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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 [...]
New York City MTA Buses
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:00
Those big blue and whites are a great and also cheap way to get around Manhattan. Buses run 24/7 and like the subway system they too have been recently updated. the front of the buses have lighted signs that shows the line. Maps of the route maps and schedules are posted in the city at [...]
Fightback grows against NYC transit cuts
Sunday, October 10, 2010 4:00
By Dee Knight New York Published Jul 23, 2010 2:43 PM New York City Transit riders, communities and Transport Workers Local 100 havecome together to launch a “Campaign to take back our TransitSystem” (TBOTS). this alliance was formed in the face of an aggressiveattack by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. in June the MTA slashed twosubway [...]
New Subway Map Nods To Vignelli | George Hahn
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 4:00
The new New York City Subway Map is getting a new face… inspired by its old face. In 1972, Massimo Vignelli introduced his beautiful new map, which featured the now famous and still used Helvetica Neue Bold typography, and stylized renderings of New York City and its environs served by the subway system. from what [...]
Zero hour looms for Staten Island bus riders as MTA implements cuts
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 4:00
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:03 AM Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 1:33 PM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Commuters are girding for the biggest transit cuts to hit the city in more than 30 years, and Staten Islanders reliant on already sparse public transportation will wake up on Sunday to find fewer buses running [...]
The Elimination Of Free Bus Passes For New York City Students Raises Eyebrows …
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 19:30
(I-Newswire) May 3, 2010 – To help bridge the widening financial gap, the MTA in New York City plans on cutting the budget by phasing out free metro cards for students. Students have been receiving free metro cards since 1948. “Everyone seems to agree that students deserve to go to school for free,” says Roy [...]
NY's Grand Central Station: A Model of Energy Efficiency?
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 20:30
At first glance, the nearly hundred year old Grand Central Station doesn’t look particularly energy efficient—after all, the station does contain 60,000 lightbulbs. But New York City officials are doing their best to make sure the terminal sets an example for other public buildings in the city. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has replaced the [...]
Artist Gives NYC's Subway Riders a Lesson in Manners | NYC Subway News
Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:00
(Newser) – call him the 21st-century Emily Post: Artist Jason Shelowitz is out to teach New York City subway riders that groping, sneezing, preaching, and littering is totally uncool. Shelowitz quizzed passengers on their pet peeves and made the top 10 into pretty humorous posters in the style of the transit authority’s own, Gawker reports. [...]
A reminder to why the NYC Subway used to create smiles for me
Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:00
After not having taken the subway for nearly 5 years (with the exception of the week or two when I do not have my car per year) I have really lost sight of why the New York City subway is great! With all the issues in the MTA with fare hikes, service cuts, and more, [...]
