Subways routinely are: 1 late, 2 closed for repair, 3. de routed etc... eg. today, the 6th is not operating uptown, between 9:45 last night, and 6:am next mo

Subways routinely are: 1 late, 2 closed for repair, 3. de routed etc... eg. today, the 6th is not operating uptown, between 9:45 last night, and 6:am next morning You say, fine, I will take another line, but then the 2 and 3 are not operating at all due to 'tunnel repair', You need to go to work? Your choice is go downtown, take one of the express trains to uptown, and take another downtown train. So, your 15 minutes train ride becomes 45+ minutes. You can always take a cab, but this becomes expensive to do regularly, plus during rush hour it is hard to catch one. NYC's subway runs 24hrs in theory only. It is always a whack-amole game if the train is 1. late, or overcrowded, your 2. station is closed, 3. the whole line is not running that day, and My least favorite: 4. Tain strands you for a while, because "there is traffic ahead", or some accident happen. Just as the article mentioned, I noticed I had to start leaving early to make sure I make my soccer games in time (they are in brooklyn). In case the usual route has issues (which happens about 25-30%% of the time during weekends).