Roosevelt Island Transportation Could Be A Huge Mess This Weekend, Planned F
Train Subway Service Disruptions And Only 1 Tram Cabin In Service – Be
Prepared For Long Lines, No Response From RIOC To Community Concern.
Guess what happened today?
The Roosevelt Island Manhattan Tram station was jam packed with long lines stretching down Second Avenue to 59th Street.
Shame on @MTA and @RIOCny for making travel onto/from Roosevelt Island this weekend nearly impossible for residents. Talk to each other for goodness sakes instead of leaving residents waiting hours to get home. It’s not difficult. DO BETTER.
Ally Doyle (@Musicislove962) July 17, 2022
I’ve been receiving photos and messages all day from angry and frustrated Roosevelt Island residents waiting on these long Tram lines at the Manhattan Station including:
Another resident waiting on the long Tram Line wrote:
Saw your video long lines. But also those lines are for people just to buy a
metro card and the incompetent security wont let you in even if you have your
metro card. They want you stay in the same line. I just had the most stupid
discussion with 2 of them and they wont let you go because they say you have
to be on line to buy a metro card as other ones. Even though I have my metro
card already and I dont have to buy any and I am a resident. What a shitshow
And comments from Roosevelt Islander Instagram Page:
This mess was all so predictable but no action or communication from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) or RIOC President Shelton Haynes.