Designer Randy Gregory is undertaking a massive task: fixing everything that’s wrong with the New York City subway system in just 100 days-on Tumblr, of course. Gregory’s blog aims to propose one hypothetical improvement to the trains a day, and has been doing so since April 13 of this year. That makes today day 55, for anyone counting.
All of Gregory’s proposals are put together with a theoretically unlimited budget in mind, but still, he says he’d like to eventually get them in front of someone at the MTA. I’m holding out for soundproof paneling in train cars.
This is not a cartoon. This is real, almost. The MTA is currently testing a giant thirty-foot inflatable "plug" that when filled with air would protect cities' most vulnerable subway stops from the threat of floods and extreme weather conditions. It would, effectively, "seal off New York's subways" if natural disaster…
Several sections of the subway that support elevated tracks are in dire need of inspection, according to a report from the MTA Inspector General's office. No records exist of detailed inspections of elevated A, C, 2, 3, and L train sections in Brooklyn, and three sections of the 7 haven't…
The MTA announced Thursday it has added wireless voice and data service to 30 new stations along the subway system. For now, AT&T and T-Mobile are the only major carriers on the system, but Verizon and Sprint are finalizing details as well. In 2011, six stations along 14th and 23rd…
