Tag: Transit
If you’re traveling through Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island or certain parts of western Brooklyn, the MTA’s Bus Time data is an invaluable tool. Sure, you can always just check the schedule to see when a bus is supposed to arrive, but Bus Time tracks where the buses actually are, predicting when one will arrive at your stop down […]
Here are two vintage New York City Subway PSAs, courtesy of the Kino Library (the same folks who brought you this grimy ’80s East Village footage), as dug up by Bowery Boogie. One is from the ’40s; the other from the ’70s. Both are fantastic. The ’70s spot in particular seems angled at tourists, advertising […]
Good news for Rockaways straphangers and those stranded by service suspensions on R train. The Rockaway ferry, which recently began making a stop in Sunset Park on its way to Manhattan, will continue service until January. Ferry service was initially supposed to end this month, but was extended thanks in part to a push from […]
A new study confirms what many of you may already know to be true: New York is home to the longest commutes in the country on average. Yes, even worse than Los Angeles. New Yorkers spend an average of 48 minutes each way when heading to work–13 minutes more than the national average. The report […]
Hot on the heels of the news that the MTA had “Roosevelt” spelled incorrectly at the 82nd Street 7 Train stop in Queens, here’s another typo, courtesy of DNAinfo: “Schermerhorn” is spelled “Schermehorn” on one outdoor sign at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn A/C/G stop in Fort Greene. Granted, this one’s a little easier to excuse than “Roosvelt.” […]
The subway line that’s become more useful as the punchline to a joke among transit-obsessed New Yorkers than it is as an actual train may actually be improving soon. After a full line review, the MTA will begin increasing service on the G if it can secure $700,000 in funding, running rush hour trains every […]
Do you tend to plan your daily outings based exclusively on travel time via public transit from Point A to Point B? Do you feel stifled when required to provide a specific destination by websites like Hop Stop and Google Maps? Do you just love being able to rearrange pretty colors with a random click of […]
For the past few weeks, commuters at the Lorimer/Metropolitan L/G subway stop have been privy to a bit of routine-breaking magic. In the place of an ordinary newsstand, hawking candy bars, bottles of water, and outdated magazines, is the Newsstand–a temporary space devoted to selling art of all kinds, its shelves overflowing with zines, records, […]
With Citi Bike still in its infancy, it can be difficult to know where the closest station is to your destination, to drop off the bike when you get there. There’s an app for that, but if you prefer your technology a little more blinky and futuristic, the people at DIY electronics company Adafruit have […]
This summer may see the holy matrimony of two of the city’s biggest transit stories–Citi Bike and the G train. The beleaguered Brooklyn-Queens subway line will see tunnel closures for 12 weekends this year, and to compensate, the MTA is considering adding Citi Bike service to Greenpoint and Long Island City. Unlike the initial rollout of […]
