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No Queens Bound F Trains To Roosevelt Island This Weekend - Mayor Bloomberg Says Not My Job
You Tube Video of F Train Ride from Manhattan to Roosevelt IslandAccording to the MTA, there will be no Queens bound F Train service to Roosevelt Island this weekend but there will be Manhattan bound ...
Take The Downtown Train With Tom Waits & The Coney Island Warriors But Be Advised No Manhattan Bound F Trains From Roosevelt Island This Weekend
Image of The Warriors in subway car from FaderTransportation options will be the same this weekend as it was last for Roosevelt Island as the MTA is reporting no Manhattan bound F trains from Roosevel...
No F Train To Manhattan and Crowded Tram Expected For Roosevelt Island This Weekend. Plus, No Roosevelt Island Down Escalators For A Month!
Image of Tram passengers last time subway was out of service in one directionAccording to the MTA there will be no Manhattan bound F trains from Roosevelt Island this weekend. RIOC reports no Roosevel...
Regular Roosevelt Island F Train and Tramway Service This Weekend But There Is A Barbecue Pit Advisory
Image of blurred, moving F Train from venus in fursAccording to the MTA there will be regular F train service to and from Roosevelt Island this weekend and RIOC reports no interruptions in Tram servic...
No F Train Service To Roosevelt Island From Manhattan This Weekend Plus Things To Do - Jazz, Outdoor Movie, Hair, and Next Week Neil Diamond Karaoke
You Tube Video of F Train en route to and entering Roosevelt Island StationSubway disruptions return to Roosevelt Island this weekend. According to the MTA, there will be no Queens bound F Train servi...
Regular Roosevelt Island F Train and Tram Service This Weekend, Plus Things To Do - Test Central Park Balloon As Temporary Tram Replacement
You Tube video of Central Park Balloon Ride From Advertising AgeAccording to the MTA there will be regular F train service to and from Roosevelt Island this weekend and RIOC reports no interruptions i...
Regular Roosevelt Island Weekend F Train Service This Weekend and Things To Do - BBQ, MOMA Pre-Fab Housing, Buckminster Fuller and Yankee/Red Sox
You Tube video of Buckminster Fuller, Starting With The Universe at the Whitney MuseumUpdate: 5:15 - A reader sends in the following message advising that there will be no Queens bound F train service...
Normal F Train and Tram Service for Roosevelt Island This Weekend And Things To Do
Image from MTAAccording to the MTA, there will be normal F Train subway service to and from Roosevelt Island this weekend and the Tram will be running on a normal schedule as well.Things to do this we...
Subway Interuptions Return - No F Train Service to Roosevelt Island From Manhattan This Weekend
Image from MTAWe knew that the recent streak of normal Roosevelt Island weekend train service could not last and it hasn't (May 16 - 18 was the last weekend of Roosevelt Island weekend subway disrupti...
Leaving Roosevelt Island By Subway And Tram After Fireworks Celebration - Quite A Mess But Uneventful!
Image of subway crowd leaving Roosevelt Island after July 4 fireworks from etienne-laurie via Roosevelt Island 360I have never seen so many people at the Roosevelt Island subway station and Tramway as...
Normal F Train and Tram Service for Roosevelt Island This Weekend And Other Things To Do
You tube video of 2006 Macy's Fouth of July Fireworks from Southpoint Park Roosevelt IslandMTA reports normal F train subway service to and from Roosevelt Island this weekend and the Tram is operating...
Regular Roosevelt Island F Train and Tramway Service This Weekend Plus Things To Do
For those who forgot what it is like to ride on the tram,here is a You Tube VideoThe Roosevelt Island Tram has been up and running since Wednesday night and will be available for normal service this w...
MTA's Solution To Roosevelt Island Transit Woes - Not More Trains But More Staff On Platform To Cram Us Into Subway Cars!
Image of Roosevelt Island Subway Commuters from NY TimesA front page article in Saturday's NY Times Metro section described the transportation headaches on Roosevelt Island caused by the current Tram ...
Second Day of Roosevelt Island Tramless Commute Not As Smooth As Yesterday
You Tube video of Japanese Subway PushersDick Lutz of the Main Street WIRE reports that there were some problems with this morning's Tramless subway commute. Maybe the Japanese subway "Pushers" will b...
First Day Of Tramless Subway Morning Commute On Roosevelt Island - No Need For Japanese Pushers But How Was it For You?
