate and Political Magnate Charged For Selling Heroin

Arrested: Brian Whalen, 28, and Katheryn Kalikow, 27, are accused of selling heroin through Craigslist ads

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299000/Katheryn-Kalikow-daughter-real-estate-mogul-Peter-Kalikow-arrested-heroin.html

Daughter of real estate mogul arrested with 30 baggies of heroin after 'advertising drug deal on Craigslist'
By MICHAEL ZENNIE
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 14:26 EST, 25 March 2013 | UPDATED: 17:38 EST, 25 March 2013

Muslim Censor Vows To Go To Trial

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/activist_busted_poster_spray_painting_wHBgcrVUbckOjHRk544NWP

Activist busted for spray-painting anti-jihad subway poster promises
to take case to trial
By LAURA ITALIANO
New York Post
Last Updated: 3:13 PM, November 29, 2012
Posted: 2:22 PM, November 29, 2012

NYC Subway Board Bans Ads That may Incite Violence. Huh?

Local police in Dearborn MI did the same thing when Christians held signs promoting Jesus on public property near a Muslim festival. The police told the Christians they would get beaten if they did not leave. This is another example of negligent training of police and public officials. Sharpton sues the NYPD for that regularly. As stated herein the police must protect the speaker not the heckler. However it appears that the MTA board now supports Sharia Law over the US Constitution. 

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/328857/new-york-s-mta-first-amendment-and-heckler-s-veto-andrew-stuttaford#comment-752234

New York’s MTA, the First Amendment, and the Heckler’s Veto
By Andrew Stuttaford
September 29, 2012 1:09 P.M.
National Review Online

MTA Diversity Officer Stirs Up Business

[From article] Colon, 65, a lawyer, has worked for the MTA’s Bridges and Tunnels division for 24 years, the last 14 as an equal-employment opportunity officer, making about $140,000 a year. As such, she is tasked with investigating serious allegations of racial and sexual discrimination at the agency.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/spamming_on_our_dime_Ss0O6216PTgidgmRmASaFI

Spamming on our dime
By ANDREA PEYSER
New York Post
Last Updated: 2:44 AM, September 24, 2012 Posted: 2:03 AM, September 24, 2012

Tossed MTA Subway Cards Worth Money

The real reason the MTA arrested him was he was reducing their income. Slippage is big business by government and corporations. Cash cards often expire and don't get used. Corporations get tax credits whether or not they actually pay off on their promotions using coupons and prizes. It is a big scam.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/making_off_dis_cards_TdQoJNcZ7H7MU4BwMJsGfK

Making $20K off dis‘cards’
By CANDICE M. GIOVE
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:17 AM, January 8, 2012
Posted: 12:42 AM, January 8, 2012

MTA Threatens Harvard Over Trademark

Is this karma? Usually it is The President and Fellows of Harvard College who sue and threaten to sue over copyright infringement. Here the prestigious Ivy League university is copying the New York MTA trademark without permission.

[From article]
"Unapproved copycats -- including Harvard -- have popped up "several times" in the last few years.
Transit officials sent a terse letter to the Ivy League school in 2008 after it attempted to use the slogan to advertise a student-safety campaign on campus, an MTA spokesman said."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_sees_something_says_stop_B5W9Moodq0Vl8d6NbvW5RO

MTA sees something - says stop!
Fights slogan knockoffs
By ANNIE KARNI
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:10 AM, September 4, 2011
Posted: 1:08 AM, September 4, 2011