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Yeah, those are always words you want to hear. Apparently, the  trains are suspended “because of an investigation” between Union Square and 86th Street in both directions. I don’t even ride those trains and I’m pissed. For those that don’t know, the trains run up the east side of Manhattan. For some reason though, when that [...]

Sure, is kinda sucks that summer is over. It’s definitely getting cooler outside. Actually, it is getting straight up cold out. The upside is that the subway platforms are now a few degrees cooler than the center of hell. I was standing on the platform today and felt pretty comfortable. For the first time in [...]

Mastercard and Citibank are giving away free subway rides next week.  If you ride the  you could be riding like 20 times for free.  It is quite the promotion…at least we think. Unfortnately, there are a couple obvious catches.  You have to get into the system through the  lines, and you must have a Citibank card.  [...]

This morning I wrote about how much it sucks to miss a train by only seconds. This afternoon, it happened yet again! There’s only so much a person can take. This afternoon, it was caused by stupid people. Yes, that’s right, stupid people. Folks, don’t walk up to the turnstile and THEN start looking for [...]

Don’t you feel like a complete loser when you miss the train? Especially when you make a dash for it and still miss? At my station, you can see down to the lower level where the tracks are. The token booth level goes over both the up and downtown tracks. So I saw my train [...]

Yeah, that’s right.  Roger Toussaint, Transit Workers Union President, is selling gear to raise money for his reelection campaign.  We kid you not, he is selling those stupid rubber bracelets, shirts, and even autographed photos. It gets so much better.  He actually has a website:  RogerToussaintVictory2006.com.  Interestingly, the site won the “Holy Crap That’s A Long URL” [...]

Monthly unlimited renewal day was today for SUBWAYblogger. That’s never a fun day. It’s early in the morning, clearly there has not been enough coffee in the picture, then wham! $76 right out of your pocket. That’s not a fun way to start the day. It was funny and annoying at the same time this [...]

Turns out, we subway riders really got away lucky this morning. There were major power outages on the New Jersey Transit lines and Amtrak. Trains just stopped dead iin their tracks (no pun intended…on maybe a little). Usually, that means subway issues because people flood over on the PATH or other areas. The bottom line [...]