The Train to the Plane has long gone the way of the Dodo. (Photo by Doug Grotjahn. Courtesy of NYCSubway.org)
Oh, the tortured history of the JFK Raillink. When last we saw this ill-fated raillink in April, the plan seemed to be hanging on precariously to life support. Now, any high-speed train to the plane is [...]

Once again, it’s time for three regular season baseball games in the middle of May to take on some grand importance as the New York sports media fawns all over this Grand Supreme Battle for New York.
And, boy, is the MTA proud of themselves for their Subway Series service. First, they released a press [...]

This man wants your views on the subways. Let’s give it to him. (Photo by Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times)
Stealing a page from the Straphangers Campaign’s Subway Report Card, Howard Roberts, the new president of New York City Transit, wants subway riders to grade the system.
Roberts, who came up with this plan because [...]

A tip o’ the hat to my friend at No Strategy, Just Bravado…
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Seriously, tourists. Watch your children in the crowded stations. It ain’t that hard.

I hate driving into and out of New Jersey. I hate it with a passion. For four years, New Jersey was this wasteland of toll traffic that interfered with my trip to and from New York City and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
Every trip — no matter if it was 9 p.m. or 1 a.m. or whenever [...]

Someone let the musicians out. Music Under New York takes to the streets. (Courtesy of the MTA)
We’ve had some serious weeks around here at Second Ave. Sagas. Resignations and track worker safety make for somber posts. But today, we’re all about music because it’s time, once again, for the Music Under New York Auditions.
All day [...]

Sometimes, bad news hits the press on Saturday or Sunday, and no one notices. Luckily for the MTA, the news about their alarm boxes and the safety of track workers did just that as word came out yesterday that nearly 10 percent of track alarm boxes are out of service.
A report in The New [...]

The trains are running slow and SUBWAYblogger wonders if it’s at related to the increased police presence we’ve noticed recently on the subway platforms. No matter the cause, the trains are all sorts of screwed up, and my morning commute today took twice as long as usual.
Now that it’s past the dreaded 12:01 a.m. [...]

The lower level of the 63rd St. tunnel will soon burrow its way to Grand Central Terminal. (Jacob Silberberg for The New York Times)
Alaska has its Bridge to Nowhere. New York, unbeknownst to most New Yorkers, has its Tunnel to Nowhere.
Built underneath the East River in the 1970s, the 63rd St. Tunnel is an artifact [...]

So this whole condom thing, it’s good public health policy. In an age where those in the White House preach an ineffective abstinence- only program, New York City is encouraging safe sex by distributing millions of free condoms to New Yorkers. Since people will always have sex anyway, those in charge may do their [...]