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Scary Transit Issues

Gene Russianoff | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Transit, Subway, Halloween, Mta, Scary, New York City, Riders, Mass Transit, New York City Subway, Public Transportation, Mass Transportation, Jay Walder, New York News

What Halloween would be complete without the annual Straphangers Campaign trick o' treat of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority?

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Why New York Subway Chief's Congestion Pricing Idea Makes Cents

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, New York City Subway, Subways, New-York-Rush-Hour, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mta, Jay Walder, New York News

The new MTA chief's big breakthrough could be a lower off-peak fare that could nudge more New Yorkers onto the subway on nights and weekends, and lessen the crush at rush hour.

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Atheist Subway Ads: NY Coalition Of Atheist Groups Launches Subway Advertising Campaign

Huffington Post | Eve Attermann | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Good Without God, Are You Good Without God, Atheism, Subway Atheist Advertisement, New York City Subway, Subway Atheist, Coalition of Reason, Atheist Advertisments, Beliefnet, Subway Atheism, Atheist Ad Campaign, New York News

Are New York subway riders "good without God"? Starting next Monday, an alliance of local groups will begin a month-long subway advertising campai...

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MTA At Fault For Construction Delays: Citizen's Report

nytimes.com | Michael M. Grynbaum | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

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Construction is a constant in New York City's sprawling public transportation system, but riders often have little sense of what's being done, or when...

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Subway Train Derails In Lower Manhattan, 2 Line Rush Hour Delays Likely

nytimes.com | Michael M. Grynbaum | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Downtown Brooklyn, Subway Derailment, Manhattan, 2 Train Derails, Brooklyn, New York City Subway System, New York City Subway, New York City West Side, New York City Rush Hour, Subway Rush Hour, New York, New York City, New York News

A train derailment on Monday morning scrambled subway routes from Manhattan's West Side to Downtown Brooklyn. Straphangers should brace for an afterno...

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MTA: F Train Is Slowest, Dirtiest Of Them All

brooklynpaper.com | Gersh Kuntzman | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Carroll Gardens, F Train, Brooklyn, Metropolitan Transport Authority, New York City Subway, Dumbo, Coney Island, Mta, Rush Hour, New York, New York City, TWU Local 100, New York News

The F train is slower, dirtier and less reliable than other lines in the subway system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority finally admitted in ...

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New York City Subway Repairs Inconvenience Thousands On Columbus Day Weekend

nytimes.com | Glenn Collins | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

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The Columbus Day weekend has long marked a celebration of the arrival, in the Americas, of the great navigator. But instead, Sunday proved to be a tri...

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Najibullah Zazi: Police Briefly Lost Terror Suspect On Subway

newsday.com | Anthony M. Destefano | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: NYC Terror Probe, Najibullah Zazi, New York City Subway, Najibullah Zazi Indictment, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Subway-Terror-Plot, New York, New York News

Investigators tailing suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi early last month briefly lost him in the city subway system, heightening already mounting co...

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Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe: A Timeline Of Events

AP | CATHERINE TSAI and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 09.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Subway Terror, New York City Subway, Queens, Terrorism, Fbi, Najibullah Zazi, New York Terror Probe, New York City, Denver, New York News

DENVER — A timeline leading to the arrests of Najibullah Zazi, his father and an associate in a terror investigation, according to arrest warran...

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I Swear This Has To Stop

Jim Watkins | Posted 08.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Community, Bad Language, New York City Subway, New York City, Swearing, New York News

In a place like New York City, where people are packed together so closely that private conversations can become community events, I see very little concern about having bad language overheard.

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Manhattan Subway Station To Hear The Call Of Nature

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper West Side, Mass Transit, New York City Subway, Arts for Transit, Subway Art, Subway, New York Subway, New York, Subway Renovation, New York News

Starting next year, the city's subterranean soundtrack -- a familiar overture of clanks, screeches, groans and beeps -- is poised to add a few noises ...

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Subway Fare Hike Irks Straphangers

nydailynews.com | By Irving Dejohn and Stephanie Gaskell | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Subway Fare Increase, New York City Subway, Economic Crisis, Subway Fare, New York City, Subway, New York City Subway Fare, Bad Economy, Recession, New York, Fare Increase, New York News

The price to ride the subway in New York City has been raised again, now from $2 to $2.25. New Yorkers feel they are being taken advantage of in this ...

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Why I'm Raising Free-Range Kids

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Lenore Skenazy, New York City Subway, New York, Dads, New York City, Subway, New York City Kids, Free Range Kid, Parenting, Moms, New York News

When I wrote a little column about letting my fourth-grader ride the subway solo from Bloomingdale's to 34th Street and from there, to take a bus by himself, home, it hit the proverbial "nerve."

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Etiquette Enforcement

Ellis Henican | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Subway, New York, Laws, Subway, New York City, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mta, New York Mta, New York News

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has officially decided we're not polite enough. They should know, right?

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HuffPost Reviews: Bob Dylan - Together Through Life / Playing For Change - Songs Around The World

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.27.2009 | Entertainment

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Together Through Life is a tonic whose pace is moderate, music is organic, lyrics are intelligent, and feel is refreshingly human.

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Bridging the Transportation Gap

Louise Nelson Dyble | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mass Transit, Shovel-Ready, New York City Subway, Subway, New York City Transit, Shovel Ready, Transportation, Bay Bridge, Politics News

When the government agency overseeing mass transit and the government agency building highways are distinct and uncoordinated, they compete for money, and the public loses.

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Three NYC Police Officers Surrender In Brooklyn Sodomy Case

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 01.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Sodomy, Police Brutality, New York City Subway, Police, Subway, Brooklyn, New York City, Home News

NEW YORK — A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a subway station,...

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GM and OnStar -- Pushing Our Privacy Envelope?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Lsd, New York City Subway, Cia, General Motors, Gm, Black Box, AT&T, Onstar, Cars, Business News

Next time you buy a new car, ask the salesperson about the "black box."

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Gas Prices Causing Surge Of Mass Transit Riders

New York Times | CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Posted 05.17.2008 | Business

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With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead. Mass transit systems aro...

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