Today, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a completely free day for me. Tomorrow I leave to drive up to Syracuse with my family but I am taking the train back via Port Henry on the Adirondack to ride the VIA Rail Canada equipment that will be operating on it. My more immediate decision was on […]
Category: Superstorm Sandy
Today I decided (without an Unlimited Ride MetroCard in my pocket) I would try the trans-Hudson commute, by taking the free Statue Cruises ferry from Liberty State Park to the Liberty Landing Marina, on my way to my internship that I need to arrive at around 10am. I left the house at 7:40 and started […]
The purpose of this quick day trip to Philly is to both see a friend who lives in South Jersey and also get a quafecta of 400 AGR S+ qualifying points by riding the Keystone Service for just $16 total (would have been $13 off-peak: Saturday or Monday through Thursday) on the last day of […]
On Monday I was debating going out on the subway yet again but one service change caught my eye. Getting the new Manhattan to Queens section of the R terminating at 34th Street, Brooklyn-bound N trains terminating at 59th Street and the 1 train turning at Chambers Street. Here is today’s subway map made me […]
Sunday, the fourth day of Subway restorations after Superstorm Sandy came and I was again dithering about going out on the subway. When I looked at this midday map, particularly withthe Q train running from Jay Street to MetroTech to Kings Highway I decided I had to set out and investigate it’s R160 signs. I […]
I spent the morning debating with myself about going out for the fourth straight day but decided with the subway restored on the 4,5,6 (and other lines sounding like they might start operations during the day) I would head downtown again. Here was my subway map. My unlimited was gathering dust and losing value in […]
This is the final post (Post 1|Post 2) in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy I am at Grand Central, boarding the 2:34 express train to New Haven. I walk the relatively short train, you enter […]
This is the second post (Post 1) in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy I take the now Port Washington-bound (yesterday when I rode a train to Woodside on the line was only going as far […]
This is the first post in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy This is the best way to describe today: Metro-North Fares Not Paid (since the system is free due to the transit emergency): $46.75 Long […]
This is the forth post (Post 1|Post 2|Post 3) in a series of posts about completely split subway service (Map for the Day) with no service through blackout stricken Manhattan south of about 30th Street after Superstorm Sandy. I decided I had to see how navigating the city would be heading to Brooklyn to visit […]