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Astoria Characters: The Veteran Bookseller

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

There's no bookstore in the Ditmars section of Astoria. We don't need one. Harry puts the words out on the street -- his bookstand has been in the same spot for nearly a quarter century.

A Bad Deal for the MTA and Its Riders

Gene Russianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Gene Russianoff

NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign joined in a lawsuit this week objecting to the rotten deal that the MTA struck this past June for the rights to build over the Vanderbilt Yards in Brooklyn.

Grand Central Station Briefly Shut Down, Creates Twitter Fury

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

UPDATE: All is well at Grand Central Station. It appears that all the commotion on Twitter was either a hoax or a big misunderstanding. ******* Unc...

Student Metrocards Could Be Cut In MTA Cards

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue, Meredith Kolodner and Elizabeth Hays | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

This much is clear after Gov. Paterson's news conference on Sunday: The city's cash-strapped transit system won't be getting any help from Albany. ...

My First Relationship Based on Trust

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Jennifer Ketcham

I recently gave up my profession, as Pornstar Extraordinaire, and my car. I live three blocks from LA's greatest kept secret, the Metro, and the entire system is based on something this city lacks: trust.

Take the (A) Train -- Your Name Here on Metro

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Joel Epstein

Why aren't we asking the business and philanthropic community to help do their part by offering to pick up the tab on Metro station construction?

Help Us Find New York's Best Subway Performers

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

While subway systems outside of New York might be cleaner and break down less often -- and let's be honest, most of them do -- few are as filled with ...

Jay Walder, MTA Chief, Considers Lower Weekends And Night Fares

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

The new chairman of New York's transit system is looking to introduce a pricing policy that would offer passengers discounts to ride late at night and...

Man Hit By Train While Trying To Get MP3 Player From Tracks

nydailynews.com | By Kerry Burke and Leo Standora | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A man was struck and killed by a subway train Monday when he dropped his digital music player on the tracks and jumped down to get it, police said....

MTA Whistleblower Breaks Nose, Loses Teeth After Alleged Push Onto Tracks

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

An MTA whistleblower who helped expose track workers sitting around idle for hours every day claims he was shoved off a Brooklyn platform onto a live ...

D Train Stabbing: Photography Student Captures Scene of Killing on a D Train

nytimes.com | JAMES BARRON | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

It began with a startling, inexplicable explosion of anger over a seat on a D train. And then the passenger who had resisted giving up his seat was bl...

Subway Groping On Rise

newyorkpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Female straphangers are most likely to be touched by slimy subway pervs on rides between Grand Central Terminal and East 14th Street-Union Square than...

Manhattan Bridge Cable Repair Will Take Four Years, Disrupt Subway Service

nytimes.com | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A $150 million project to replace all of the vertical suspension cables on the 100-year-old Manhattan Bridge will cause sporadic weekend disruptions i...

Traffic Jams Can Help the Environment

wsj.com | DAVID OWEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Congestion isn't an environmental problem; it's a driving problem. Traffic jams can actually be environmentally beneficial if they turn subways, buses...

New Ground Zero Subway Will Rise With Building

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Fresh bread will soon be baking high above ground zero. The new World Trade Center got its first restaurant Wednesday – a sand...

Cash-Strapped MTA Looks To Cut Bus Routes & W, Z Subway Lines

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Facing a massive budget crisis, the cash-squeezed MTA is moving to implement sweeping service cuts - again - including shutting down dozens of bus rou...

The Former Music Capital of the World

Joe Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Joe Robinson

One of the effects of gridlock that never comes to mind for our city nonplanners is the toll it takes on the arts and cultural events.

D Train Stabbing: Locking Down Train Was The Right Thing Says Bloomberg

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Drifter Dwight Johnson was on the subway with his bag on the seat next to him when another passenger demanded it be move...

Subway Sandwich Shop Opening Atop World Trade Center Crane

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

As the Freedom Tower makes its ascent into the city skyline, rising alongside it atop a crane will be a Subway sandwich shop that will turn out subs f...

MTA Cuts Likely If Paterson, Albany Cut Aid

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Among the billions of dollars in cuts that were proposed by Gov. David A. Paterson last week was $113 million in state financing for the Metropolitan ...

G Train Suspended For Four Weekends

Gothamist | [17] | | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

The MTA announced that the G train will be suspended on four consecutive weekends due to several maintenance projects....

Nostalgia Subway Hosts Vintage Tea Party

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

New Yorkers put on their Sunday best yesterday, not for church, but for the MTA Nostalgia Train running on the V line between Queens and 2nd Avenue. T...

Subway Guy, Jared Fogle, Falls Off The Diet Wagon

Thatsfit.com | Deborah Dunham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Jared Fogle, a.k.a., "the Subway guy" was recently spotted in the Miami airport toting some extra baggage -- and not the kind on two wheels either. ...

Cortlandt Street Station Partly Reopens After 5 Years

nytimes.com | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

The Cortlandt Street station on the R and W lines, which was closed for one year after the 9/11 attack and then shut again in August 2005 to accommoda...

F Train Accident Leaves At Least One Dead

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

UPDATE: Gothamist is now reporting that the second victim was the train's operator who was taken to the hospital for "trauma." ********* While full ...