I know that now that I am a New Yorker, I really have no room to complain about public transit, since I live in the city with the best transit system in the country. But even the best system is not perfect. And so I must say - I hate you 6 train.

The path that I take to my temp job requires me to transfer from the F at Broadway to the 6 at Bleeker. If I was going downtown I could transfer in the tunnel. But - when they designed the subway lines apparently it was impossible to connect the uptown tunnel like it is on *every other line* so I have to exit the subway, walk 2 blocks, and re-enter (thank god for the unlimited monthly pass...). Still - this wouldn't bother me if the train ran like it was supposed to.

I have been riding this trip to and from work for the past couple of weeks. It is the exception rather than the rule that the 6 will arrive on time. I looked at the schedule - during rush hour it should run every 2-3 min. I tend to find myself waiting 5-15 minutes. I think 10 minutes is the norm. Only twice have they announced on the intercom that there are any problems (once it was signal problems and today for some reason they closed the express lines so all the trains were on the local track). Twice the local train has been so full the driver honks and it drives right past me. After I've been standing in an oven in my polyester work clothes for at least ten minutes. If it does stop I get to experience the lovely human sardine situation, where even though I am not holding onto a bar I am not moving because I am so squished.

And so I say, once again, I hate you 6 train. |