Gothamist: IKEA Cuts Back Hours on Free Water Taxi, Bus

Snoopy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:46:34 -0500

Come on people. IKEA was trying to play nice but way too many people were taking advantage of their free transport. Other than the Staten Island Ferry where else does the PA or the MTA give that kind of service?

Gwinny

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:43:13 -0500

Um, during the week, the shuttle already WAS every 40 minutes. It was only every 20 minutes on the weekend (but who would be crazy enough to go to Ikea on the weekend??)

savedbyzero

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:20:17 -0500

Wait a minute...wasn't the free buses and water taxi part of what got Ikea into the neighborhood - a trade off for the traffic, etc? It's like the developers who get to add several stories to their development (blotting out more sun in the neighborhood) in exchange for a 'public plaza'. And the public plaza is either so miniscule or unappealing or limited in it's access after it's opened. So now, just because they don't have as much traffic as expected (their problem, not the neighborhood's), they're going to cut back. Does Ikea need a bail-out too?

ides_of_march

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:43:11 -0500

I go to Ikea for the swedish meatballs in the cafeteria. You can keep the chintzy sofas.

Snoopy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:00:48 -0500

The times they are a changing. It kind of reminds me of all those freeloading jerks that sat at the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Sixth Avenue doing their research papers and not spending a dime.

babyhitler

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:56:12 -0500

tis sad. too bad. i'm glad.

Kevin Walsh

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:49:20 -0500

I was down there for the first time the other day. That parking lot is HUGE -- a sea of concrete and metal. Green times.... www.forgotten-ny.com

JMH

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:03:38 -0500

I'm angry that a service that is being provided to me for no cost, which is better than an alternative service that I have to pay for, and which I am not supporting with any of my own money, will now be provided to me less frequently than it previously was (but still at no charge). Waaaah fuckin' waaaah.

RatherBe

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:42:14 -0500

Whiney freeloaders. What a drag.