NYC’s Subway Just Got Worse… Why?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2023
- The NYC Subway maybe have just hit rock bottom. What can be done to fix it?
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Imagine paying $4,000+ for a tiny apartment and having to deal with this crap, not to mention all the other issues.
You couldn't pay me 4k to stay there a month.
NY is one big SCAM
New Yuck city is only a cool place to visit one week or two MAX. after that you leave ASAP 😊
Trust me those staying at fancy apartments aren’t taking the train
Its how they are cleaning out New York, not of poor or rich people but of the middle class
When I was a kid living in NYC, a man flashed my mother, sister and me. My mom beat him with her purse; it was so funny watching him trying to escape because we were between stops. The train was full, so it was hard for him to avoid getting hit. My mom carried a big purse filled with rocks, at least that is what it felt like to me. She was so mighty back then, thanks mom.
I always carry an umbrella for this purpose. Good if it rains, but mainly for self defense. And my purse is very heavy too - it's shocking how much a wallet, a make up bag and a can of hairspray (also for self defense) can weigh!
I would laugh out loud and point 😮
@@LittleKitty22Thick, heavy shoe heels are also useful when applied to certain parts of the male anatomy. Been there, done that. No cop needed. It’s called NY justice and it needs to be brought back.
@@TheAbxgirl That can be very dangerous! Don't forget, you are dealing with unstable freaks there. If you mock them, they might just attack you - to "prove" that they are "all male"!
@@LittleKitty22I carry a Glock 17
I worked for the NYC Subway system for 38 years (1979-2017), mostly as an Operations Manager and Training Director. It’s frustrating and a tremendous challenge trying to run trains safely and on time in a system that was built in 1904. And crime has always been an issue. Now it’s worse. Rampant fare evasion and no consequence for most crimes is an abomination. I’m happy to be retired but I feel bad for those people who live or work in NYC and depend on the subways.
So you know the score. It’s back to the ‘80s minus the total graffiti. Sounds like you retired right on time.
Crime is not worse than it was in 1979-2000. That's just a flat-out lie.
@@johnlewis3891 Please can I see the stats you have on that?
@@johnlewis3891Many crimes these days are unreported because people know that even if they report to the police the criminals will not go to jail.
I don’t think it’s the age of the system’s problem. Even the new schedule checking website is not working.
Omg. Sometimes I get nostalgic for living in New York but videos like this make me so thankful for my life in Seoul 😱 I remember my dad daring me to go into a subway station when I was 12 and I couldn’t make it through the smell of urine 😭 I thought for sure it couldn’t be as bad as that first impression but honestly hearing from friends who live there and watching your videos…. the smell and trash are nothing compared to the other inconveniences and dangers. Living on edge and always having to be aware is definitely one reason why I stayed overseas for so long :’( hope the city can somehow improve….
I visited New York 11 years ago, and at the top of my list of things NOT to do was ride their subway. BTW, I thought $16 for a cup of coffee was a bit high ( of course that was over a decade ago ).
Thanksgiving dinners and unsolicited music is the least of MTA's problems. It took 2 hours to get home from work one night this week, no open bathrooms, no reliable information.
NYC = 8 million people and maybe 3 bathrooms.
Advice from a 76 y.o.: NEVER use a restroom supplied by the MTA or Port Authority unless you have a death wish. There’s a reason the subway residentials pee and take dumps in the cars and on the platforms.
But you chose to deal with it. This is what happens in area with some many people. Imagine if they had open bathrooms. There would be so much crime committed in them.
New York City isn't a convenient place to find bathrooms 🚻. @@pleadthefifth
I think the only way to make it work is to have FT restroom monitors that get paid well. Spaces need to be well lit, modernized & kept clean. There should be cameras that monitor who goes in and out of the bathrooms and fines for individuals that disrespect the facility and employees.
Cash Please keep doing these type of informational videos outside of your regular housing videos. These are great and show us a new part of NY that affects all of us. You are doing a great job and it's interesting, Thanks
Yes keep these coming great info.
I don’t live in NYC and I find his videos interesting.
Yeah, I really appreciate this journalist coverage keep up the good work 👍🏻
TH-cam pays $500 per 40 views. He'll keep posting
I’ve been watching this channels videos for the housing content but most of these other videos are just targeting a specific audience who have an interest in seeing a liberal city burn down and they’re not even New Yorkers. For example the video of him posting Targets shutting down and moving out of NYC due to “crime” when it just moved to a different, more crowded location and he knew that when posting the video and didn’t correct it.
A lot of things come down to that the MTA can't control American culture in general. Part of what makes the metro systems here in Korea work so well is that the overwhelming majority of people strive to not inconvenience others, it makes a huge difference when it's *nearly everyone acting that way.
