MTA is one of the largest transit systems. It is efficient and services millions of commuters daily. It is an excellent, cost efficient method of transportation.

It is quite efficient to ave a lot of stations in the 5 boroughs of the city, but what I saw after riding four lines is that they have different cars. Some are quite herky-jerky and otheres can make a lot of noise while on the rails. The best one I rode so far is the green lines (4, 5, 6 line) since it is more modern and smooth riding. Anyhow, the cleanliness needs a lot of work in some stations- graffiti in the tunnels and mice are are a porblem. I do say that the Long Island Railway is one of the good parts of the MTA, and it is efficient enough to go from suburbia to NYC and back. Do not say that my three stars are bad, it is better than this, but does not meet my specificities to a four-star standard. Nonetheless, I would like to ride it again when I vacation.

I use it when I'm there. Of coarse the security's better than it was but sometimes you have to share a seat with some shady characters, haven't had any problems though.

I was always impressed with the New York subway - for a city of it's magnitude to have a subway in decent condition is impressive. It doesn't give off the mass confusion vibe that the T in Boston does (granted, New York's streets are in a grid, as opposed to whatever randomness Boston streets are comprised of).

I think that, overall, it's a good system. MAny people think that the NYC subway goes everywhere, but they are dead wrong. There are huge areas of the city that go without subway service. For example, Main St-Flusing station, which services only the (7) train, is the 10th most used station in the entire system. Why? Because there are a million bus routes feeding into it from the extremely large area of Queens that goes without subway service. Staten Island is even more poorly served. Also, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn all have entire neighborhoods that go without subway service. But the MTA boasts Rockaway service of an example of "complete coverage": "If the Rockaways have service, everybody has service!" The frequent weekend GOs (diversions) get on my nerves too. There are like a million of them and they make commuting so much worse. Visitors already get lost enough. The milion and one diversions don't help. Finally, NYC Subway headways are terrible. The NYC Subway has some of the longest wait times of any subway system in the world. While riders of many european metro systems enjoy 90-120 second waits, and riders of many American systwms enjoy 2-4 minute waits, average NYC rush hour waits are 5 minutes and 49 seconds! Durring rush hours, the (M), (J), (Z), (W), and (C) trains only run every 9-10 minutes! Metro-North runs more often than that! Also durring rush hours, the (B), (D), (G), (N), (R), and (V) only run every 6-9 minutes. This is why so many people hold the doors in NYC - you might have to wait a while for the next one. On the weekends, forget about it. Service every 10-12 min and a million diversions, you might as well drive. Make no mistake, I LOVE the NYC subway. But its operation, and the people in charge - that's another story.

Great System. I can wait for the R-160 Subway Cars!

An essential part of travel thru the City, they do a very good job conisdering the importance they have to NYC. MTA is a part of the NYC experience and are essential to many in the area. For all that, the system runs very well for a large entity. It is dirty and the people riding run the gamut of the human experience but things work, you go where you need to go effeciently. Just going to the MTA is worth it, there is some interesting human drama to be seen, from live music to public spectacles like fights.

Efficient and goes everywhere in the city, but wow, is it confusing. You can easily go the wrong way, get on an Express train you didn't want to be on, or not be sure where to transfer. It could also use some cleaning. However, the station agents are very friendly, they give good directions if you do get lost, and the whole system is quite a lot safer than I would have expected - there are so many people there at all hours of the day and night, just for starters.

First of all I do have to admit the delays at times are downright frustrating (though I had very little delay getting to work at 6am this morning) and the arbitrary closings of certain lines particularly the 6 every damn Saturday drives me up a freaking wall... But what do you expect for 2 bucks? Everytime they try and raise this ridiculously low rate commuters cry bloody murder- meanwhile the unions bilk the system for obnoxious pay rates so these fat lazy asses can sit in a box sell Metrocards and give poor directions. As long as the government runs it and the unions control the system by the balls we will all continue to get crammed into repugnant cattle cars in this poorly run system.

took me 2 hrs to get to my pointless job today. best system in the world? not when it snows. heck the thing backs up when it rains. ask NYers why they walk everywhere. it's b/c of this garbage system. if it isn't the weather, the trains are delayed b/c of some lunatic. after work, it's so packed and horrid. that's just what you need after work, a packed train going back to Brooklyn, to make you fee good. if not that, there's a lunatic or some bum on every train.

Efficient and goes everywhere you want to. Could be a tad cleaner.

Good. And despite what Hollywood would have you believe, pretty safe as well.