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lickedTators t1_je3a0c7 wrote

Reply to comment by blondie64862 in Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC

I went to DC a few weeks ago and everything was working. Maybe something happened to the system for the couple hours you were go and now you're extrapolating a single anecdote to hate on the train system.

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Bradaigh t1_je3m99o wrote

You literally provided an anecdote as if that negates their anecdote... 🤦‍♂️

To add more anecdotes, I've been to Moynihan roughly a dozen times, and probably 3 of those times the screens weren't working properly. I'd be curious to see data on how often the system breaks down. A shit ton of money went into this, we deserve better.

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Donny_Crane t1_je4vnmc wrote

I have also been to Moynihan a dozen plus times and never seen the screens not work

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blondie64862 t1_je55krf wrote

I am from New Jersey and I have used NYPS to commute from upstate (where I went to university) and from Brooklyn (where I now live) since 2009, commuting for work to Long Island. NYPS has tons of issues, it's terrible, gross, ugly, disorganized, the tunnels need extensive rehabilitation. BUT! I have never seen the track screens not working.

My main gripe with Moynihan is that it was such an expensive and exhaustive project (even the PM architect killed himself during construction) is that it has an EXTENSIVE screen display. There are screens literally on every column and surface...and not one could show the track. But best believe the blinding red Verizon sign was working.

I have a lot of issues with the architecture and infrastructure in the city. And the majority isn't asking what will make commuting easier...but what will make it flashy.

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