That’s what you get in a homogeneous country. America now has so many large groups of people who do not become part of American society. They perpetuate the culture they came from and create parallel businesses so they do have to become part of American society.
This is so true. It’s just the people and values now are trashy. It’s the people if they acted decent you would not have a lot of these issues.
I really enjoy this new format where you're doing the problems of New York and what the solve might be. Letting us know what really is an issue. Touring apartments for rent is fine but I find this attracts my attention more. You do a great job thank you !!!
I don't live in New York, not even the US, not interested in politics or real estate whatsoever and I still watch your videos. The way you write your stories and how the content is produced is top tier.
That makes two of us :)
@@aye3678 Three! 👍
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Mind your business
Dude has boots on the ground, talking to citizens, and giving actual onsite reports... Forget those guys on the news reporting from their cushy offices 😭
Cash is the best when it comes to reporting the goings on in New York City, he deserves to be paid for it, imho.
Only problem is that he is not a real New Yorker.He hasn’t been here long enough.Theres a lot about the city he doesn’t know.
@@tdon39Links?
Right, TV news is completely irrelevant nowadays. So is ESPN. Better reports all around from folks like Cash.
Bull he’s a dummy. He’s one if the many that promoted and was brokering illegal apartments.
There’s like a hundred of his videos with illegal apartments he’s helping to get rented.
I lived in NYC for 7 years. During the first month, I bought the monthly pass, but after that, I bought a bicycle and almost never rode the subway. Despite having a dozen bikes stolen, many flat tires, riding in cold, hot, rain, and snow, it was still infinitely better than the subway.
Biking around NYC is 1000% better than subway. ABsolutely right.
As someone who takes public transit often, due to my disability, I can say that the nerves are there. But I'm looking at it from the Boston Massachusetts MBTA. I sat down and someone was just staring at me, might be because I use a blind cane, but I got off at the next stop, because I wasn't safe.
With that said, alot of transit TH-camrs ignore the issues you brought up, except the dwel times, they just ignore the safety aspect, and cleanliness.
Boston doesn't get the cleanliness issue, or the thanksgiving issues, but we have safety and lateness issues. I love trains, and I would like to go to New York, especially for the transit museum in Brooklyn, but NYC subway is horrible for safety, and cleanliness. Boston is bad, but not that bad.
Didn't a subway line that was in such s bad repair state that they had to shut it down for a few weeks?
Boston has much worse transit than NYC
@@Trainbrat yes the entire orange line closed down in August of 2022, and reopened in mid September for track repairs. But it didn't do much good, as from what I can tell, supervisors lied on the paperwork. So it didn't really improve anything.
Weird to see blind anime fan...I'm sorry if my comment hurts your feelings..
the T is at least better haha
I have a friend who lives in Tokyo who used to occasionally complain about the JR lines while I was visiting him. The rare delays or slow trains would drive him up a wall.
He visited me in NYC, and after one single day on the MTA, he stopped complaining about Japan Railways. I do not blame him. Every time I hear an MTA rep say something about "we have the largest subway system, delays and issues are inevitable" my reply is always "Hey, London and Tokyo have huge rail systems and they don't have half the issues NYC has. Stop BSing."
The Moscow Metro is beautiful, clean, and efficient. And the passengers at least look minimally sane.
If u think NYC is bad (it’s getting there) come to filthadephia (Philly) it’s even WORSE😅😅
Even in China, the subways are better (although crowded). Visiting NYC feels like going to a third world city. JFK Airport and the Penn Station bus terminal are also shameful.
@@calvincoolidge1207 I was in NYC in 2013. Do you mean the old Penn station ? ( not to be confused with the original Penn Station ). It was clean and presentable , everything one would want in a train terminal. No Bidenville tent squatters. No Biden - yet. It is a shame what has happened to NYC. I'm glad I got to see it "before" .
London Underground isn't any better... at least Central line sucks ass
as a native new yorker, brooklyn born and raised, your content is extremely informative, Cash. please keep up the great work. you’ve got a fan in me 🔥
And people wonder why I refuse to ride the bus or train.
Road the bust once a few years back, got groped by a drunk.
Never again, I'm a six foot tall man. If I'm getting assaulted I can't imagine what it would be like for someone smaller than me or someone who couldn't fight back.
I know we all have cellphones and instant access to information, music, etc. For those worrying about being attacked, you become a target if you lack situational awareness- when I see people looking down at their phones (especially with EarPods on), pretty much all the time, you’re distracted and much more likely to get attacked. If you keep your head up (and don’t have that ‘shiny trinket’ in your hand), you will likely avoid an issue
Yes, people focused on their phones, or waving them around in their hands while waiting for the train are insane. People doing exactly that in this video were very noticeable to me. I'm a former NYC resident (Manhattan), and I wouldn't dream of acting oblivious like that in the stations or on the trains. When I lived in NYC, my I was always on full alert. Though I'm a very petite female, I was never the victim of a serious crime, and I lived in New York for nearly my entire career.
