April 2011
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New York MTA’s Subways Among Most Efficient in... →
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Bikes & Murder: Wired: Bike Messengers Pedal Past... →
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BY EUGENE KAN, APRIL 26, 2011
Bike-centric website Prolly Is Not Probably puts us onto an article from Wired which discusses the relationship of technology and bike messengers. However, as much as data grows, the ability to quickly transfer terabytes of data have yet to catch up,…
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Today I saw a girl crying on the 6 train.
It wasn’t the hysterical, “look at me” crying, but quiet and blotchy, hunched and alone. Her eyes were red and raw and she had a tissue but made no sound. The grief seemed to come in waves, the way it does when something monumental has happened and you forget, then remember, then forget, then remember.
The train was just full enough...
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Don't be a creep.
I did it I did it, I did it!
Teacher would be so proud.
Last night some idiot started harassing me as I was walking on W 36th.
Now, usually I pick between a few modes: “Kristen is annoyed” means I ignore/pretend I don’t notice/turn up my music. “Kristen is not having a good day” means The Evil Eye and a longer-than-necessary,-you-numskull stare. “Kristen...
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inthesubway:
Geovanni Suquillo plays the Times...
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NYT: the MTA's last few subway operators →
A lovely little article about the subway operators who work in the elevator-reliant north Manhattan stations. I don’t think I’d want to ride 140 feet in an unmanned MTA elevator either.
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I was talking to a girl in class and she said, and I quote, “Yeah, Daniel Jackson is everyone’s favorite, but it’s too bad that Michael Shanks kind of seems like a tool. I think it happened when he started working out with Teal’c, I mean, Christopher Judge.”
Soulmate!
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“Many of the above-mentioned shops opened only within the last three years during...”
– Brooklyn’s Bike Shop Boom (via n8han)
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Broolyn Based's roundup of Brooklyn bike shops →
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Nassau County responsible for its own bus service... →
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"New Study: The Parking Placard On That Car Is... →
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Revisiting the session topics at...
opentransportation:
Georgia Bullen uploaded the topics from TransportationCamp West into IBM’s Many Eyes data viz platform. Here’s a one minute wordle I made with the data. Will be interesting to compare East and West —
Update: here’s a comparison of East and West. Thoughts?
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West
If (like me) you’re skeptical of the values of wordles, go visualize it better: east, west.
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streetperformers asked: I came across a picture on Flickr that looks like a public transit adventure to me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidteter/4382310470/in/faves-59949757@N06/
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It may seem counterintuitive, but lights and STOP... →
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Ebony Hillbillies play the Times...
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BART's getting new seats →
I remember when the “flesh eating bacteria in your bus seat fabric!” articles were circulating.
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Bushwick is officially gentrified
Today I saw two different mid-twenties white girls running (in shorts and wearing headbands), on Graham Ave, aka “The Avenue of Puerto Rico.” Yep.
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The Atlantic: "How History Killed the Suburb" →
I love that picture of the “commuter express” bus.
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Subway Art Blog: Os Gemeos' Mini MOCA Subway Car →
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Street art duo Os Gemeos were tasked with painting the ticket booth for MOCA’s Art in the Streets exhibition a couple weeks ago. After painting the booth, they decided to take their mission a step further and build a miniature subway car sculpture to place on top of it.
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How far are you willing to walk for public... →
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NYT: MTA adds another campaign ("What's New?") and... →
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Subway death today as man jumps in front of train →
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A photographic and video history of driving in LA →
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