A man was struck and killed by an E train early Thursday morning during what an MTA spokesperson described as a police chase. "Apparently the person ...
In New York City's long tradition of fighting City Hall, one of the most spectacular examples happened a quarter century ago this week.
Sometimes riding the same commute every day can be tedious. Luckily we have performers, innovators, and one direction-challenged German to shake thing...
There's so much new public space in NY that even a tourist magnet as big as the City can afford to let the public know about some of its new gems.
NEW YORK — New Yorkers took some subways and buses for the last time on Friday, a few of them carrying cardboard tombstones to mourn the end of ...
A Chinese man said he filmed himself jumping onto the tracks of an approaching Shanghai subway train because he thought it would be an "interesting" t...
Print out our map and begin complaining about the spots we can't be forgiven for leaving out....
At a cost of only $1,500 anyone can own an eavesdropping cell phone antenna. If you're worried, upgrade to a 3G phone -- the security is much better and way harder to hack.
Let's close the 30/10 deal by being so united in our support that it is on the front page and everyone in Washington knows what we're talking about and asking for.
Microsoft's (MSFT) Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett and Apple's (AAPL) Steve Jobs are all household names in addition to being ...
NEW YORK — After stabbing two men to death on a subway train, a criminal justice student insisted to authorities that he was trying to save hims...
When your taxi fare far exceeds the number of sights you want to see, its worth checking out the local metro system. In fact, some cities have subways...
A recent Transport Politic article notes that not only is China willing and able to contribute its national funds to foreign projects, but also that it intends to structure its investments as an alternative to the World Bank.
The J, M and Z subway lines in Williamsburg have become victims of the neighborhood's success, exploding with a 24-percent increase in passengers in j...
NEW YORK — A suicidal college student who carried highly toxic sodium cyanide into a subway tunnel caused a brief terrorism scare early Friday, ...
BOSTON -- A smoky fire in a downtown subway tunnel late Thursday forced the removal of passengers from trains and the shutdown of several lines. Twen...
The construction of the subway's 7 line demonstrates just how haphazard transportation planning and construction has become in the United States.
The overwhelming majority of Americans want more public transportation, not less. But if cuts are an inconvenience for Americans who have transportation options, they can be a disaster for Americans who don't.
Heth and Jed Weinstein have been a part of the underground music scene in New York for about five years. Now, the two are writing a memoir about thei...
Working New Yorkers are off to a very rough year, and the looming closure of bus and subway lines across the city may prove the cruelest cut of all.
I hope to offer explanations that shed new light on my story, and maybe shed light on the medal that will be given back to me when everyone realizes I did not, in fact, take the subway to the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 1980.
NEW YORK — An Afghanistan-born imam who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into a suicide bomb plot against New York Ci...
The MTA promises to change new signage at a 14th Street subway station that now boasts a profane internet punchline. Because the M train is replacing...
NEW YORK — The tidy, three-story brownstone looks like any other on the cobblestone block in Brooklyn, but it isn't. It's a fake, leading direct...
Metros are high capacity, high frequency, urban electric transport railway systems. Also known as the subway, underground, and tube, they are disting...