@@ny3683syr Here in West Virginia the concealed carry laws don't require concealment, and nobody has ever been attacked on a subway in West Virginia.😁
When I was a teen in Brooklyn, I hopped the stiles. I never committed any other crimes in the subway of any kind. I just didn't have money or a means to get to school and other places I was going otherwise.
I hope you didn't get caught. It must suck to not have money to go through the turnstile.
@@Elevatorelectricgate No. I wasn't caught. I was a kid. We all did it. Working class kids did not have money for transit. We used what little to party. It was the 80s. When I was going to school my mother was rejecting me. She didn't buy me clothes or coats or shoes. I should have call the police on her. but I would have been put in the system. I was homeless for a couple of years, but I turned out OK. Unfortunately now that I am happy and my husband of 30 years is retired I am in stage 4 kidney disease and will not enjoy a long retirement with him.
I have siblings but I would never ask any of them for a kidney. They followed my mother lead and rejected me also. I cut ties years ago.
@@jeanettemarkley7299lol they got MTA workers just standing by the gates now so people cant sneak in, they literally just stand there the whole time lol what a job
@@billblaski9523 I had a job where I had to stand all day and they did not let me sit for break or lunch (illegal) I got spider veins when I was still pretty young because of it. I cannot tell you how uncomfortable it was standing all day with added hours. I should have called the better business bureau but I just quit. I had jobs where I walked all day and sat for lunch, that was not uncomfortable.
It baffles my mind that trains in other country have people who are far more behaved and quiet compared to the ones in the US. Sure, there are similar issues of people with bad days in other country’s, but they at least keep it to themselves while showing courtesy to others in the train. The ones in the US behave so much like animals!
It's always a certain demographic
@gumerzambrano As a person of the demographic you're cowardly alluding to, I have to agree however it's usually the much younger of that demographic. I'm alarmed and upset with the behaviors as well. Bottom line we both have to agree that it's all a snowball effect of obvious failed democratic. policies
This is a nyc thing. The Washington DC metro, the Dallas DART etc are nothing like this!
Animals is a understatement
A lot of it has to do with the way mental illness is handled in the USA.
Great keeping the world up to date. Here in Oklahoma I love your video 's. Makes me appreciate where I am and how freely I can get around without the hassle and fear. Thank you
I live and grew up in CT, close to NYC. My dad used to work in New York and regularly took me to the theatre and museums as a child. I even lived in NYC for a hot sec and interned in a couple galleries while I was in college. I miss New York every day, but I almost don’t recognize it now.
One thing I noticed is the lack of staff, I've watched a lot of videos on different travels like trains to give an example. There is a lack of staff period. They need to have people who are regularly cleaning throughout the day. Having attendance.
They also have to get more frequent and do better on their delays. Delay should be almost unheard of.
Also the restroom shouldn't be closed like that. That's just gross like I get if you're trying to clean the bathrooms. If you have staff it won't get as nasty.
Agree, each station should have one full time janitor, who's there 8 hours a day and just cleans. Or maybe a team of 3/4 that rotate. For a system of it's size, there's no reason they can't be paid continuously.
If toilets are closed some folks will pee and shit in corners etc🤮and toilets must be kept clean ,charge a fee to use them that will pay for the attendant.
You can't leave the bathrooms unattended for hours a day. People will be attacked in them. Drug addicts will OD in them. Homeless will camp out in them. Mentally ill will smear everything everywhere. This is why bathrooms are closed. Almost every station used to have bathrooms - decades ago - when we still had tokens and token booth clerks. There was so much crime happening in the bathrooms, and they got so disgusting, that most of the bathrooms were closed.
@@belindakennedy5828 They just get closed to the actual public because they're exclusively used by nasty ass homeless people and drug addicts. There's a reason they never re-opened them.
@@belindakennedy5828Nobody gonna pay to crap on NY!
I'm a retired subway train motorman. Even though I have a lifetime transit pass, I avoid the system like the plague. I only use the system for my annual 9/11 screenings. I don't feel safe using the system . I used to feel safe as an employee.
In toronto ttc employees are the main target to people's violent abd aggression
You’re basically a mobile homeless shelter worker when you work for the MTA. And hitting someone with a train sounds like a matter of if not when. That can take a huge toll.
@@pleadthefifthI think you meant when not if
Society does not need order, people don't need help, let's seal the deal that 's been started long time ago and finally close every goddamn psychiatric hospital in the NYC & US; for da FREEEDOM!
When did you start? If you used to feel safe, then you weren’t here in the 1960’s thru mid 1990’s.
New York native speaking, MTA was great for running on time before the city became overcrowded.
