The only blog written from the NYC Subway system

Here!, the new all gay TV channel, has taken over the 8th Avenue at 14th Street subway station.  The new channel has purchased all of the stations available signage.
The thought of some tourist family from Iowa walking through that station cracks me up.  Can you even imagine some family from the sticks seeing these signs?  [...]

So maybe “Secret Battle” is a bit dramatic, but it is still somewhat telling. There is growing competition among online travel planners, especially those in New York City.
For years, New Yorkers had to figure out for themselves how to get from point A to point B. Now, there are a handful of online [...]

See, SUBWAYblogger wasn’t full of crap when we said that the city was feeling more crowded than ever. Mayor Bloomberg just announced that the city had about 44 million tourists come to visit in 2006, and that’s a smashing new record. Last year was about 41 million.
Interestingly, NYC & Company (the company designated [...]

The clock’s ticking, and SUBWAYblogger has zero shopping done. There was an attempt made this weekend, but the crowds were a bit insane.
The MTA should just put extra staff on all the train platforms in midtown. All of the insanity you see on the weekends inside the subway system consists mostly of people who have [...]

Today is a Gridlock Alert Day. What does that have to do with the subway? Everything.
For example, all over radio and television, reporters are saying, “You’re better off taking mass transit today.” In other words, run for the subways. Unfortunately, in the case of a Gridlock Alert Day, [...]

(There was a bit of an email glitch this morning that held up the morning posting.  Sorry for the delay, we’ve fixed the issue!)
Well, the end of Thanksgiving weekend marks the start of Christmas in New York City. Sure, most stores have had the decorations up since…ohh…4th of July or so. But now we are [...]

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 [...]

As I stand in this already over crowded subway car, I can’t help but dread the coming holiday rush. Starbucks has already rolled out the red coffee cups! So you know that means it is downhill from here.
Soon, the out of town shoppers will be here. They will start to invade the transit system. [...]