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By Michael Ewing 2/03 4:20pm

Planes Trains & Automobiles

The horrors that await would even make one Mister Kurtz whisper a fearful farewell. (Getty)

What Lies Beneath: NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign’s State of the Station Platforms

Just days ago, a poll from Transportation Alternatives found that 61 percent of mass transit riders believe their commutes have worsened since 2009. While some don't see nothing wrong with a little bump 'n grind, for many, the train ride home is a stirpot of awkward touching and uncomfortable emotions reminiscent of their high school days. But are these teenage flashbacks the worst that the subway system has in store for its passengers?

NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign says 'yes and no' with their first-ever "State of the Station Platforms" survey. Read More

8 By Matt Chaban 9/16/11 4:24pm

Planes Trains & Automobiles

Subways away! (M.T.A.)

Hipster’s Favorite Subway Map Now Easing the Weekend Commute

From day-glow posters to silk dresses, New Yorkers have been simultaneously celebrating and mourning Massimo Vignelli's iconic subway map, which reigned over those ever-so-gritty stations (ah, nostalgia) from 1972 to 1979, before the M.T.A. switched to the the geographically boring maps we have today. Now, Mr. Vignelli's maps are back, and they are more useful than ever. Read More

4 By Tom Acitelli 8/09/11 6:56pm

Planes Trains & Automobiles

This is fixable.

If I Were Driving This Train: One N Rider’s Platform for Fixing the M.T.A.

The first thing on my platform is that the next M.T.A. chief need not be a train buff. He or she—or me specifically, since I’m hereby throwing my name out there—has to appreciate the economic essentiality of the authority, which moves the equivalent of New Jersey’s population (8.5 million, give or take) every weekday. But this is not a Lionel set; this is dollars and nonsense.

The next chief should know more about transit financing, particularly the warren navigated in simply keeping the four-pronged monster afloat. As it stands now, it’s a ready-made punch line, with the nation’s largest transit system held hostage to a dysfunctional Albany. Read More

By Matt Chaban 11/17/10 8:23pm

Planes Trains & Automobiles

It’s Now Legal to Tour the City’s Prettiest Subway Station (That’s Not Covered in Graffiti)

While it's still illegal to check out the Underbelly Project, the unfinished Brooklyn subway station that a bunch of street artists recently turned into a gallery, New Yorkers need no longer sneak around to see another underground gem.

There is a station hidden beneath City Hall Park, the former terminus of the original IRT subway. Read More

By Leigh Kamping-Carder 4:26pm

Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Want Your Subway Fare to Go Up

On Friday afternoon, Senator Hillary Clinton announced proposed legislation which includes $237 million in new funding for New York City's mass transit system. The bulk of the cash will go toward the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in an effort to prevent future fare increases. "One of the best ways to save money, help the environment, end Read More

By Tom Acitelli 6/24/08 2:38pm

Subway Stations Slated for Delayed Rehabs

Here are the subway stations (and the lines they service) where the M.T.A. has proposed delaying improvements:

  • Four on the Pelham line (the 6 train)
  • Four on the Sea Beach line that were to occur in late 2009 (the N train)
  • 10 stations on the West End line (the D and M trains);
  • The Smith-9th Street station Read More

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