Merry Christmas and thank you for your work Cash!
I think more than people having a "bad day" this is constant and it spreads throughout the entire city. We have a serious mental illness crisis here and nobody wants to address that!!!!
we have a serious affordability and quality of life crisis - that makes everyone mental health worse
Bring back he new york city Transit Police departmennt.
Well ain't that the Fucking Truth!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
@@rickynixon7263
There is still the Transit Police Department. There are 4,000 police officers in that department. Have you ever seen a Transit Police Officer? Basically their one job is to make the New York Subway System safe. In the NYC subway system there are approximately 250 trains, made up of 10 cars each, running at any one time. There are 472 subway stations. They could put 4 transit police officers on every train 24/7 and 2 each in every station for 3 shifts, and still have a few left for other work. Pray tell what exactly are these 4000 doing every day and nite? That is the question.
part of the plan to decay.
Citizen journalism is the waaay to go. Thanks for this.
As a Realtor in Los Angeles, I love watching your videos. It keeps me up to date on my NYC news!
Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years tp ypu and your family.😊😊
Its really sad to see the state of new york. I hope and pray that one day things get better becsuse its a great city. Thank you for shining a light on all of these issues that need fixing. Being educated and informed will help more people try and solve the issues.
The video focused on the problems, which are real, but didn't talk about the positives, of which there are many as well.
As long as democrats are running things, there will be nothing but malfeasance, decay, death and corruption. In case you didn't notice, that's what they do.
“I’m a millennial + and ppl aren’t being arrested for man spreading anymore, and when I yell at ppl like I do online… they hit back now 😱”
The NYC subway is the largest indicator of years of financial mismanagement. At this point, I don't think it can recover. Some of those subway mechanisms are over a century old.
Oh yes, and longer! My ex bro in-law worked tunnel maintenance and has pictures of things like filthy valves with inspection tags dangling from them last dated 1920.
The LIRR is the oldest commuter rail system in the country, and still has some of its original signal mechanisms.
@@mariekatherine5238that’s fucking insane
Old doesn't mean bad. The shit they built in the early 1900s was real good stuff. Well done. Same with homes. However, it is starting to show it's age...
@@timothyandrewnielsen old is bad when it falls apart. When you have your commute delayed due to a broken rail or signal issue then you'd understand.
The cracks in the MTA really started showing with the 2008 market crash. They cut lines and stops that have never been brought back. Between then and now there have been at least 5 acting MTA presidents who all leave once they see it's a mess they can't fix. Now, ridership is down and fare-beating is up meaning less revenue at a time when inflation is up.
Cash, thanks for another insightful blog on the ever increasing problems facing NYC.
Great video! Thank you for giving an honest & accurate viewpoint! 👍🏻
I feel safer on a motorcycle than I do on the subway. I grew up here. It's gotten worse.
Not really safe to ride a motorcycle on the road.
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Do you ride in the city? Also, I feel unsafe, too-- but does that mean I want anything to do with his call for more summons on fare evasion for the average New Yorker as well as more surveillance and policing? No.
Great video! The survey you talk about comes out 2X a year from the MTA and it’s the only one that I take my time to fill out. It’s good to hear that other New Yorkers are on the same page. I’m a freelance hair colorist here in NYC making house calls and use the subway from 3 up to 5 times a day. EVERYTHING you said here is spot on. Greetings from NYC, cheers!
Y’all barely nyorkers
I don’t think their executives care a bit about people’s opinions on the survey. What they may need can only be some excuses to bag more tax payers money. They have no reason to care, wake up.
exactly as if the executives would ever ride in a subway XD @@sedollee7496
Keep up the good work Cash. You are reporting on things the media won’t touch.
Unbiased and fair journalism, Cash! Keep up the great work!!
Safety and cleanliness are my biggest issues with it.
Where’s your sense of adventure?
It’s so interesting seeing things that happen in NYC as an Atlanta resident. It feels like what goes on up there trickles down to us eventually.
All those cities are run by the same group of Jewish people.
Marta is smarter
But it's getting harder 😂
It's really cool that despite what I'm assuming to be very substantial YT revenue you are still consistently the voice for the common sense concerns of "normal" (ie, not super wealthy) people. Really says a lot about your character.
I love his videos mannnn, the commentary is just so clean and interesting
Thank you for my daily dose of New York news
I'll never move back to that craphole
You are definitely one of the best TH-cam producers right now. Every video you make is very engaging and interesting. Please keep up the great work!
He is documenting the dumpster fire that is Democrat run NYC.
I was in NYC for work 3 weeks ago, I came from Paris, France, here, we say that the subway is dirty, but at least, I feel safe. In NYC, I saw people having drugs in front of me (syringes) and it made me feel unconfortable, and that's a shame, because I think that NYC transit system is very good (with a lot of express and locals trains) !!!
meanwhile jakarta's MRT system is cleaner, safer, and cheaper than anysubway system in europe and united states.
