Tag: Subway
According to an MTA panel draft report, climate change is wreaking havoc on New York’s crucial transport system, inside and out. Experts fear that this is causing equipment to break down and structures to be damaged, notes Capital New York. The ever-climbing temperatures on platforms are posing increasing health risks to commuters. Flooding is not the only climate change risk to the system. Extreme temperatures, particularly […]
After five weeks of outage, G train service has been restored this morning for all stops between Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn and Court Square in Queens. Since July, the MTA has been working to fix infrastructure damaged by flooding during Hurricane Sandy. Commuters have reported that the shuttle buses provided as alternative transportation were actually more frequent and reliable […]
Earlier this month, three N trains were fumigated for bedbugs. According to Business Insider, the MTA is now investigating a bedbug sighting on the 7 train. And though prior reports said that the insects were found in train conductors’ cushions, the tipster said, “The cart I was in was one or two carts behind the center operator cart.” Now, an MTA […]
The cast of the long-running Broadway musical The Lion King broke into a performance of the show’s opening number, “The Circle Of Life,” on an A train earlier this week. Subway commuters expressed their usual levels of apathy, but the internet ate the video up — it has already surpassed 1.5 million views. Other subway performers haven’t […]
Bed bugs were discovered on three different N trains over the last few days. Two trains were taken out of commission on Sunday. A third train was sent to Coney Island to be fumigated yesterday, the Daily News reports. Some of the tiny blood-sucking insects were discovered in the seat cushions used by train conductors. MTA spokesman […]
About five and a half million people ride the subway on an average weekday. These people lose a lot of stuff. When a lost item is retrieved by an MTA employee, it’s added to a list that’s published online and updated hourly. Using this data, FiveThirtyEight created infographics of the most common and strangest items on […]
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has confirmed that it will not be raising fares and tolls more than 4% next year. Previously, the MTA planned to increase fares by 7.5% in 2015 and again in 2017, but has since decided against it. However, the cost of labor will increase by $260 million a year through 2018, as a […]
When the MTA launched its geo-locating bus tracker, the API was made public, encouraging developers to build useful apps. Inspired by the countdown timers in subway stations (which make people really happy), Brooklyn programmer and public transit enthusiast Ian Westcott decided to get one in his home. Using the open source data, Westcott designed a wifi-enabled LED display that counts […]
Cops appear to be finally cracking down on sexual harassment on the subway. So far this year, 128 people have been arrested, compared to 104 last year. The NYPD credits the 23% increase to having more plainclothes officers on the train. “Increased enforcement is a good step,” Debjoni Roy, the deputy director of the street harassment non-profit Hollaback! told Daily […]
We’ve been following the story of the NYPD’s crackdown on “showtime” subway dancers over the last few months. According to the new police commissioner, the performances represent “small crimes that have a big impact, a negative impact on the general public.” This morning, Capital New York published a list of the locations where one third […]
