The only blog written from the NYC Subway system

Two more people died on the subway this weekend, however, this time they weren’t subway construction workers. In two separate incidents, a pair of homeless men were killed. One man died while walking between train cars. He apparently slipped and fell between the train cars as they were moving. That never ends up well. The [...]

Since making Google Maps mashups seems to be so popular lately, someone should put together a Margarita map to outline the perfect Cinco de Mayo bar crawl. Lay it out by subway stop perhaps. Just pinpoint all the places you can get tuned up within 1 block of the subway exit. Hell, SUBWAYblogger would probably [...]

In the wake of not one but two subway deaths, New York City Transit Chief, Howard H. Roberts Jr., wrote an open letter to all 47,000+ transit workers asking them to work safer.  Mr. Roberts, who started the job in mid-April, said he was taking the deaths last month of the two track workers, Daniel Boggs and Marvin [...]

Words of wisdom people…If you have a blog or website in general, you need to do regular backups.  Especially if you are making daily updates to your site. Late last night, there was a major screw up on the SUBWAYblogger backend.  Our main host attempted to restore a day old backup, but that failed no [...]

I’m not sure why this caught my attention this morning, but it did. As my train just approached, I looked up at the front of the train as it went past me. The train operator and I almost made eye contact. Then I saw the frame around his windshield. Someone had tagged (graffiti) the window [...]

Can you even think of a more miserable job than working on the subway tracks? Holy mother, no f-ing way. Think about what a typical shift must be like. First of, it’s gross. Then factor in that you’re surrounded by rats. Hell, the rats are probably hiding in the shadows planning a revolt. Think about [...]