The only blog written from the NYC Subway system

Folks, the emergency exits are for emergencies; not your fat ass. They aren’t for your dump truck sized baby strollers either. So cut the crap and use the turnstile.
People use the emergency exits so often, that they are starting to break down! People allegedly can’t tell the difference between the service exits [...]

Things are already in motion for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Here’s the parade info. 
Near my subway stop, there’s all kinds of gear being set up. Some of it looks like bleechers. I wonder what CEO you need to sleep with for those seats?
The MTA has also begun hanging yellow signs with holiday service advisories.
If [...]

This week is pretty much a waste of a week. Today, Monday, is a normal day but that’s about it.
Tomorrow, a few less people on the subway. Wednesday, for get about it. The subway will look like a ghost town (compared to a normal weekday).
Honestly, how much work is possibly going to get done this [...]

Lee Sanders, a top Executive at DMJM Harris, is the assumed top candidate to take over the MTA, however, he was just named to Governor Elect Spitzer’s transition team for transportation policy.  Does anyone else find it to be a problem that DMJM Harris has millions of dollars in contracts with the city for transportation?
Sanders [...]

Oh man am I glad that Friday is here. I even had a chance to get to the subway a little earlier than normal. That means less crowding.
I even made it to the platform just as a train arrived. It is a beautiful thing!
This weekend I hope to do some follow up [...]

Whoa…we need the air conditioning turned back on in some of these trains. I think the MTA is trying to sweat me out of the system.
It is a beautiful temp on the plastforms, but the train I am on right now is 95 degrees. I don’t even have a coat on and I’m sweating standing [...]

So I stopped to pick up 4 bottles of Le Beaujolais Nouveau.  Then, I continued on my way home, and jumped on the subway.  I quickly realized that it was going to be nearly impossible to type on my Blackberry with only one free hand.  The other was holding the bag of wine.  So, I [...]