Every time I think about the issues on the NYC subway I remember just how amazing the Tokyo subway is
Will cost money but they need to install taller fare gates WITH full size barriers like they do in France.
Fuck that
I think it would be better to just eliminate the problem altogether by removing fares and finding a different source of funding like we do with roads.
I was in NY a month ago and used the subway extensively. Some of the stations smelled like urine. 😅
Only SOME? Ah, flash back to trains and stations w/no AC in the summer, 1990’s, 1980’s, 1970’s. They ALL reeked of urine, and worse.
Cash, We wish you a happy holiday and merry Christmas or whatever you wish. Christmas in New York City must be amazing.
Cash, your videos are informative and appreciated.
I disagree with the fare evasion. I lived in NY since birth and recently the cops are ready to ticket someone at a moment for fare evasion, but when a real crime happens they're no where to be seen. Had an incident by Union Square where a woman was attacked, took 30 minutes for cops to show up. All of this took place on the platform and when I left because the green line was delayed for an additional 30 minutes, after waiting nearly an hour, there were 4 cops, all watching the turnstiles.
They need to improve their response to everything...
basically cops are punks and bullies, they act tough with civil people willing to fare but wont save a life
I bet subway "mental health outreach counselor" is one of the most dangerous jobs in the city, I'd also bet they don't get paid enough
I love this channel so much and I don’t even live in NYC, let alone the US.
In Ireland we had to put cops on our DART Light trains and LUAS trams in Dublin because it got so bad. When I was in NYC recently, I opted to taxi (even though I knew it was expensive to do so) rather than take the Subway because I had seen the stories about dangerous antisocial behaviour on it. Normally I have no problem taking public transport but I didn’t feel I would have been safe doing so in NYC.
If $80 an hour for a limo ( I think ) is too much for you stay out of Manhattan.
@@johnteets2921 Oh, I used Lyft over there. Good, but you get fleeced with the hidden congestion charge. Or a regular yellow cab.
@@Lionesskeeper they have Limousine service in Manhattan. Ask the concierge to arrange it.
Thank you for telling the truth about New York City. Mainstream media is not covering it. Between the homeless, violence, and delays, and just the risk to your life just trying to get to work, is nuts. Groups of people targeting individuals. Where are our leaders? The incompetence puts lives at risk.
Democratic policies always lead to hellish living conditions
It’s not the truth, the train system has heavily improved with the mayors efforts.
@@sovietninja6865 Souce: trust me.
@@sovietninja6865 Stop trolling me. Name a station that has the protective barriers to stop random pushes unto the tracks? Where are the cameras on the platforms? Where are the new trains? All over due and over budget. But don't worry, New Yorkers will pay more money when the MTA asks for it. What a sham.
Jesus Christ, this is hyperbolic. People are not risking their lives on the subways. Their are very few murders, less than 10, that occur on subways. Statistically speaking, people are far more likely to die in 🚗 than 🚆
I moved away from Brooklyn, NYC 5 years ago. Back then on-time performance was only 60%, with most of the delays happening when I rode during rush hour. So every morning there was like a 70 or 80% chance the train would be late. MTA blamed the #1 problem as overcrowding (but really it was bad maintenance and super outdated signaling).
85% on-time performance feels like a real improvement. Well done MTA! Or maybe there's less delays just because overcrowding went away.
Overcrowding went down and frequency adjustments
Just don’t blame the MTA people you see. Century old technology is not their fault. In fact, I give them credit for being able to use it.
Used to live in Brooklyn 9 years ago, the nightmare of waiting for Q train was still living in my head rent free.
I thought I was subscribed.. Great videos.. love your style of journalism..
I live in Boston, and whenever I start to feel bad about having to deal with the God-forsaken MBTA) (which is as slow and unreliable as the NYC system, but has relatively low crime activity -- at least in comparison), I just watch videos like this one and then I don't feel so upset about what I have to put up with our transit system.
As an occasional visitor to NYC from Toronto I found this video very informative and well produced . I've been going too NYC since the late 70's and was sad to see the backslide in the city in the last several years . Best of luck to your channel and city , and Merry Christmas !
To be honest the situation in Toronto TTC system is not much better.
Agreed, but Toronto subway at least clean @@Phewer16
I left New York City back in 1999 when I joined the service and retired over 4 years ago and now live in Southeast Louisiana. I've been back to the city a few times since I left and I've seen how much it has changed over the years. Your informational videos are absolutely outstanding, to say the least. Keep up the great content!
Fare evasion is honestly the smallest issue you mention, attempts to clamp down on fare evasion often cost more than they save. If you really want more people to pay for their fare the service needs to be worth the money: nice trains+stations and on-time running will do wonders in that regard.
