SUBWAYblogger readers seem to dig stories about the gross things that happen down in the subway. I’m not sure, but I think most of you must be a little deranged. It’s cool though, we won’t judge.
So, here’s some of the grosses subway related photos. I highly advise not looking at this while you are eating lunch. Just take our word for it.
Click a each photo for the description…unless you can already tell what’s wrong.
In a recent trip around the web looking for interesting subway tidbits, I found some great pictures on NYC the Blog of a parade of subway cars rolling down 125th Street.
According to the blog, the train cars were being delivered by flatbed truck on Election night around the time of the Obama win!
NYC the Blog has a lot more pictures to check out.
Got this email today from a SUBWAYblogger reader.
I wanted to let you know about my blog – MTA Please Fix Jay.
It’s dedicated to the conditions at the Jay Street-Borough Hall subway station in Brooklyn.
There are a few issues to deal with at the station:
1. the interior condition is a disaster. Riders deserve to commute in a clean station. Jay Street epitomizes neglect and disrespect.
2. the condition of the MTA owned building above the station is a disaster and a waste of money. There is a sidewalk shed that has been there for a decade. In the midst of a budget crisis the MTA has a valuable asset that they have left vacant for a decade.
3. the lack of attention outside the station means that cars (MTA vehicles included) park in the bus stops, forcing buses to double park in bike lanes and forcing riders to board in the middle of the street.
The blog is sarcastic and a bit silly, but the points are serious ones. The MTA must serve us better.
Here’s an idea that’s uniquely New York: Vote while riding the subway. You know how the MTA does it’s semi regular rider report cards? Let’s do that for voting.
I can only imagine how long the lines are going to be tomorrow. There’s going to be way more people than anyone expected voting tomorrow, so I thought this idea might be good for 2012.
Just like the report cards, have people pick up their official ballots on their way in to the subway. You can still have it be official where you have to be registered to get a ballot.
Then you take your ballot with you on the train. While you’re waiting on the platform or riding, you should have plenty of time to fill it out. All you need is a No. 2 pencil, and you’re all set. Then simply deposit your ballot when you get off the train. Maybe that’s too open to fraud?
Ok, so instead checking in at the registration table before you get a ballot, you do it after. So everyone who gets in the subway gets handed a blank ballot. Then when you get to your destination, you take your completed ballot to the registration table. If you’re on the roll and your info checks out, you can deposit your ballot in the box.
Or if all else fails, put big blue and red dots on the subway turnstiles. Swipe through the blue turnstiles to vote for Obama. Swipe through the red turnstiles to vote for McCain. (Something tells me there’d be a log jam in the blue lanes.)
Well folks, we’ve survived (most of us) another Halloween in NYC. It never ceases to amaze me how seriously New Yorkers take Halloween.
Even if you didn’t make it down to the Village for the parade, you can still see the “interesting” costumes underground. The subway becomes it’s own parade all night long.
Most people take the subway downtown for two reasons: 1) it’s fast on a busy night like Halloween. 2) Seeing everyone else dressed up on the train is half the fun of the night.
Here’s just a very, very small sample of what you missed last night.
If you’ve got some interesting subway Halloween pictures, we’d love to see them. Post a link in the comments or send them to submit [(at)] subwayblogger.com.
Photo Credits: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine
For those of you (and there are many) not fortunate enough to visit Washington, DC and ride the Metro, here’s what you’re missing.
Granted, it doesn’t go everywhere like the NYC subway does. And you have to pay based on how far you ride. Otherwise, the Metro is beautiful.
Just look in this video at things like the platform that lights up and blinks when a train is arriving. The clean stations. The clean trains.
I’m just saying. We should demand better for New York.
Feel free to link to other nice subway videos in the comments. We’d love to see them.
We were reminded today by NYCtheBlog that the MTA regularly sells off stuff that they no longer want including your lost and found items. Then again, I guess if you never claim your lost items, they really aren’t yours anymore but I digress.
You can buy everything from toll lane scrubbers (little Zamboni looking things), to office chairs, to subway poles, to subway lights, to your lost iPod.
Sometimes they have really high end electronics that get lost and found too.
You can buy yourself a little piece of subway history right from the source. Check out the run down.
The Kia Motors and NBA Tip Off Celebration Event in Union Square is this week. They’re setting up a basketball court, have a DJ, yadda yadda. There will be current and former players there too apparently.
It’s all coming up on October 28th.
A publicist for the event says, “To say the least, it-is-going-to-be-insane.”
Perhaps.
Kia paying for this kind of publicity is definitely insane, that’s for sure.
This is gonna sound strange, but hear me out. There is definitely a distinct smell in the subway that can only be found when the weather starts to get cold. Right?
It’s a sort of musty, sour, grandma’s basement sort of a smell. I’m not the only on that notices it, right?
Yeah, I know, there’s an infinite amount of odd smells in the subway at any given time. But this one is distinct. It seems to transcend trains, lines, and stations.
Maybe it is cold activated. Maybe it has something to do with people wearing coats and hats. Who the hell knows, but it is definitely there.
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I don’t know where it’s coming from, but it is one of those things that’s going to drive me nuts every time I smell it. Sometimes it is really, really strong too.
Damn you mystery smell. Damn you.
I was on my way to a second day of torture jury duty. I made my connection to an express train and actually scored a seat. Sweet.
It was a pretty crowded train, just as any train rolling through midtown during rush hour is. All of a sudden…
AAHHHhhhh CHOOOOOOOOO!!
Ahhhh CHHHooo
AAAAAAHHHHH choo.
(That’s a guy sneezing…FYI)
A few sneezes ring out in the crowd. That’s just gross in general, especially in a crowded train. But hey, it happens. There’s nothing you, as the sneezer, can really do to avoid it.
Unfortunately, this guy didn’t even make an attempt at covering his mouth. He just let them rip like he was standing alone in the woods or something. WOW.
Well, I thought the people around him were going to commit a hate crime. Holy crap did this guy get reamed out, and deservedly so.
Much to my disappointment, there were no punches thrown. Oh well. Gonna file this one in the “crime” category anyway.
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