Friday, June 6, 2008

Weekend Roosevelt Island F Train Subway is Normal but Next Week May Be A Nightmare!

Image of Calgary skyline from Listverse

I apologize for the lack of recent posts but I have been in Calgary Canada for the last few days and internet access has been spotty. Despite my distance from Roosevelt Island, I am pleased that The MTA is reporting normal F train subway service for Roosevelt Island this weekend but be aware that starting Monday June 9 at 10 PM and continuing through 6 AM Thursday June 19 the Roosevelt Island Tram will be shut down for track rope slipping.

RIOC President Steve Shane reports in his 5/31 Main Street WIRE column that:
... RIOC will run two buses to Queens Plaza every half-hour during weekday morning rush hours (6:00 - 10 AM). There will be no evening rush hour pickup at Queens Plaza.
Is this what we all have to look forward to at the Roosevelt Island subway station next week?

You Tube video of commuters fighting their way in and out of the Shanghai subway.

3 comments :

Anonymous said...

Starting Monday, June 9 at 10 PM, not Tuesday.

ROOSEVELT ISLANDER said...

Thanks for the correction.
I mistakenly copied the date from RIOC's advisory page which says Tuesday June 9.
http://www.rioc.com/advisorybody.htm

Anonymous said...

Dude, and we are complaining about our rush hour?

Btw, what ever happened to let folks get off the train before you board? That one guy in the video almost did not make it out and I believe there was another one behind him who didn't make it at all. I really don't get this "f*ck everybody and let me in now" attitude.