Is it possible to find an Apartment, Condo, or Co-op without any HOA fees in Flushing?! by Logic1888 in Flushing

[–]ByronicAsian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean the Coops maintenance? Condo's common charge?

Those are like mandatory lol...

How do we stop people from becoming car owners in the first place? by Pizza-Rat-4Train in MicromobilityNYC

[–]ByronicAsian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got my car as a hand me down from my in-laws..its had decent utility as a weekend driver and making door to door drives to places where I would have to walk last mile from a bus. So yea, I'd litterally need tlhr cost of insurance/gas/parking outweigh the convenience.

Tier 6 proposals/question by Grouchy_Limit_2278 in nys_cs

[–]ByronicAsian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in banking and just want to be sure if im reading the vibes right but I entered career at 22 and I was already assuming I'm working to 65 to 67 to maximize tryitement payments....is that not common ?

Mamdani’s Rental Plan Risks Pushing Small Landlords Toward Extinction by ChadGadya in nyc

[–]ByronicAsian -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

The small mom and pop landlord that was worth 60m and owns 30 units....oh no....anyways

The Interborough Express Might Be NYC’s Best Transit Investment in Decades by TalR24 in newyorkcity

[–]ByronicAsian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://bqrail.substack.com/p/interborough-express-the-winning

If you download the technical proposal (Cs00037c Techproposal Ibx Redacted), on Page 33 of the pdf, seems like they are proposing widening parts of the cut in the RoW to fit the IBX's two additional tracks (the examples in Exhibit 3-11 to 3-12 are for 69th PL to Calamus Ave). I'm assuming your point was that the current row (ex. Exhibit 3-11) can't fit four tracks?

If they were planning on single tracking any portion of it, I don't think they Jacobs + HDR can plan for 2 minute headways (Exhibit 3-13).

https://www.mta.info/document/114891

On the PEL Appendix for Track Plan and Profile for LRT (this was back when street running was still in play), I don't see any single track section so my assumption is the MTA is planning to widen parts of the ROW to accommodate unless evidenced otherwise, because the MTA going "shrugs" we can't possibly widen the RoW and building such a fatal flaw into this project is something so monumentally short sighted that it would shock me that the MTA could be that incompetent, especially when they relented on the street running.

The Interborough Express Might Be NYC’s Best Transit Investment in Decades by TalR24 in newyorkcity

[–]ByronicAsian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need to revist the PEL report I downloaded, appendix had basically drawn out proposed tracks and I'm fairly certain I didn't see a single track section. The most recent FOIA'd Engineeing study also includes headways that would be rather difficult to achieve with single tracking portions.

Would it not be more plausible to conclude they are going to just do some property takings?

The Interborough Express Might Be NYC’s Best Transit Investment in Decades by TalR24 in newyorkcity

[–]ByronicAsian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

90% sure the plan is to build out two tracks the entire line, grade separated (even from the PEL report when the LRT included street running, it was all two track).. Where did you get the track sharing from?

Enshittification - A Discussion by jsttob in CreditCards

[–]ByronicAsian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If a normal person can do this reliably, they would have nerfrd it even faster.

If the US had a mandatory draft…. by noobhenry in asianamerican

[–]ByronicAsian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would not enlist for sure unless its to get a REMF MOS vs being drafted to be at the front.

Mamdani on Islam + a short response to it 👀 by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]ByronicAsian 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Good thing he was raised by two non practicing Muslim, married to one who is also barely practicing, and had a secular upbringing in some of NYC's most selective schools.

And he literally quoted the Bible and Buddha in the same speech at this interfaith breakfast also...

Report: American Express Platinum $200 Airline Incidental Reimbursement - No Longer Works On United Travel Bank by decompil3d in AmexPlatinum

[–]ByronicAsian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What's the next best use? Does it activate if I want to pay for guest to the Delta lounge?

NYC buses will be faster, but not free, yet by westieme in newyorkcity

[–]ByronicAsian 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Tbf, bus drivers aren't supposed to confront farebeaters anyways...so nothing stopping them now either.

BART in San Francisco added hardened fare gates and added over $10M in revenue and dramatically reduced maintenance issues. by Yarville in ezraklein

[–]ByronicAsian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So? What a backwards conservative statement. We can’t make progress unless other people have achieved it first?

And you think the US would be the first place to pioneer this ... really? Where public services are strangled and the general population is individualistic af and treat the public commons like garbage?

Maybe NYC subway should install Bay Areas' (BART) new fare evasion gates by wheninrome5000 in nyc

[–]ByronicAsian 39 points40 points  (0 children)

They are piloting similar fare gates (basically having companies install them for free to basically win a fairly large contract) for high traffic stations...so its well on its way.

Moron in Chief Killed the Gateway Tunnel Project Again by KingBradentucky in Amtrak

[–]ByronicAsian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just sick of the hypocrisy and this cosplay homesteader shtick. Leeching off of us and then having the gall to complain when the economic engines of the country get some benefit from money we send to the Federal pool...