I dislike the MTA system quite a bit. Recently they raised their prices – but their service is worse than ever. Trains do tend to run close to on time, except late-night. Late-night service just sucks all around. I hate not being able to go to a party in Brooklyn because it’ll take me 4 hours to travel home if I leave at 2 am. Bloody ridiculous. Also, the stations are so incredibly dirty. and it’s not just because of the area, either – I ride the PATH as often as the MTA trains, and they have lovely facilities. And MTA has a very inconvenient system for handicapped and elderly people. Plus, every so often all the turnstiles will decide that my Metrocard is unreadable, and the process to get your money back is awful – you have to mail in the card, and they might mail you back a new one in a month.
I even prefer the Philly system – not the L (too dangerous), but the suburb trains. And we all know what bad public trans Philly has.
@veronasgirl I’ve seen those guys on the uptown A. They are awesome. But generally, it’s the buskers in the stations that I find really impressive.