HubTalk Chronicles Podcast N Miller (Creator Of The Transportation Hub)

Happy (belated) New Year! Welcome to 2024! In this episode, we look back at 2023 in New York City's mass public transportation system and what we can expect in 2024. Listen and enjoy.

All aboard the 2023 NYC Transit year-in-review! Join us for laughs, tales of triumph and woe, as we dissect fare hikes, subway sagas, bus redesigns, funding woes, and peek into 2024's future. It's gonna be a wild ride! #NYCTransitReview

I know this is three weeks behind, but please bear with me.

This podcast episode is in dedication and remembrance of our late beloved New York City environmental and social justice activist, Ryan Theorsen Carsen. In the early morning hours of Monday, October 2nd, Ryan's life was snuffed from him by a dirty no-good lowlife whom he did not know at all. His girlfriend, Claudia Morales, was unharmed but got spat on. They were both coming home from a wedding in Long Island.
Ryan was a native of East Bridgewater, which is 30 miles south of Boston. He moved to Brooklyn, NY in 2010 to pursue his activism career. From reading his work, and poetry, to watching all of the activism work he was doing from climate change to trying to end the opioid pandemic, I was touched. He truly wanted to make the world a better place for everyone in NYC and the world.
To all the right-wingers and vile media trolls that used Ryan's activism and work, to try to justify his untimely demise, Y'ALL ARE DISGUSTING! He was not anti-police, pro-BLM, or whatever it is that you try to pin on him and his girlfriend. Ryan lost his life for nothing and instead of being sympathetic, you choose the obvious route to make up lies. Don't worry. Another round of defamation lawsuits are coming your way.
Anyway, I (as pretty much as everyone else) saw the whole senseless act unfold before our very eyes. It brought me to tears (and yes, I was crying. So you can call me soft, soyboy, etc. I don't care). Ryan was a good guy who was pure of joy with hope for a brighter future. It's awful what has happened to him. As for the lowlife that did this to Ryan, I would never forgive him. Hope that he rots behind bars and never sees the light of day ever again. He took from Ryan that no one else had the right to take, LIFE!
To the friends and family of Ryan and all that knew in NYC and in Boston, I just want to say that I am so sorry that this happened. He didn't deserve that at all and I don't care what negative comments people have to say. If you're not gonna offer condolences, then keep the negativity to yourself.
Please, I STRONGLY urge you guys to listen to the video podcast (if you want ofc. I am not forcing you to. I only did this episode of the kindness of my heart). We lost a great contributor to the world that has gone too soon. Sad, gutwrenching, and heart-aching all once.
Rest easily, Ryan Theorsen Carsen. We will make sure that your work continues and that you live forever in the hearts and memories of those who love you.

If you do not remember, starting on August 28th until the first quarter of 2024, the 63rd Street tunnel, which carries the F train, will have restricted service due to track replacement.
(F) trains will be rerouted between Manhattan and Queens in both directions and weekday (M) trains will be partially suspended.

 F trains will run on the E line at all times in both directions between 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Center and Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av.
On weekdays, M trains will not run in either direction between 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Center and Forest Hills-71 Av and will terminate at 57 St-6th Av.
A special shuttle train will run every 20 minutes in each direction between Lexington Av/63 St and 21 St-Queensbridge, stopping at Roosevelt Island. The shuttle train will not run overnight.
Free shuttle buses will run between 21 St-Queensbridge and Queens Plaza days and evenings, and between Roosevelt Island, 21 St-Queensbridge, and Queens Plaza overnight.

Listen for announcements, read more information about this online on the MTA website, and pay attention to your local news station in regard to this service change. Enjoy!

As we all know, the 2023 MTA Fare Hikes are now looming upon us. The tolls for the MTA's nine bridges and tunnels will go into effect on August 6th, while the fare hikes for subways, buses, SIR, LIRR, and Metro-North will go into effect on August 20th. The drivers and straphangers had opinionated views on these hikes and that they should not be raised. How do you feel about the incoming fare and toll hikes? Listen and enjoy.

With fare and toll evasion at an all-time high, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) looks for ways to put an end to this epidemic. They seek help from Blue-Ribbon Panel. We look at reports and statistics from this company on how this can be combated. Please listen to this episode as we read the reports and look at what the MTA looks forward to and what consequences or penalties they have in mind to put an end to fare and toll evasion (or at the very least, stop the bleeding).