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January 19, 2011
New York's "Hottest Subway Routes" Identified
photo by Angela Pham, Refinery 29Trendy fashiony site Refinery 29 has uncovered New York City's "Hottest Subway Routes" and is offering eye candy in the form of "36 Saucy Snaps" of attractive peoples discovered riding, waiting for, or frolicking about the trains. As a matter of public service ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2010
Taken for a Ride: Another MTA Select Bus Horror Story
The MTA's new cash cowThe only thing that's certain about the MTA's Select Bus is that people are being taken for a ride by the setup through which passengers have to buy tickets before boarding. The city has handed out more than $1 million in summonses to riders, so the Select Bus "has increasingly ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
NYC Pickpockets Are On the Endangered Species List
Guess you can start keeping your wallet in your back pocket again. The Daily News says pickpocketing -- that age-old relic of urban petty crime -- is nearing extinction. Because the only pickpockets left are practically fossils themselves.
Blogs
October 11, 2010
MTA's New Select Bus Service Is Not So Speedy, Easy to Scam
Yesterday, the MTA introduced its new, reportedly speedier "Select Bus Service," in which the M15 buses use exclusive red bus lanes to go between Houston and 125th Street. The biggest change to the system is the "pay before boarding" policy the service uses -- new machines at each stop on the ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
The $104 MetroCard Is Here; Let the Bloodletting Commence
Well, it happened. We knew it would, but now it's a done deal. The MTA has voted 12 to 2 to approve fare increases for subways, buses, and the commuter rail. Insanely, this marks a 65 percent increase over the last 12 years. The highest inflation rate over the last 10 years, in comparison, ha ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2010
Subway "Report Card" Reveals that Even the Best Line (the 7) Isn't Worth $2.25 a Ride
The State of the Subways Fall 2010 "Report Card" (seriously, guys, can we get a new name for this? We're having icky flashbacks) has been handed out by the Straphangers Campaign. And the rankings are intriguing! Did you know that subway riders want "short waits, trains that arrive regularly, ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Your MTA Overlords Will Charge $104 for Your Glamorous Monthly Subway Commute
The MTA has been wearing us down with hints and speculation that our monthly unlimited card might increase in cost by almost $20 come January, and today MTA Chairman Jay Walder told Brian Lehrer that the MTA would, indeed, be keeping MetroCards unlimited -- instead of the proposed alternate, ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
MTA Reminds Us, Again, That Our Unlimited MetroCard Could Go Up to $130
We've heard this again and again. Your MetroCard is going to cost you more -- maybe even $130 -- $41 more than you pay now. In fact, we're starting to suspect that in an effort to numb us to the idea of an increase the MTA is just repeating this over and over and the media is reporting it as ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Much-Maligned MTA Provides Valuable Service for Rats and the Bladder-Challenged
Everyone's been criticizing the MTA of late (and always) for upping fares and sketchily trying to make our unlimited MetroCards more expensive and limited. But it turns out you really can't say they never did anything for you. Per amNewYork, the philanthropic MTA has been busy helping out nee ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2010
MTA May Soon Squeeze Yet More Money Out of You
We've been through a lot with the MTA. They took away the V and W trains, along with a bunch of buses; they raised a single fare to the price of more than two slices of 2 Bros Pizza; and now, they might make it so you have to pay an extra dollar every time you lose your MetroCard and have to ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2010
Who's Worse, Con Ed or the MTA?
Yesterday, a tipster sent us a photo from the Q/B elevator platform at Brooklyn's Atlantic/Pacific subway station, where, due to an electrical outage, it "sucks to be wheelchair-bound." He says, "I think the MTA is taking advantage, however, to pass the blame to Con Ed. Shit is always broken ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
The MTA PayPass Pilot Program Starts Today: Death of Metrocard Forthcoming
Happy June 1st! If you didn't know, today is the magical day that the New York/New Jersey Port Authority and related transportation organizations with be experimenting with Mastercard's PayPass technology at certain MTA subway stops, buses, and on the NJ Transit. More importantly: in other wo ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
Video: The MTA's PayPass Touch-and-Go Pilot Program in Action
Earlier today, we brought news of the MetroCard Killer known as PayPass, which is one of those wonderful little technologies much like London's Oystercard service: You touch a card to a sensor, and it lets you through. No more "SWIPE AGAIN" error messages for New Yorkers? Oh yes. And now, the ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Poll Results: Do You Care About the New York Times/Wall Street Journal Newspaper War?
It's been a week since the Wall Street Journal launched their much-ballyhooed and long-awaited Greater New York metropolitan section. How is it? Who cares! You always knew it was going to start out as The New York Post for People Too Rich To Be Caught With A Copy Of The New York Post, and wow ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
OK, This "Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley" Parody "Subway, Bus, Or Walking" Is Pretty Well Done
Zach is bound for Mexico (godspeed!), so it falls to me to address this: Nice job, Brandon Carter. I will probably download your mixtape, and maybe even listen to it. Way to call out those very possibly fraudulent candy-sellers, especially. The slide-my-MetroCard thing is a bit tasteless, but ah, ... More >>
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December 30, 2009
Upper White Trash: A Welfare Christmas Miracle!
