Subway
1 In 4 Subway Payphones Do Not Fully Work
The Straphangers Campaign serves many roles for the millions that ride the NYC Subway. One of those roles is the creation of surveys/reports whether about service or actual items inside a station. Their latest survey/report tackles the latter in the form of payphones. According to their latest survey/report, 1 in 4 subway station payphones do […]
MTA To Pilot A.M. Bronx 4 Train Express Service
Earlier this afternoon, MTA New York City Transit announced their plans to pilot express service in the Bronx on downtown trains for the A.M. rush. The service will run for three weeks & last for one hour during the morning rush. Here are the complete details via a press release that was e-mailed by the […]
MTA Failed To Fix Hazardous Subway Platforms
For those of us who ride the subway often, certain characteristics are common place to us at the majority of stations. Some of those things include rats, dirty trackbed, dirty walls, etc…. However there is one more characteristic that is common place & that is hazardous subway platforms. This is not the first time that […]
MTA To Extend G Line To Church Ave
When I last blogged about the Culver Viaduct project in February, it was to talk about the MTA announcing the awarding of a $179M dollar contract for the project. However the story originally dates back to 2007 when the MTA announced that the Smith-9th Streets station will be closed up to 1 year due to […]
Merchants Complain About Bleecker St. Project
For almost 3 years, I spent many a night transferring between the train & , , or & vice-versa at the Bleecker St – Broadway/Lafayette station. These trips were mainly for the many amazing nights I spent watching friends perform in & around the Lower East Side or just hanging out on a rare non-show […]
