At yesterday's NYC Transit public hearing, NYC Transit President Lawrence Reuter was pummeled by complaints from disgruntled riders. And this was after a long meeting with a skeptical City Council board about the NYC Transit performance. The NY Times says that after Reuter said, "The system is actually safer than it ever has been," he was met with boos plus one person's exclamation of "Oh, please." Hee hee. Reuter wasn't that thrilled with the reception, but what can he expect when he's revealing that more holes have been found in the subway system, laying blame on crews in 1993. Whatever - it's been 12 years, it's still crap! Anyway, Reuter has been an easy target ever since the "It'll take 3-5 years to fix the A and C lines" pronouncement; Gothamist hopes that being on the hot seat will shape up service more.
And train lover Darius McCollum, whose family believes that Asperger's syndrome contributes to his extreme obsession with subways (masquerading as MTA employees numerous times), has been sentenced to three years in jail, after his most recent attempt: Carrying various transit keys (engineer, universal, and switch), transit workers' clothes and a hard hat at the LIRR railyard in Jamaica.