You Tube video of Japanese "pushers" who stuff rush hour commuters into trains via True GothamFortunately, this mornings first Roosevelt Island rush hour without the Tram was not as bad an experience ...
Weekend Roosevelt Island F Train Subway is Normal but Next Week May Be A Nightmare!
Image of Calgary skyline from ListverseI apologize for the lack of recent posts but I have been in Calgary Canada for the last few days and internet access has been spotty. Despite my distance from Ro...
Subway Platform Leak Causes Water Shutdown Tonight for Southtown Buildings 1-4
Image is of the water leak at the Roosevelt Island Manhattan bound subway platformAccording to RIOC and the DEP, there will be an emergency water main shutdown on Roosevelt Island tonight from approxi...
No Queens Bound F Train Subway Service for Roosevelt Island This Weekend/ But is Tramway Surfing a Transportation Option?
Image from danbox via Roosevelt Island 360We all knew that the past two weekends of normal subway service for Roosevelt Island would not last much longer and it has not. According to the MTA, there wi...
Roosevelt Island Ferry Service May Be Available During Tram Shutdown and Normal Subway Service for this Weekend
You Tube video of New York Water Taxi leaving Fulton Landing underneath the Brooklyn BridgeThis will be the second weekend in a row of normal tram and subway service for Roosevelt Island. According to...
Heebie Jeebies - Passengers Trapped in Roosevelt Island Subway Elevator
Image is of street level Roosevelt Island subway elevatorOne does not have to be acutely claustrophobic to get the heebie jeebies at the thought of being trapped inside an elevator, particularly a sub...
Normal F Train Subway Service For Roosevelt Island This Weekend
Image from MTAAccording to the MTA, there will be normal weekend F Train Subway service to and from Roosevelt Island this weekend. RIOC is reporting no Tram advisories but there is a Roosevelt Island ...
Try the Roosevelt Island Shuttle Slingshot Because There is No Weekend F Train Service From Manhattan to Roosevelt Island
Image from MTAF train subway service disruptions return to Roosevelt Island. According to the MTA, there will be no F train service to Roosevelt Island from Manhattan this weekend. The F train to Quee...
Roosevelt Island Subway Platform Water Leakage - Retribution from the East River?
Has everyone noticed the water leaking on the Manhattan bound Roosevelt Island subway platform near the Up escalator has been getting much worse in recent days? Another resident half jokingly expre...
Regular F Train Service Again This Weekend/Assembly Member Kellner and RIRA President Katz Address MTA on Future of Roosevelt Island Transportation
Image from Subway NutThe MTA is reporting no subway advisories for F train subway service to and from Roosevelt Island this weekend nor is RIOC reporting any weekend advisories for the Tram, though th...
Return of Regular F Train Service for Roosevelt Island But Sunday Tram Shutdown For Rescue And Evacuation Drills
You Tube video of Portland Oregon Tram Test RescueMTA is reporting that there will be regular Roosevelt Island F Train service in both directions this weekend. Unfortunately, there is a Tram advisory ...
No Weekend F Train Service to Manhattan From Roosevelt Island - But Meet the Roosevelt Island Tram's Bilbao Grandfather, Biscay Transporter Bridge
F Train T shirt image from Everything NYCThe MTA is reporting that there will be no Manhattan bound F Train service from Roosevelt Island this weekend.How do other cities transport people and vehicles...
No Weekend Subway Service to Manhattan from Roosevelt Island Subway Station
Image from MTAThe MTA is reporting that there will be no Manhattan bound F Train service from Roosevelt Island.In other transportation related advisories, my understanding was that the Roosevelt Islan...
No Manhattan Bound F Trains From Roosevelt Island This Weekend
You Tube video of arriving F Trains at Roosevelt IslandNo Manhattan bound F Trains from Roosevelt Island this weekend. According to the MTA: Manhattan-bound trains run on the V from Roosevelt Av to 47...
No F Train Service To Roosevelt Island from Manhattan This Weekend and No Help Coming From the MTA
Image from nycsubway.org via reader CraigNo F train to Roosevelt Island from Manhattan this weekend and help will not be coming from the MTA in the future to alleviate Roosevelt Island F train proble...
MTA Says Roosevelt Island Escalator Repair to be Completed by December 2008
Roosevelt Island Subway Escalator Image from BenRIOC President Steve Shane forwards message he received concerning the Roosevelt Island subway escalator repairs from MTA's Alissa Kosowsky, Assistant D...