Ok, so the 1 Train has totally sucked for….oooohhh…at least the last week. Takes forever to come at the peak of rush hour.  The person in charge of the line, or in charge of the dispatch tower must be on vacation this week.  There must be a substitute in there.  Why? They’ve been using the [...]

Death of the Subway Token

Posted on January 7th, 2008 by in Open Thread

Ahhh these were the days… The New York City subway token, tool and talisman of city life since Vincent R. Impellitteri was mayor, is dead at age 50, transit officials said yesterday. The causes of death were technology and economics. Tokens will be sold for the last time on Saturday, April 12, said Lawrence G. [...]

It wasn’t that bad. Seriously. It was actually pretty cool, but then again, I didn’t have the typical experience that most revelers have. I was actually working in Times Square. That night, more than ever, the value of the press pass became all the more apparent to me. I could walk around wherever I wanted [...]

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