By: one more dead town's last parade
Whoever the idiot on the steps was, he had to be coached repeatedly by the other passengers. To be fair, if you don't know how the back doors work, the phrase "TO OP N D OR TA D ON S EP" is not...
View ArticleBy: mendel
This is the most Canadian thing. Unfortunately the new subways don't have them.
View ArticleBy: Dasein
Maybe it's a St. Clair thing. I saw it happen on a King/Broadview streetcar the day the subway was shut down because of flooding at Union. Whoever the idiot on the steps was, he had to be coached...
View ArticleBy: Paid In Full
Ah, I love adding my gripes to a TTC thread. My big peeve as a daily streetcar user are the clueless folks who stand on the rear steps, which prevent the doors from closing so we can get going to the...
View ArticleBy: maryr
Actually, I give the MBTA big props for installing those luggage racks on the SL1 (airport bound Silver Line buses) at all. That required far, far more foresight than the T usually displays.
View ArticleBy: jb
...I've grown to hate people with backpacks, who take up twice as much space, never take them off and always seem to shove them into my face. You're going to the office, not on a wilderness survival. I...
View ArticleBy: Burhanistan
>I've always been tempted to take a boxcutter on the T so that I can remove people's knapsacks for them. This is a terrible idea. You should get an emergency strap cutter instead.
View ArticleBy: pxe2000
I've always been tempted to take a boxcutter on the T so that I can remove people's knapsacks for them. In related news, I am a horrible person.
View ArticleBy: The 10th Regiment of Foot
"Hats Off" to our Riders! To Mr. Bush For not groping Mrs. McTush!
View ArticleBy: nat
This is why I dreaded the Silver line in Boston. It's the easiest way toget to the airport from much of the city, so it's filled with people and their suitcases. People who do not take public transit...
View ArticleBy: MartinWisse
If you are too fat for that one remaining seat If, like me, you're a fat fuck, don't sit next to me when there are perfectly good seats elsewhere. I don't want your tighsweat on my the rest of the day...
View ArticleBy: MartinWisse
I push my way it, saying "Excuse me!", often to the apparent shock of people who can't believe I'm moving past them to the cavernous spaces on the other side of their stupid backpacks. This happens all...
View ArticleBy: ricochet biscuit
The reason people do this is because if they do move to the center of the car when everyone gets in and out at Bloor, they will not be able to get off before King. There are occasionally reasons to...
View ArticleBy: sonika
The Fenway stop is so useless that I lived in Boston for over a year (and in New England my whole life - having spent a lot of time in Beantown without it being my residence) without even HEARING of...
View ArticleBy: maryr
Also, morning rush hour is just not the time for Disney musical singalongs. Seriously. I can show you the train: Underground, we've descended. Tell me, troika, now when did You last let your SmarTrip...
View ArticleBy: maryr
Sonika - the problem is that there IS a stop named Fenway. It's pretty much the same stop as the Yawkey commuter stop - sort of beneath the Pike at the end of a parking lot off Brookline. It's kinda...
View ArticleBy: barnoley
people putting feet or backpacks on seats next to them during rush hour That's my biggest pet peeve on the TTC. I normally just start to sit down on the seat that has someone's backpack on it, and it...
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
Also, morning rush hour is just not the time for Disney musical singalongs. Seriously. Why do you hate fun, joy and frivolity?
View ArticleBy: troika
Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish: In DC it's not so much a matter of the front of the car as the front of the train - you'll have a 15-car subway... Aside from the fact that trains can only be 8 cars long;...
View ArticleBy: ovvl
I could say a couple of good things about the Toronto Transit Commission: -They have signs reminding us not to rush the doors on the subway, because another train is coming soon. In the olden days, we...
View ArticleBy: Catch
Love the David-Crosby-as-Santa poster from Japan. That's not actually David Crosby, you've just had too much to drink.
