NYC Subway — Monday, May 2, 2011 2:02
Could the 3rd ave El have been save? and Connected into the Subway …
Is Penn station located in New York City?
Friday, April 22, 2011 4:00
Question by Erick L: Is Penn station located in new York City? I am planning to go to new York City, to see one of the best Broadway musicals ever. and i just want to know if the Penn station is really located in new York City. Cause i don’t want to end up in [...]
New App to Crowd-Source NYC Subway Delay Information
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 4:00
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) using the NYC MTA’s information page, or any of the apps based on it can be an exercise in imagined bliss. on the one hand, it’s thrilling to get information on subway status, and whether a line is running before setting out for a subway stop. on the other hand, the [...]
Free The Subway and Rail Systems From the Politicians
Sunday, March 27, 2011 4:00
In my post on a way out for the MTA, I proposed making the subway and commuter rail systems semi- self funded. they would be required to cover their costs on an “auto-equivalent” basis, with riders paying for the ongoing purchase, maintenance and operation of railcars and the collection of fares through fares – but [...]
» The Good News: MTAs Subway Information Network Is Almost Complete. The Bad News: It’s $75 Million Over-budget And Took So Long To Make Its Already Obsolete Barstool Sports: New York City
Friday, March 18, 2011 4:00
NY Daily News – The MTA hasn’t finished a new subway communications network – and it’s already out of date.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority started the $370 million fiberoptic, information-carrying network in 2000 and expects to finish it this year. But technological advances and hundreds of budget-busting, time-consuming changes have pushed the project $76 million overbudget. [...]
Animal welfare advocate dies at 101
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:00
Anna Catherine Briggs, of Lovettsville, once said, “the final lesson of mankind’s evolution may well be that animals are sacred and deserving of our protection.”Briggs spent most of her 101 years living up to that notion before her death Feb. 15. Anna C. Briggs and her dog Tippy In addition to founding the National Humane [...]
Neighborhood Groups Work to Boost Little Italy, Chinatown Foot …
Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:00
In his 20 years as a small businessman in Little Italy, Joe Maino has learned a few things. the owner of several accessory shops along Mulberry Street, he knows most of his customers are visitors from someplace other than New York City. he also knows his stores are almost totally dependent on foot traffic. Maino’s [...]
Morning Buzz: Nearly Killed but Fighting to Recover – NYTimes.com
Saturday, February 19, 2011 4:02
Wednesday will be partly cloudy and a bit warmer than Tuesday, with highs in the upper 30s. Emilie Gossiaux, 21, lay in a bed in the surgical intensive-care unit at Bellevue Hospital Center. She could not see. She could not hear. Beyond asking for water, she spoke very little. her boyfriend, Alan Lundgard, 21, took [...]
New York City Subway System Comes Alive in HTML5 & Javascript [VIDEO]
Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:00
If you live in New York City, you most likely have a love/hate relationship with the subway (one that tends to wander toward “hate” more often than not). Well, Brooklynite, musician and Google Creative Labs employee Alexander Chen has created a little HTML5/Javascript art project that is sure to put a smile on your face [...]
Flashdance: Photographers Use Dancers to Capture the Beauty of NYC
Friday, February 18, 2011 4:00
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all pirouette our way to our morning meeting? You don’t have to have been to new York City to know new York City. Appearing in countless movies and TV commercials, it’s such an iconic place that just about everyone in the world is familiar with its landscape. But you’ve [...]
