u/Thegreatdonothingist

They deserve their own space :)

Shown in the clip is the Ge 4/4 #81, located in Switzerland. 🇨🇭

Credit: Swissrails

India: hold my Masala....

I mean, HOLY OIL DEPENDENCY!!!! 🛢

Pictured: a TTC fare gate with a QR, NFC/EMV, & RFID reader. I like when a turnstile has more than 1 option of paying. That makes it future-proof, imo.

With this setup, you can skip the queue at the ticket machine or booth and either:

1. Purchase an E-ticket from an app & scan the generated QR code.

Or

2. Tap your RFID pass that you've already purchased.

Or

3. Tap your mobile wallet or physical bank card directly.

Either way, you'll have a ticket machine right in your pocket. This also applies to buses and trams :)

Spotted at Central Park, NYC. It is a dandelion hooked to a 9V battery in one terminal, with the metallic leaflet hooked to the other . What is the purpose of that?

Before any of you condescendingly respond by saying that it isn't, here are two articles, written by people who have faced the problem:

https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-self-host-everything-own-email-server/

https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-self-host-everything-except-email/

Let's see what Reddit has to say.

Fully enclosed, state of the art bus stop in South Korea. It has seating, charging ports, AC, WiFi, and of course, passenger information display.

Run some R211s between Sutphin Blvd and Howard Beach with the airplane bullet displayed on the trains and at station entrances.

The route -

Queens:

Sutphin Blvd-JFK -> Court Sq-23 (E)

Manhattan:

Lex-53 -> 42nd-PABT (E)

42nd-PABT -> Fulton St (A)

Brooklyn:

High St -> Grant Ave (A)

Queens:

80 st -> Howard Beach (A)

And vice versa all the way back.

Thoughts?

Instead of ending at Euclid, the C will continue directly to JFK via a brand new tunnel.

The new ROW will start at the junction where tracks lead to Pitkin Yard, following Conduit Avenue and Belt Expressway, before offshooting into the center of JFK, connecting to one of the arrival terminals.

Thoughts?

Currently, the A train terminates at Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd.

I was thinking, by extending the A from Ozone Park along Liberty Avenue to Van Wyck and connecting to a newly built Airtrain station, passengers heading to JFK can take any A train regardless whether it's heading to Ozone or the Rockaways.

The new terminal would be named "Ozone Park-JFK", or something similar.

But seeing that Jamaica is close by, that begs the question in the title:

Would that be redundant?

In the comments, name a station that you think is the ugliest. Whichever station gets the most likes, is the ugliest.

For me, I have 5 contestants:

1. Hoyt-Schemerhorn (A/C/G)

2. Chambers Street (J/Z)

3. Bowery (J/Z)

4. 149th Street-Grand Concourse (2/4/5)

5. Nostrand Avenue (A/C)

Out of the 5, Chambers is ugly!!! 😵‍💫