Commuter Chronicles

So i decided not to show an outrageous transit fashion boo boo today.

Instead i saw this guy with the really cool head gear that i just had to share.

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Oh, so i am all for everyone showing their individuality and cutting out a path with their own style………

But, sometimes, you just need a mirror.

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The things some people will do for money around the Holidays…

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A nearly seatless subway car debuted Monday in Boston - months before a similar pilot program launches in New York - and Beantown straphangers were unfazed.

“I haven’t gotten a seat in the last three months, so it makes no difference to me,” Richard Sullivan, commuting on Boston’s Red Line, said. “Besides, people who need seats can always get on a different car.”

The Daily News reported exclusively in August that NYC Transit next year plans a pilot program that goes further. It will be standing room only - literally – when the NYC transit runs some subway cars without any seats, hoping to squeeze more riders inside. Four cars on a 10-car train will have no seats during rush hours. Seats in those cars would be locked in the up position during peak travel times and returned to their normal position during off-peak times.

Subway bosses have not decided which line will get the no-seat cars - or when they might go into wider use. Most riders could care less whether they get a seat or not—they a usually rushing to get somewhere, not to sit around or sleep on the subway.

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A rescue plan was presented today for the region’s subways, buses and commuter railroads that includes a new “mobility tax” on payrolls in the region; tolls on the free East River and Harlem River bridges; a much smaller fare and toll increase than the cash-strapped authority has threatened; few service reductions; and improvements in bus service.

The plan would permit automatic, inflation-adjusted fare and toll increases every two years without public hearings, ending the “political circus.” The plan would allow for a state takeover of the city-owned Harlem River and East River bridges, which have historically been free to drivers. The new tolls would be collected electronically, without toll booths.

“The MTA’s subway, buses and commuter trains are the lifeline of the region, bringing people to their jobs, schools, doctors and community organizations. Yet the system is facing a crisis of epic proportions,” said Gov. Paterson.

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The doomsday fare hikes and service cuts sought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority two weeks ago may be put on hold. The governor, the mayor and the MTA have crafted a plan to bail out the financial strapped transit agency. But drivers and employers may not like it.  A plan is in the works to bail out the MTA, one that would still require straphangers to pay probably an 8 percent fare hike instead of the 23 percent talked about at the MTA board meeting, and probably some service cuts.  The plan is set to be announced sometime this week. Stay tunned.

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Ok for some outfits proper socks or stocking should not be optional. What was she thinking?!

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I saw Peter Pan’s wife this morning. He likes his green thights and she prefers black. But with the temperature today I am sure she’s cold.

Let me know how the flight to Never Never Land is!

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Listen up New Yorkers, the MTA is giving a discount for commuters this holiday season. Half fare on subways and local buses on weekends from Thanksgiving through New Years, including the 4-day Thanksgiving weekend, and every day from December 24 to January 1. Bonus days on any Unlimited Ride MetroCard activated between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. A special Holiday Unlimited MetroCard with up to 40 days of service for the regular price of 30 days. Bonus ten-trip or round-trip off-peak commuter railroad tickets with the purchase of a monthly, weekly, or ten-trip ticket during December.  But this doesn’t compensate for the fact that our fares will be almost $3 one-way, hmmm!!!!

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