An ancient subway technology known as “gap fillers” on the platforms of the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 lines of the Union Square subway station have always made me nervous. These loud, long, steampunk-like ...
News of grizzly attacks on subway riders has me seeking some type of barrier while waiting on subway platforms. I’ve been positioning myself behind platform pillars and information signs, sometimes ...
First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA Chairman ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA unveiled the first new subway map for New York City in more than 45 years on Wednesday morning. This map has significant differences. No longer a spaghetti diagram, this map ...
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has unveiled the first major change to the famed New York City subway map since 1979. The historic map commuters are used to seeing on subway cars and in stations ...
A new New York City subway map has been unveiled by the MTA. A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that ...
The MTA has unveiled its first fully redesigned New York City subway map in nearly 50 years. The new map includes clearer text, better use of space, improved accessibility icons, and QR codes that ...
In this installment of Fun Maps, we looked at a 1970’s New York City subway map we had lying around the Untapped HQ and we found subway relic of the past. On September 23rd, 1978, amidst struggles to ...
New York City was on the brink of bankruptcy in the 1970s. Crime was on the rise, and subway ridership had dropped to its lowest level since 1918. In 1979, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...