The MTA loses hundreds of millions of dollars to fare evasion. In 2022 it lost $690 Million...that's over half a billion dollars! Imagine that adding up over just 5 years. And its even worse in 2023. That's the money needed to improve the service to begin with, I think people seriously underestimate how many people are not paying the fare.
@@ThePhronetic Since undocumented voters get $2,200 a month + free room ( indoors ) they could afford to pay to ride the subway, but the authorities in NY are afraid of the FBI.
That’s a bit like saying “people only steal crappy cars cause they are crummy. If we just made all the cars nicer they would pay to own them instead!”
You are doing an excellent job with these videos to keep people from relocating to NYC
Bravo between the tiny apartments, high cost of living, immigration and public transportation safety
The value of riding a subway is all time low. Imagine paying $2.90 just to go to your work/school, and you get delayed trains, homeless in trains, trains are smelly, stations are unguarded, etc... it's outrageous!
And all that in the social media age…
Omg yes
Why am I paying $6 to do a job at my computer that I could do at home and endure sitting next to a homeless man who heavily peed his pants or stand for 40 minutes … no ….
Lol. Poor you lol
I'm toronto we have same problems, stabbings with death and its all for $3.35 cad
not to mention yall pay up to 80% of your wage just to pay rent JUST to do it all over again
I was in Mexico city and was shocked that there were no trashcans (like Japan) and was clean with having a population of 22 million.
Also I felt perfectly safe and there's fire street food at the entrance of subway stations 😮💨
Not impressed. Mexico City is mostly a dangerous and filthy third world slum. And Mexico City and Tokyo don't have a subway that has been running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, rain or shine for the past 100 years like New York.
We must be third world already
Everyone got good things to say bout Japan
No joke, I was visiting NYC with a friend, and when we got on the train back to my hotel, some group of teenagers started openly smoking a joint. People began to argue, and it was insane that all of this was happening while we were just trying to get back home.
As someone who doesn't live in NYC, these videos are very entertaining to watch.
When you mentioned cleanliness I was just thinking how dingy it looked. People adapt to whatever if they have to,I live in a house in Florida & the whole way of life in NYC blows my mind that folks want to live there,,actually pay dearly to do so!
and most new yorkers would say the same about where you live. I don’t understand these types of comments
@@benfelps
People are not moving from Florida to New York, pal. It's the other way around in droves. Born and raised in New York and I've never looked back even once.
Nah stay up there 😂 Floridas good down here
@@benfelpsmost of these people are ex-New Yorkers who said enough is enough.
@@pleadthefifthYup. Those well off enough to retire or up and move. Ask them if they had a car in NY or relied on the trains and buses.
I could easily write about a dozen pages worth of everything I've seen on the subway just the past four or so years. Fights breaking out, harassment, the push game, meltdowns.
They've also never been filthier. It's like everything is covered in film of scum.
Yes! Free entertainment is back in NYC!
😂😂
its always been fifthly...its like they havent been cleaned since the 80s and it floods everytime it rains lol
It's actually a joke round house improve starter: " This one time on the subway"
What's the push game
Thank You for your informative videos !!
From a network point of view there's too much interlining, too many lines share tracks and there is 7 different cases of reverse branching (lines run on more corridors through Manhatten than in the suburbs). This means disruption one one part of the network can impact too much of the rest, and there isn't enough capacity in each corridor to run more trains.
From a station point of view, the single biggest change NY could make is platform screen doors, they are a total game changer - especially with all the narrow platforms throughout the network, the issue of rubbish and so on falling on the tracks, and the disruptions this causes bring the network to its knees.
Love how NYers think all this is a normal way of life.
My Son Said What You See On The NYC Subway As Normal Is Very Not Normal. I Forget How He Said It Exactly. Lol
It is normal in most of Europe.
It totally is, just ask Gavin newsom
Shhhh! If you let them know it's better elsewhere, they will move to our states!
@@FourKingAwwSumno we won’t
It's sad to compare the NYC subway to the subway in Moscow or Tokyo. Complete opposites. In Moscow its SPOTLESS. In Tokyo the people are so considerate and polite. NYC subway is a disaster.
I work in New York City and take the subway to get around. The subway system really needs about $10 billion dollars for upgrades and repairs. Every time else it rains hard and causes flooding, the subway grinds to a halt. The tracks are old, the turnstiles are old. It’s a situation that doesn’t seem to be getting better vs. status quo.
Love watching your videos. As an up-stater I can say, glad we don't have those problems up here. You can keep them and we'll keep the open fields and cows.
You are a reliable news source. Greatly appreciated.
It got worse because there hasn’t been much improvements.
Your reporting is World Class.
I wish your videos were longer lol very informative. True unbiased reporting here.
