Bill de Blasio's subway struggle is real.
The New York mayor unintentionally cc'd a New York Times reporter in an email to aides on Monday complaining of an uptown express train that never came.
In the email, which came with the subject line "2 problems today," de Blasio chided his staff for sending him into New York's subway system even though there were "major delays."
"We waited 20 mins for an express only to hear there were major delays," de Blasio wrote. "This was knowable info. Had we had it, we would have avoided a lot of hassles."
#ServAdv: Following an earlier incident at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, #2, #4 & #5 train service has resumed with residual delays.— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) May 4, 2015
He also complained that when he resurfaced, having given up on the MTA, his security vehicles had taken off.
"The detail drove away when we went into the subway rather than waiting to confirm we got on a train," the mayor wrote. "We need a better system."
The need for a better system, sir, is something we all can agree on.
The mayor was headed from City Hall to the TechCrunch Disrupt conference near Penn Station, meaning he would've likely taken the 2 or 3 train for the most direct route. Those trains performed better than the city average in February, with 72.6% and 78.0% of trains on time, respectively.
De Blasio has been spotted taking the route of we plebeians a few times in his short tenure, though he has yet to fully embrace the subway as his predecessor did.
Love that Mayor @BilldeBlasio takes the subway! My baby bro saw him hopping on the downtown 6 at 51st/Lex last night pic.twitter.com/sv0Eq4t9c9— Jamie Stelter (@JamieStelter) April 22, 2015
Michael Bloomberg was a common sight in the city's subways, once claiming that he took the trains "virtually every day" (even if he took his SUVs to get to the station).
When his tenure ended, he even took the subway home.