(Editor's note: This dispatch is from a middle-aged, college-educated Manhattan resident who has given the hell up and gone on welfare. Previously at Runnin' Scared, he described the process of signing up for the dole, the gourmet cuisine he bought with his food stamps, and his frustrations with his ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Christmas Gets Tougher For NYC's Poor, Post Readers Rejoice
Santa is not bringing an end to the bad news for the city's poor this Christmas. With a record high number of homeless families, and the city's homeless shelter system for single adults already at 99.6 percent capacity, the Housing Authority is taking back 3,000 already-issued Section 8 vouch ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2009
BREAKING! Someone Has Relieved Himself in a Subway Station!
The New York Times doesn't know how to tell you this, but New York City Transit President Howard H. Roberts came to know of an unspeakable act recently performed at the Rector Street subway station. It seems -- brace yourself -- "someone used an entrance to the Rector Street station in Lower ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2009
Top Marks to 7 Train, Low Marks to C, in Largely Meaningless Subway Survey
The subway nudges of the Straphangers Campaign issued their annual State of the Subways report. The 7 train was their favorite, which in their MetroCard rating system means it's almost worth the price of a pre-fare-hike ride ($1.55); on the GCT-to-Flushing line you're more likely to get a train and ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
MTA Wants Payouts Banned to Riders Who Get Themselves Hurt
The New York Post says "the chronically cash-strapped MTA has become a money train for riders filing personal-injury lawsuits." Personal injury claims against the Authority rose to $57.6 million last year. The Post focuses on cases like that of Dustin Dibble who, while "blotto," fell on the tracks, ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2009
SCOTUS: Making Up Fake ID That Turns Out to Be Real Not Identity Theft
Ours is an age on ever-increasing criminality -- not that we commit more crimes, but that so many of our actions have been redefined as more serious offenses. Who thinks, for instance, that teens sending naked pictures of themselves to their friends is child pornography? Zealous prosecutors, appare ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2009
Bent MetroCard Earns 2-Year Prison Sentence
Jonathan Mattocks lost his appeal and will probably go to prison for two years for bending his MetroCard. Apparently creasing the "primary magnetic field" on the card can fool a subway turnstile into giving you a free ride -- the MTA claims eight million such frauds a year, but that sounds like an a ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2009
MTA Approves Fare Hikes
The train has left the station. Photo (cc) Annie Mole. Well, that's that. Starting May 31: Single fare MetroCards go from $2.00 to $2.50. 7-Days from $25 to $31. 14-Days from $47 to $59. 30-Days from $81 to $103. Norman Seabrook was the only member of the MTA board who voted against it. On the ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2009
MTA Hearings, Like Subway, Overcrowded with Long Delays
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
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December 23, 2008
Subway Fare Going Up To ~~As Much As~~ $3
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2008
MTA Reminds Us of the Days Before They Went Totally Broke
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2008
Last NY Transit Bargains: Roosevelt, Staten Islands
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2008
MTA Bigwig Likes His Perks
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2007
Brooklynites Rail Against Proposed MTA Fare Hike
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2007
It's Your Chance To Say No to a MTA Fare Hike
Nearly 100 people remained outside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hike hearing in Manhattan almost an hour after it began on Wednesday evening, their wait caused by stepped-up security measures and what appeared to be the authority's failure to anticipate the crowd. "We've recentl ... More >>
Theater
August 21, 2007
Breaking the Code?
Off-Off Broadway seeks new Equity showcase rules
Blogs
July 25, 2007
MTA Gets Set to Raise Fares
Off-Off Broadway seeks new Equity showcase rules
Blogs
July 23, 2007
Ranking Your Subway Ride
Off-Off Broadway seeks new Equity showcase rules
NYC Life
February 6, 2007
Get Your Wardrobe On
The fashion industry is obsessed with green—the color of military uniforms, army fatigues, and the scads of money it will cost you to buy next fall's designs
News
April 18, 2006
Big Crackdown on Little Crime
Bloomberg out-Rudys Rudy when it comes to the NYPD's "quality of life" enforcement
Blogs
December 22, 2005
Strike's Over: What About My MetroCard?
Bloomberg out-Rudys Rudy when it comes to the NYPD's "quality of life" enforcement
Specials
October 18, 2005
2003
Bloomberg out-Rudys Rudy when it comes to the NYPD's "quality of life" enforcement
News
July 5, 2005
Exit Strategy
When it comes to subways and terrorism, the best defense might be a good escape
Music
February 10, 2004
Not Blink-183
Brooklyn trio who knows Carson jumps pop-punk's turnstile
Theater
July 15, 2003
Paradise Regained
Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us
Music
November 26, 2002
Music
Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us
News
January 23, 2001
Mixed Signals
City Promises No Driverless Trains, but Sets Track for Automatic Subway
News
October 10, 2000
The $390 Million MetroCard
Inside New York’s Megabuck Lovefest With Automation
Theater
August 10, 1999
Guided by Vices
Dylan Baker Scares People
News
October 6, 1998
Spycam City
The Surveillance Society: Part One
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