Public Transit Adventures: Archive

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An update

I haven’t posted in five months! But somehow I’ve still accrued new followers. Just to update you all, the reason I’m not writing here anymore is because I’m writing about transportation for Untapped New York. Mosey on over there to see my posts about the Transit Museum, Arts for Transit, subway events, photo essays, etc. And Untapped in general is an awesome site for...

Dec 3rd

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Jun 8th

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Jun 8th

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Jun 8th

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Jun 6th

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HOW TO MTA

I”ve done the car service thing when the L stops running, but you definitely have to move away from the subway station or someone will steal your car. And I quite like #3. jukeboxgraduate: The L train got taken out of service at Bedford Ave. this morning around 9:30. That happened to be when I showed up to go to work and this was the first time I watched hundreds of people act like they...

May 23rd

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May 22nd

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May 22nd

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May 22nd

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May 21st

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Train > plane

On Friday I had to be in Buffalo for a conference. Because I couldn’t miss work on Thursday, I took an early morning Friday flight: 6am from JFK, landing in Buffalo at 7:18am. But on Saturday I didn’t have to be back at a certain time, so I booked the Amtrak Empire service, leaving Buffalo at 7:34am and getting back to NYC at 3:45pm. Sounds awful, right? Here’s why it...

May 21st

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May 19th

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May 13th

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May 11th

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May 3rd

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May 3rd

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WHEN A GUY INVADES MY PERSONAL SPACE

This is how I feel on the subway when I’m standing by the door then some guy decides to loom over me, trapping me with his arm on the pole. howdoiputthisgently:

May 3rd

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Public [Transit-ish] Adventure #24: the second...

On 33rd-ish St and 3rd Ave. So adorable. I love him in this interview.

May 2nd

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May 2nd

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Apr 29th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 25th

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Apr 25th

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Apr 24th

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Apr 24th

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Apr 24th

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Apr 23rd

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Swiss Miss supports "Walk Your City" project on... →

Apr 23rd

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Apr 20th

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Public Transit Adventure #23: tourists on the bus

Woman: (running frantically with her husband to a stationary M4 bus at 68th St.) Stop!!!! ENTER BUS Woman: (to bus driver) So, what do I do with this? THEY SQUISH ALONG BUS TO MIDDLE Woman: New York buses are so confusing! and crowded. Husband: Yep. Woman: (adoringly) You are so good at figuring this out! I never could. PAUSE Woman: The waitress at that restaurant wasn’t very...

Apr 20th

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Slate: "Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk?" →

Apr 20th

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Apr 19th

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Apr 19th

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Apr 19th

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Bike-share program coming to Los Angeles →

My mom sent me this article, too. So exciting! latimes: The program, a Bike Nation investment, aims to start by putting 400 stations around downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Playa del Rey, Westwood and Venice Beach with 4,000 bicycles for people to rent. Any of you going to Ciclavia today?

Apr 18th

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