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more about #subways more comments → If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Everything you said about the misallocation of resources (more highways, less mass transit) is true for schools, too Local funding of local transit a... more » Proofer3: Thank you for reminding me how much I love Griffin Dunne, and what an unappreciated film After Hours is. more » badasscat: Fares are simply taxes—incredibly regressive taxes, just like the sales taxes that New York City residents suffer to fund our own transit while subu... more » garbanzo314: Can we also outsource all labor within the MTA to a non-union shop. The TWU has stood in the way of implementing new technology (they fought automated... more » seekingwhat: I'm building an MTA bus depot in Staten Island right now. The stuff I could type here would probably get me fired but... OH MY GOD! THE WASTE!!! more » sensitivitycop: I lived in NYC for 18 year during the Abe Beame, Ed Koch, and David Dinkins years, and still visit NYC 4 times a year. When I do I rely heavily on th... more » OMG! Ponies!: $205 monthly LIRR pass plus $89 monthly Metrocard equals the reason I now drive. more » ErrolFinch: This post made my day -- that's just how furious I am at the MTA (Most Terrible Assholes). I'm sure if I think hard enough I can come up with a less ... more » SuchAndSuch: Good post, except for the throwaway about how the MTA board is trying to get out of the court-ordered wage increases. First off, have you EVER met an... more » Cosmonautical: it's difficult to properly express how happy i am that others are so pissed off about this. i live off the Morgan L, so i'm dealing with it constantl... more » FitnessMadeSimple: Thank you for this, Pareene. This is my favorite post you've ever written. Also, MTA: everyone knows you are full of shit when you stall at the same ... more » rachelgbishop: Can we add to the end of the list, "find whoever is responsible for creating the clearly expensive ads featuring stupid puns granting us important kno... more » Unsolicited Advice: I thought you loved centrally-planned bureaucracies? Good luck finding those "civil servants" by the way, that was good for a laugh. more » secondavenuesagas: The MTA announced their plans for fare hikes in 2011 and 2013 at least a year ago. It's part of their plan to keep the system afloat. You bring up a ... more » lobstr: It's so weird to sit in a smelly shitty subway station in Milan and yet look up and see a digital board telling me the next Linea A train is 2:01 away... more » -
#rants
New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service
Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say "for just one year." Or "not counting the existing fare increase and de facto service cuts." More » -
#propaganda
Feeling Better About Fare Increases
The MTA is cheering up New Yorkers by printing the word "optimism" on millions of Metrocards. *NOTE: "Optimism" should not be interpreted as applying to the state of the New York City transportation system itself. [NYT. Pic via] -
#stopit
New York Subway Riders: Kinda Grope-y
Ew, guys, seriously: Stop groping women on the subway. Complaints of sexual abuse in New York subways are up four percent this year, to 587. More » -
#qualitycontrol
Last Remains of Old New York Being Outed: Crotchety Subway Workers
If you worked underground for however many hours a day, you'd be an angry mole-person, too. The only thing you're missing? Bloodletting claws and a place to hide the remains of students the MTA sent out to antagonize you. [NYDN] -
#death
The Gruesome L Train Incident: Solved
What exactly happened on the L train—NYC's most cool subway line—today? Earlier we heard rumors of a suicide. We got a bunch of tips. And just before we went to put up this post, we saw this. More » -
#breaking
Smoke Clogs Subway Lines
Breaking servicey alert for Manhattanites: There's an unexplained "smoke condition" in a midtown subway tunnel. Click through for the full alert. More » -
#conspiracies
Puking Pug Police Coverup Goes All the Way to the Top
Was puking pug dog owner Chrissie Brodigan roughed up by the NYPD simply for tending to her dog, and its throwup? The most powerful cop in New York is now involved in the case. Read between the lines, people.
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#controversies
Pukey Pug Hugger or Kooky Jew Boo-er?
Yesterday, Chrissie Brodigan said she was manhandled by a cop and arrested just because her pug dog threw up on the L train. But the cop says she's a raving anti-Semite! Let's explore this breathtakingly minor controversy.
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#outrage
Owner of Puking Subway Dog Treated Roughly
All she wanted to do was get her poor little puking pug dog out of her tote bag on the L train. But then the cops arrived. And they were mean.
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#art
NYC's War on Vandalism Must End If We Are to Have Good Vandalism
War on art! A famous Japanese pop artist was doing just a little bit of vandalism down in the subways, and was arrested. Why doesn't Mayor Bloomberg just let people draw in the streets? More » -
#art
Was Poster Boy Really Caught?
The fuzz thinks it arrested Poster Boy when it took Henry Matyjewicz into custody. But Poster Boy is bigger than one dude, maaan. Poster Boy is a MOVEMENT. More » -
#fame
Poster Boy Is a Tough Biatch
Now that NYC's most famous subway ad remixer Poster Boy got himself arrested, he's more famous than ever! We hear the NYT is even planning a story on him. For us it's about the art. More »
