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Most every dweller of a city with a robust public transit system comes to identify their boundaries with the lines, angles, and colors of its subway map. This is true of my hometown, Washington, DC, at least since the popular adoption of its Metro system...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The train tragedy in Spain has raised the concern over whether something similar could happen in the Tri-State Area. Millions of residents commute by trains every day. New York City is literally built on top of train tracks...

Our friend Reema showed some hilarious commercials in last night's NYC subway class. They were produced by the MTA itself in 1989, with the intent of getting New Yorkers back on the trains and "heralding the revitalization of the system." The resulting...

The secret ghost tunnel was built by the MTA and will open in December after two decades of permanent closure. The rare use of the tunnel has garnered it a mysterious presence amongst New York commuters. However, the secret will be revealed for all to...

The NYC MTA MetroCard is 20 years old today. Customers, who for decades had simply dropped a token into the slot on top of the turnstile, had to familiarize themselves with a new method of entry.  Using the MetroCard required riders to master the...