If fare evasion truly costs $650 million a year then having a police officer at EVERY entrance would pay for itself and then some.
I recall in 2019 if you search on TH-cam, hordes of leftist, activists and agitators were violently stopping train service, putting peanut butter in the turnstiles and demanding the abolition of police in the subway on top of that they wanted free fares for all
Do you know how much rape and murder would skyrocket if these idiots got their way?
I mean it does and it doesnt. If everyone who jumped the turnstile paid full single-ride fare every time, yes it would be $650 million. But if you stopped it entirely, you wouldn't actually get $650 million in revenue - some people just wouldn't ride the subway, some would use it less often, others would get unlimited/bulk ride cards, etc.. etc..
The police are at a ton of stations and people will still hop or go through the gage
@@allthingscapitol7107 no I mean if they had an officer standing there watching everyone would pay the fare and that would give the Mta $650 million paying for the extra officers
@@metroplexrealtyinternationalstill no one is gonna pay for this shit
Ton of delays and safety issues
Cash’s subtle humor is always great
Merry Christmas to u and the family
Once again, a great report on a problem area in New York.
There's a lot of things wrong with the subway. Trains being late is definitely a major one. What's worst is during rush hours when there are not enough trains and people had to literally sardine pack themselves into a train so they can make it to work on time. There's also the lack of comfort, popular underground stations like Grand Central and Times Square are literal hells during summer months, and outside stations during winner months are brutal. There's always a flood on a train line somewhere when it rains. And there's a delay when there's a sick passenger onboard. While I don't blame the MTA for not having any control on what people do on the train and in the stations, their management of train frequency and overall function of their train line definitely doesn't justify the steady fair hike. Where's all that money going? The subway fare was only $1.25 a ride when the MetroCard got introduced, a weekly pass was $20, and a monthly pass was $60. Now a monthly pass costs a person's full day salary at a median income level. So you'd work 1 whole day for free just to be able to commute to and from work for that month.
Which is exactly the price of a monthly pass? Here in Madrid is 52€, but due to CoViD stimulus it got reduced 50%. Youngsters may ride for 10€ a month. That's nicer.
Edit: I saw in MTA web: $132... but our salaries are 1/4 of those in the US. Minimum is €14k, average blue-collar jobs get €18k, average white-collar jobs get €29k. The gap is small.
@@BlackHoleSpain a 30 day unlimited pass is $132, it was previously $127.
Ah, yes, the charm of being packed into the 7 train with your face tucked into someone’s sweaty arm pit! It makes you feel glad to arrive at work.
@@mariekatherine5238 that was my train too! Don’t you hate it when you have to transfer to the N at Queensboro Plaza, and the N train wouldn’t bother waiting up and take off right as your train is pulling into the station? -_-
'While I don't blame the MTA for not having any control on what people do on the train and in the stations'
When other people turn the carriage into their own private hangout to set up a personal games station or set up a dinner table or similar types of activity then the MTA is to blame for not enforcing how passengers need to behave on public transport for the comfort and safety of other passengers.
The problem is not with the subway. It’s with the people that live in NYC. So many problem people in that city.
México city has 22 million people and doesn't have the issues NYC has. Clean and safe
@@gumerzambrano that’s exactly what I mean. There’s plenty of cities around the world with large populations and the locals don’t act like gangsters and idiots. NYC is full of both. Stop pretending it’s a problem with the subway and MTA and admit it’s the people that live there.
@@gumerzambranohow many blacks does Mexico have?
I mean not everyone is going to be like you you know?
@@fumanchu9701Who you think you are? I’m a NY relic, born 1951. I never once in my life peed or took a dump in the subway. I don’t have a shrink or a parole officer. Never been in a gang, did drugs, or a boozer. I’m not a whore, never been to jail or court except as a witness to a crime. I’m not rude, either. Ignore the crazies and keep your own nose clean. Involve yourself in uplifting activities with positive people. And get some street smarts or stay away from NYC.
Still better than every other transit system in the country. I'm over here dealing with the CTA being run into the ground and we're still second best. Transit in this country needs a serious revamp.
The problem is not that it's _possible_ to jump over / crawl under at the ticket stations. The problem is the people's attitude and that's probably not fixable. 4 years ago, I spent 5 weeks travelling around Japan and it was so unreal so see people queue up in an orderly fashion, no yelling or troublemaking before or after getting on a train. No noise on the trains either; people talk in hushed voices and don't talk on cell phones. It was such an amazing experience. Japan is the one country in the world (of the 50 of so countries I've been to) where traveling by train isn't a terrible experience.
Consequences for repeat offenders to where they are afraid of breaking the law.
And police patrolling the train in squads of 2 and in squads of 4 in the station.
Apart from the pre-ordered and live streamed sexual assaults.
