Beijing Subway Line 10: Finally With Mobile Signals

"It looks like the impasse between the Beijing Subway and the Chinese mobile telcos have finally given way. “In the name of the Olympics”, we are made to believe by the Subway company, mobile telephony services...

Terror Suspect Had New York Target List

This story is another reminder of the constant threat the we face from extremists everyday, regardless of whether we are American or German. In the following story, Aafia Siddique, a 36 year old graduate of MIT, was...

NYC Transit Plans Anti-Groping Campaign

When I was in New York, the subway experience was quite interesting. Not so much the negatives, but I remember it was extremely stuffy and humid. There are constant entertainment with people performing on the subway...

Islam subway ads cause stir in New York

An Islamic subway-ad campaign being promoted by a controversial Brooklyn imam is gaining attention. The imam on the promo video, Siraj Wahhaj,  has been linked to the first bombing of The World Trade Center. " ...

GOP candidate for Fossella seat dies

Yesterday brought yet another strange twist in the continuing saga of Republican representative Vito Fossella, who had to resign his seat in the US congress last month after a scandal involving drunken driving,...

Subway Apologizes, Promises Another Contest

It appears the folks at Subway (a.k.a., “Doctors Associates, Inc.”) have seen the error in their ways which were highlighted in Subway Writing Contest Disses Homeschoolers, a post published five days ago.Though Subway didn’t respond to me personally, it appears they did...

Having fun in NYC is as easy as stepping outside.

I grew up in Queens, New York and even though I moved to buffalo when I was 13, I make periodic visits to friends every year.

Subway Cars To Take Marine Life Passengers

"Forty-four retired New York subwaycars have been sunken 19 miles southeast of Ocean Cityin an effort to create an artificial reef. Maryland’s coast, a place once rich inanimal life thanks to its natural reefs, has...

To the buses! Gas prices spur public transit use

There's nothing like a money-sucking gas pump to turn us green."DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.Mass transit...

Subway cars derail in Manhattan; more than 400 evacuate

We'll be keeping our eye on this story..."NEW YORK - Two subway cars derailed Sunday in Manhattan, forcing more than 400 passengers to leave the tunnel on a second train, officials said. ...

Map your Tokyo Stay thanks to 'Tokyo Metro' Multilingual Site

I often complain that many Japanese websites are available only in the native language.Therefore I have to applaud Tokyo Metro for the launch (in February) of a Foreign Language site.It not only offers the Subway Map of course (French, English, German, Spanish) but also tips...

Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone

"MetroCard, a $20 bill, and several quarters, just in case he had to make a call. No, I did not give him a cell phone. Didn’t want to lose it. And no, I didn’t trail him, like a mommy private eye. I trusted him...

Teenager shot on Toronto subway

Update: March 28, 10:07 PSTThe Globe and Mail reports the victim was a female teenager who was shot in the leg."TORONTO — Toronto Police are investigating a shooting on a subway train at Spadina station they...

Amtrak Will Screen Passengers' Bags

Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.The Associated...

NYC Subway Pole Dancers Enrage MTA

After all the years of enduring the MTA and those long boring rides home maybe a little entertainment is not that bad.  "The N train may need to be changed to the NC-17 and the L could be dubbed the lap dance...

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