Here’s a little fun for your weekend Internet browsing. Check out this weekly video blog called Why Are You On My Train? Run by Alli Goldberg and Jen Jamula, two aspiring actresses, the site’s videos try to anser that age-old New York question: Who are all of these people who ride the trains?
With camera in tow, the two quiz riders about their interests and backgrounds. “Our blog was partly born out of riding the subway to and from auditions and a) wondering who the people were around us and b) wanting to engage,” Jamula said to the Subway Art Blog.
They’ve interviewed college hockey players and have quizzed folks about their favorite suspicious packages. My favorite though is the one below with the rider waxing nostalgic for the subways when they had more “character.” He isn’t, it seems, a fan of the new sterile rolling stock. These are the people are on your subway car.
MTA Ballers from whyareyouonmytrain on Vimeo.
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I agree with the first guy: R160s are sterile and older stock had more “character”!