Apart from the pre-ordered and live streamed sexual assaults.
Apart from the pre-ordered and live streamed sexual assaults.
Apart from the pre-ordered and live streamed sexual assaults.
I lived in Philly when the Convention Center was built. At the stop where I got on the subway in Center City, homeless lived on part of the platform. There was a fence between them and train passengers. I saw a knife fight break out once. People going to work, folks with families coming into town, tourists, were all exposed to this daily, but nothing was ever done. Until - Rendell decided to build the Convention Center. It was close to this stop, so even more tourists and business people were expected to use the train. What a surprise that one day, the homeless were gone and a bunch of guys in hazmat suits were spraying down the floor. When cities want to do something, they will. I found it insulting that tax paying Philadelphians weren't good enough for the mayor to make a safe commuting place, but tourists and conventioneers were.
Brother Xi went to Philly ? I didn't know that.
I was born in the Bronx in the 70s, and have lived in this city all my life. And in all those years of riding the subway I've never once been assaulted. And I was even riding the subway alone back in the late 80s/90s as a middle- and high-schooler! Now, I've certainly seen plenty of crimes committed in the subway over the years.... just never been victim to one. And I ride the subway 5 or 6 days a week. I'm just one person, though, and a tall blocky male at that. So take this as merely an anecdotal, personalized accounting. In no way am I saying the subway is safe, but I am providing perspective. And here's what I think needs to be done to make the subway safer:
1. Close the subway in the overnight hours for 95% of the system. Big cities in other countries do it; we can too.
2. Security absolutely must be enforced at the entry points so that fare evasion is down to ZERO.
3. Offer discounted fares to low-income earners, students, the elderly, and the infirmed.
4. More policing of the platforms and trains.
This won't solve ALL of our subway issues -- but it will certainly address a lot of them!
This show is like a newsreel. I wish I could have spoken these things myself as the subway buff I am. The rapid transit system has been my first favorite place since I was a kid.
Stay independent! I absolutely LOVE this channel...what real journalism looks like!!!!! Thanks, Cash! Your check clears every time! Best coverage on all things NYC
Use your cars murica 😂. Let capitalism works than these public transport services 😂
Jordan touching the door handle of that subway bathroom gave me the ick
I've seen ppl throw trash into the rails while having a trash can basically 5 steps away. 🤷🏼♂️
Your videos provide some great insight into how a city like NYC operates, grows, and adapts to a changing world. Your pace of creating content is staggering; every video is well thought out and has a great story arc. Keep it up!!!!
I liked all your ideas re: fare evasion and agree with your observations.
John B. Calhoun's Mouse Utopia experiment comes to mind.
It quickly devolved into a Dystopian Nightmare! NYC is on the same trajectory.
Naw, it’s a cycle. Trains improved from time Giuliani took office to Covid. The 30 years from mid 1960’s to mid-1990’s were BAD. Now the pendulum swings back.
It's hopeless. The NYC subway system is broken beyond repair on every level. It hasn't improved one bit in the 40+ years I lived there and it will take nothing less than a miracle to fix it. I live in Tokyo now and get to experience an incredible transportation system every day.
It takes action to make change.
How long did it take you to learn Japanese? Did you become a linguist?
It's not an MTA problem, but the whole US society collapsing.
The worst part is the executives, those people don’t care.
I agree, I would change the entry to a gate that has a one way turn style. For those who can’t afford to pay, they can have a voucher system, like ‘food stamps’. 🤷🏻♂️
My dude, those bathrooms were Habitually closed LONG before that!
There are too many crazy acting (nutty) people on the platforms and riding the trains for shelter, not transportation. And they harrass people or simply scare the crap out of everyone by their erratic behavior.
Their has to be a balance, I understand the fear over an authority having control of your life. However letting psychotic people suffer on the streets and endanger people is unacceptable and less humane than taking custody of them into a psychiatric facility
@@danf7411 A lot of the psychiatric facilities were closed and now many of the mentally ill have nowhere to go except places like the streets and subways. Government has to invest in the mentally ill as well as those not.
I love your videos, I live in Cape Town, South Africa and many of the problems / challenges you discuss we are still on our way to addressing. Some in a similar manner and some, NOT so much.
I live in Toronto, Canada and we're dealing with the same issues as well. Our subway system is a fraction of the size of NYC's. I don't have a car and taking Uber/Lyft everywhere is expensive. I keep my head on a swivel and walk it the distance isn't too far.
Too many bleeding heart people in NYC worried about whether someone can’t afford paying for the subway or not wanting the criminal to be punished for “reasons”. Until that changes, it’ll get worse.
You hit the nail on the head. To make one person happy and not offend them, you make the experience worse for hundreds. People need to step up and not allow fare evasion, public disturbances, littering, fowl odors, or other crimes to be committed. Enough is enough!