I was going to ask…flying in 2 weeks.
Every time I was flying in 18 months ago, the road was different every time. Hah.
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I was going to ask…flying in 2 weeks.
Every time I was flying in 18 months ago, the road was different every time. Hah.
I should have thought to screen capture LGA at the various stages of it reconstruction. Amazing that they have been able to do this and keep the airport open. It hasn’t been pretty but it has been impressive!
Yeah, the work at LGA has been very impressive. Working in a tight space to rebuild basically everything, while also rebuilding the terminals into something brand new, and expanding the taxiways, AND they kept the airport fully in operation the entire time.
I haven't flown out of LGA in more than a decade. I pretty much exclusively fly JetBlue, which is based out of JFK. So I'm excited to see the changes.
I haven't flown out of LGA in more than a decade. I pretty much exclusively fly JetBlue, which is based out of JFK. So I'm excited to see the changes.
Not to stay too far off topic but AirTrain coming too. That’ll make getting there much easier.
haven't been to LGA since February 2020...I probably won't be back until 2022 at the earliest. very curious to see what it looks like next time -- will be totally different!
It'll make things easier for me...because I live in Flushing. But that AirTrain (if it gets built) will take people away from Manhattan, and dump them out at a new station that connects only to the (7) train (which is already overcrowded all day and all night), and to the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch, which runs barely every 30-45 minutes during peak hours, and once an hour at all other times. (And is also the only LIRR branch that's not connected to the rest of the LIRR network.)
This was Cuomo's pet project, and he's gone now, so perhaps it'll be scuttled. If they won't spend the money and the engineering prowess to either extend the subway direct to LaGuardia, or build an AirTrain that at least heads towards central/western Queens and Manhattan, I honestly feel that LaGuardia is currently better served with the "LaGuardia Link" Q70 Select Bus Service. It's a very frequent bus route, and runs essentially non-stop on the highway to/from the airport, dropping people off at one of two places: The Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Avenue subway complex, where you can connect to five different subway lines, and to Woodside, where you can catch the vast majority of LIRR trains to all points west and east.
And with the bus, you're paying the basic $2.75 fare, and then get a free transfer to the subway. AirTrain JFK currently charges $7.75 for the privilege of riding it, and you *don't* get a transfer.
All good points! Manhattanites can use the M60 from Harlem/125th (or, I think, Amsterdam/106th) too.
I’d still like to get to the 7 so I can take that all the way into work (42nd and 6th). But, I don’t mind the comfort of a cab or Uber…but it runs $60-$90 depending on the time, weather, etc.
Other than Rockefeller Center missing even more buildings than ever? No.
It may be later in the day or even tomorrow before Apple kicks in any server side changes. I’ll keep checking, but typically someone with no life on Reddit usually finds stuff before me.
So off and on topic, I live outside Boston and travel for work a lot pre-pandemic and assume I will again. NYC is a destination as well as the rest of the USA and I’m a huge Delta fan. So I do LGA a lot as an East Coast hub. Loved the food more than the other NY airports. Can’t wait to see that new terminal in action. Was hoping the subway would go there.
That all said, I use Apple Maps a lot for transit directions. MBTA (Maas. commenter rail), subway, bus to Logan, JFK to NYC destinations on rail/subway and all around. While I use AM in my car a lot, I also use it for multi-modal transit. I have been enjoying the ease to transferring between the different modes: rail, subway, bus. My only wish is that there were links to the digital ticketing apps to purchase along the way, or better yet, doing all those passes for me in Maps. That would be a neat trick.
It‘s not hard to find the app on the app store, but wouldn’t it be easier to just click a link to get it? Or an iOS 15 applet? Or better yet, purchase all the fares in maps and place all the tickets in my wallet, using Apple Pay.
Ok, I’m dreaming.
You all keep talking about missing buildings at the Rockefeller Center, so I brought it up, fired up Look Around and tried to take the pedestrian path and all went dark. (iOS 15 beta 8)
Update coming!! Update coming!! Hah!
I fly there on the 13th….if new New York detailed update isn’t done by then, you’ll easily find me as the businessman crying his eyes out as he steps off the plane that morning.
I just did a couple of side-by-side iPhone Maps/Pixel Google Maps runs in the car while I was out running errands. I REALLY want a comparison video of Google Maps on the Pixel and fancy updated NYC maps on the iPhone to show on my new YouTube channel as I cab it into the city and then do walking directions, mass transit, etc.
There's an app called "Transit", which is my favorite 3rd party app for tracking where my nearby buses and trains are. That app does allow you to purchase rides for a particular bus company that now runs the local bus services on Long Island, called "NICE Bus". So the functionality to do so certainly exists.
Can't you order an Uber through Apple Maps?
I’m a Lyft person … you used to be able to do that through Apple Maps, but they took that away a few years back.
i have Transit. Like it, but it used to drain my battery, so I stopped.
Thanks. It was pretty wild. My building’s garage flooded pretty badly, but the water level never got high enough to actually reach the bottom of my car.
Something weird going on with Google Maps lately. It’s showing bidirectional traffic info on one-way streets. But the new night mode with the added street details is nice looking. Can’t wait to see Apple blow it out of the water soon.
Apple Maps not reflecting the current Joe Biden traffic situation. :-(
So, looking to move back East and was looking at homes near some water, but Zillow (which uses Apple Maps) wasn’t showing me which were on the water.
Google Maps does show the water.
But what’s interesting is the satellite view is correct. Can’t figure this one out as the water and pool for the neighborhood aren’t THAT new.
Google Maps does show the water.
But what’s interesting is the satellite view is correct. Can’t figure this one out as the water and pool for the neighborhood aren’t THAT new.
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Huh. It shows *some* of the water, but barely any.
Wait -- are you sure you want a home in some water?
Wait -- are you sure you want a home in some water?