View ArticleBy: mazola
"Hats Off" to our Riders! To Mrs. Ruckupundstupjompingohvarmy FOR NOT ASSAULTING THE DRIVER!
View ArticleBy: one more dead town's last parade
Just this week, I have seen:someone stand, on the platform directly in front of a subway door through which dozens of people were trying to exit, apparently completely oblivious that a train was...
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
As someone who catches the bus and train home everyday, I would just like to repeat: 1. Refrain from having loud conversations, talking on mobile phones or listening to loud musical devices when...
View ArticleBy: NoraReed
To me, problems like this that just stay the same show that public awareness campaigns are overrated. It doesn't really work on locals, but as a tourist I always keep an eye out for them when I'm using...
View ArticleBy: KokuRyu
Another weird thing about train cars in Canada (I'm thinking of the Expo and Canada Lines in Vancouver) is just how much space the seats take up. It's way more efficient for passengers to stand in the...
View ArticleBy: one more dead town's last parade
"Attention, all subway customers on the Yonge-University-Spadina line: we are currently experiencing a delay mmfthbound at Mffgllgh station..."
View ArticleBy: one more dead town's last parade
in the centre of the cars, people are standing comfortably, lots of shoulder room, but you can't get on the bloody car because everyone crowds together in the doors and they don't move into the car!...
View ArticleBy: sonika
Also: let riders off the goddammed subway before you try to get on the goddammed subway car. Fucking Harvard Station, every bloody time. I would like to issue the following statement to all Red Sox...
View ArticleBy: Mrs. Pterodactyl
In DC it's not so much a matter of the front of the car as the front of the train - you'll have a 15-car subway with ten or eleven of those cars completely packed, with people standing through the...
View ArticleBy: unliteral
How is that "We don't play games in the road – So why do we let our children?" related to the rest? Also, a related series from an old post that has broken links Interborough Rapid Transit Company...
View ArticleBy: Pinback
Burhanistan: Thanks for reminding me how universally crap that particular local meme was. Yes, including the so-called "best" one. I always figured QR needed only 2 captions for those posters:"Jane...
View ArticleBy: KokuRyu
After living in Japan, it's pretty shocking to see how people interact with public transit in Canada. The biggest no-no's in Japan are just common here - placing your baggage on a neighbouring seat so...
View ArticleBy: junco
The vintage Japanese posters are great, zardoz, especially the one of Jesus and a feast of umbrellas at the Last Supper
View ArticleBy: pxe2000
I'm amazed there's no sign for clipping one's nails on the train. This is a huge problem in Boston, and the fact that so many people think it's disgusting but folks keep doing it pisses me off no end.
View ArticleBy: desjardins
We don't have to deal with any of this in Milwaukee! because we have shitty public transportation
View ArticleBy: marienbad
"Oh, that Know Your Meme page seems to be missing the best one." posted by Burhanistan haha fantastic, thanks, Burhanistan. "Hats Off" to our riders! To Mr Nanking For not talking on his cellphone.
View ArticleBy: hydrophonic
"Hats Off" to our Riders! To Mr. Lee FOR FINDING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PEE!
View ArticleBy: anthill
To me, problems like this that just stay the same show that public awareness campaigns are overrated. They don't solve the problem, just mask it for a few months until their effect fades away. Toy...
View ArticleBy: Sys Rq
The most frustrating thing about living in Toronto is trying to get on a crowded subway in the morning, and seeing it pull into the station - in the centre of the cars, people are standing comfortably,...
View ArticleBy: maryr
Also: let riders off the goddammed subway before you try to get on the goddammed subway car. Fucking Harvard Station, every bloody time.
View ArticleBy: Burhanistan
Here's QueenslandRail's new campaign. And of course, here's the parody.
View ArticleBy: Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish
In DC it's not so much a matter of the front of the car as the front of the train - you'll have a 15-car subway with ten or eleven of those cars completely packed, with people standing through the...
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