Posts Tagged ‘mta’

Rate your commute

Posted: January 27, 2012 in City News, Site News
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Taken from this morning’s am New York: public transit advocacy group Transportation Alternatives is asking riders to rate compare their current commute to their rides in 2009. To get in on the action, text the word “commute” to 30644 and say if your commute has gotten better, worse, or stayed the same since 2009.

PLEASE Stand Away from the Platform Edge

Posted: January 23, 2012 in City News, Site News
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an average of 2 people a week are hit and killed by subway cars The internet is abuzz today about news posted by Gothamist that there were 4 subway-related deaths this weekend. The story is sickening and gruesome to read, as it includes a quote from an EMT that describes the varying types of death-by-subway scenarios that [...]

The Artificial Reef Program

Posted: March 14, 2011 in City News
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A self-proclaimed “train junkie,” photographer Stephen Mallon followed a barge of old subway cars out to the Atlantic where they are dumped as part of the Artificial Reef Program. Check out the awesome photos he took here.