“Traveling on the New York subway system is now one of the more frightful experiences Western civilization has to offer on a regular basis. The experience is not only intolerable. It is also a daily advertisement for the brutish sensibilities and shallow brainpans of the people who now control the city.”

“There are times when the subway, like the city itself, seems so grotesque that, indeed, one wonders how this entire enterprise can continue to call itself human. Much less continue.”

Plus ça Change Department: Forty-four years ago, Alexander Cockburn reported that riding the New York City subways was worse than hiding in the tunnels during the London Blitz

Construction shouldn’t have caused the D/N/R lines to melt down during rush hour, but it did

For all Joe Lhota’s plan offered in dollar figures, it lacked any hard, fact-checkable promises

The latest ridership numbers show that the MTA spent more than $300,000 for each new daily straphanger attracted by Cuomo’s much-heralded Upper East Side line

Bus-only lanes are the best way to ensure commuters to get to work on time — but the city says it won’t use them

The creeping corporatization of public space continues, this time via a DOT car-share parking program

The soon-to-be made-over stop may be decrepit, but at least it’s honest about the state of the city

The governor is promising half-hour rides from midtown, but most air travelers will still be better off taking the bus