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January 29, 2015

See New York’s Subway Through the Eyes of a 17-Year-Old Stanley Kubrick (Photos)

As one of the world's most respected film directors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers and editors, it's really no surprise that Stanley Kubrick was also quite the shutterbug. Well before creating mind-bending movies like A Clockwork Orange and Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick was shooting for New York's (now defunct) LOOK magazine as a way to help make ends meet. His street photos, which are quite dramatic in subject and composition, give us a look into the mind of a young Kubrick, who at just 17 was already showing a talent for creating atmosphere with a lens.
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January 21, 2015

POLL: Do You Agree with How the MTA Gets Rid of Old Subway Cars?

By Dana Schulz

Yesterday, we featured the breathtaking photography of Stephen Mallon, who for three years documented decommissioned NYC subway cars being dumped into the Atlantic Ocean. What might initially seem like an act of pollution is actually an environmental effort to create artificial reef habitats for fostering sea life along the eastern seabed. Some readers, though, felt […]

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January 20, 2015

Photo Series Captures Three Years of NYC Subway Cars Being Dumped in the Atlantic Ocean

By Dana Schulz

Who knew that the graveyard for decommissioned NYC subway cars was at the bottom of the ocean? If this is news to you, then you don't want to miss this photo series by Stephen Mallon, who documented the train cars being dumped into the Atlantic from Delaware to South Carolina over three years. But before you call 311 about this seeming act of pollution, let us tell you that it's actually an environmental effort to create artificial reef habitats for fostering sea life along the eastern seabed, which was started over ten years ago.
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January 5, 2015

New Study Reveals It’s More Important to Have a MetroCard Than a College Degree in NYC

By Diane Pham

A new study conducted by NYU's Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management shows just how much impact proximity to public transit–in this case to Manhattan–can have on one's earning power. The Rudin Center examined 177 NYC zip codes and found that those living closest to transit have the highest median income and the lowest unemployment rate. “In New York, mass transit is the path to economic mobility, not education,” Mitchell Moss, the center’s director, told the WSJ. “It’s far more important to have a MetroCard than a college degree.”
Find out the startling figures here

December 22, 2014

The NYC Subway Still Runs on 1930s Technology, Pen and Paper

By Diane Pham

Most of our commutes are rife with subway delays, over-crowding and shutdowns, and while you can credit some of those to the sick passengers (and a handful of dizzy dieters), a lot of the blame falls on the fact that our subway still runs on an antiquated system built in the 1930s. Transit authorities are only now beginning to replace the eight-decade-old system, which still uses—wait for it—pencil and paper to track train progress. The update is a long overdue one, yes, but don't expect your commute to get any more comfortable in the near future. With 700 miles of track to cover, the time estimated to make the switch won't be much of a boon for us six million riders now boarding daily.
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October 22, 2014

NYC Subway Carries a Record-Breaking 6.1 Million Riders in One Day

By Diane Pham

If you feel like your subway rides are starting to feel more and more like squeezing into a sweaty sardine can, you're right on the money. According to the MTA, ridership is at an all-time high with 149 million passengers cramming into cars during the month of September alone. The MTA also met another milestone last month on September 23rd, when a whopping 6,106,694 took to the rails—this is the most of any day since ridership was first tracked in 1985; and it broke last year's record of 5,987,595 passengers on October 24th.
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Nyc Subway

See New York’s Subway Through the Eyes of a 17-Year-Old Stanley Kubrick (Photos)

POLL: Do You Agree with How the MTA Gets Rid of Old Subway Cars?

Photo Series Captures Three Years of NYC Subway Cars Being Dumped in the Atlantic Ocean

New Study Reveals It’s More Important to Have a MetroCard Than a College Degree in NYC

The NYC Subway Still Runs on 1930s Technology, Pen and Paper

NYC Subway Carries a Record-Breaking 6.1 Million Riders in One Day

New App Wheely Will Make the NYC Subway More Accessibilty Friendly

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