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MTA appoints new anti-graffiti task force

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

While the subways are no longer the hotbed for graffiti that they were in the 1970s and 1980s, the MTA is still combatting subway taggers. To that end, they’ve appointed a new squad of retired police officers to patrol popular train yards and catch taggers in the act. While this squad should be beneficial to […]

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Riding an R160 down the N line

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

New subway cars are popping up all over the place these days. While they’re similar to the cars that have been running down the IRT lines for a few years, the new R160 cars sure do carry a novelty factor.
First, some history: In 2002, the MTA signed a $2.3 billion deal with Kawasaki Heavy […]

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