Tag: Subways
Come across a poster like the two above on your commute recently? Laid out in classic MTA style, but adorned with Orwellian imagery and an appropriately ambiguous hashtag, they warn of two possible hazards to your health: an upcoming “airborne non-toxic test” in which the NYPD will disperse “harmless, colorless gas” around the five boroughs, […]
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 been looked at in 15 […]
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 Streets were outfitted with underground […]
Twenty-four-year-old NYU graduate Zachary DuBow has a plan to help New York City’s poor get better access to the subway system. The only thing standing in his way is the MTA. DuBow, founder of the Next Stop Project, collects New Yorkers’ abandoned MetroCards, aggregating their (mostly minuscule) values onto bigger cards, then distributing them to the city’s […]
Is it the 8th Avenue A/C/E, servicing Manhattan’s ever-growing West Side? How about the L, shuttling the huddling masses out to Williamsburg and Bushwick? No, the fastest-growing subway line in the system is the lowly G Train, which gained no less than 2,000 riders every week in 2012. That’s a big number, but what does […]
Staten Islanders and Financial District denizens, rejoice: though repairs to the new South Ferry station, ravaged by Hurricane Sandy will still take up to three years, the old station is up and running on the 1 train as of 5AM today. In case you missed it, here’s hurricane footage from the new station that shows […]
If you happen to regularly ride the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or the Times Square/Grand Central shuttle, Google just got better at helping with your commute. In December, the MTA rolled out an app that provides real-time location data for trains on each of those lines, and announced it would the data available […]
Red Hook, Gowanus, and Carroll Gardens commuters, rejoice: the Smith-9th Street subway station is slated to open April 22. The stop, servicing the F and G trains, has been closed since 2011, and its reopening faced delays in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Between the station’s reopening and the full line inspection the MTA has […]
Control Group, a design company hired by the MTA, is trying to bring the future to the New York City subway system by unveiling their touch-screen subway maps. It’s like Google Maps on steroids. Touch where you want to go, and the screen will give you ways to get there, factoring in weather, seasons, delays […]
According to a 2012 survey by the Straphangers Campaign, subway stations’ conditions are pretty much the same or improving since the year before. The survey sampled 251 platforms at 120 stations. The only factors that got worse were water damage and graffiti, which was found at 27% of examined stations (up 7% from last year). […]
