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After a little light digging, SUBWAYblogger has discovered that there will not be a special Holiday Fare offered this year.  Ok, so maybe this isn’t breaking news, but it is something that people are going to start asking about soon. Since the decision was made back in July, people weren’t really worried about a December [...]

There’s been lots of talk over the past few months about the MTA Holiday Specials. Last year, the MTA offered a special MetroCard that gave you multiple extra days of riding if you bought the card during a certain time. The idea was to encourage mass transit usage during the holiday rush. In some places, [...]

There are a lot of subway jobs that have to be the worst jobs ever. One of them must be the guy that scoops the crap off the tracks. The area between the rails is basically an open-air sewer. Even though it maynot look like it, it must be someone’s job to get in there [...]

Being out and about this weekend, I noticed that nightime smell of winter. That cold, crisp smell before a snow storm. Winter is on the way. As I look around the train, the ladies are ready with the winter fashions. I know, you’ve been waiting for weeks to trot out all of your new sweaters. [...]

Ok, so the first 60 seconds sucks.  Trust me though, the rest is pretty cool.  I’ve always said that there are some good tunes to be found underground!

    So, some smarty-pants at Columbia say that the subway is loud.  So loud that it may be causing people to lose there hearing. Uhhh how about the people that have their iPods peaked out.  Few things are more aggrivating than people who have their iPods so loud that everyone around them has to [...]

First, a message for the kids… Kids, you know that feeling of excitement when school gets out on Friday. You have the whole weekend to look forward to. Well, adults have that same feeling. Actually, it never goes away after you graduate. Getting off work on Friday feels as good as it did back in [...]

A bit of a chill in the air this morning on my walk to the subway. SUBWAYblogger loves the cool, crisp air of this time of year. It’s refreshing. One of the benefits of the coolness is that the platforms cool down. The cool cuts right through the stale air that fills the system. It [...]