Results tagged “mta”

The public service announcement on the left is courtesy of the TTC. The public service announcement on the right is courtesy of the MTA. On Friday morning, Accordion Guy Joey deVilla juxtaposed the two on his blog, along with the question "who plagiarized whom?"

Kevin McLaughlin of Autoshare points us to this article in today's New York Times, about how New York City's subway system––encompassing some 277 underground stations––is to be set up over the next six years to allow for cellphone usage. Transit Wireless, the company that won the right to set up the network, will give the transit system at least $50 million over 10 years, and will incur all costs associated with building the network.

This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us.

Spring is when we get busy here in the Ist-A-Verse. Very busy. But, after staying bundled-up indoors all winter, it's nice for us to be out, about, and collecting things to write about for you. Here's a glimpse at what's been keeping your favorite citybloggers busily away from home and out of bed.

So over at Metros From the World there is a field of transit company logos from cities all over this great globe of ours. You can select the ones you're ridden and make a cute little badge for your blog or whatever, but what seems to be the most interesting part is the page that ranks how many times people have chosen each subway system. Not suprisingly, New York's MTA is at the top of the list (marked 5166 times as of this posting) followed by London (5026), Washington (3960), Boston (3787), then San Francisco (3228). Toronto, at 1820, is 12th on the list.

Breaking the law, breaking the law. We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues' gallery of miscreants major, minor, and alleged.

newmindspace have a knack for organizing heavily attended, wildly fun events around the city. Using their accumulated knowledge from throwing subway parties on both NYC's MTA and Toronto's TTC, they have created an online guide. Through first hand experience, the guide covers how to make it fun, logistics, what to watch out for, and goes into the pros and cons of a morning rush hour commute party versus a midnight empty car takeover. newmindspace have been so successful in New York that, for one subway party, workers dug up old NYC Subway signs and posted them around the station.