If You See Something, Say Something!: Archive

The Cold, the Late and the Lazy

As all you New Yorkers know, this past Saturday was insanely cold- and somehow, whenever it’s super hot or cold the MTA becomes more unreliable than the classy National Inquirer. Knowing this, we prepared for our Saturday evening plans. Since on a normal night it would take us no more than 30 minutes from our apartment on the Upper East Side to the East Village, we left about 45 minutes in...

Jan 17th

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See what we mean...

From Pinzler: I took a picture of this poster on the B train. Sorry if the smaller text is hard to read but the poster is meant to convey how “forward thinking” the MTA is by allowing third parties to create transit apps using freely available MTA data. The text of the poster asks people to “Search the web for ‘NY transit apps’ to see what we mean” …...

Jan 11th

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Jun 19th

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This is one of the coolest subway music...

Jun 19th

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Send the NYT your subway rat photos

From City Room Unfortunately, my iPhone doesn’t take great pictures of the “track rabbbits” from the platform, but it looks like they’ll get some great shots submitted soon. Then we can look forward to a riveting slide show.

Jun 16th

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Jun 11th

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NYT Article on the phrase "If you see... →

May 15th

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May 14th

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May 14th

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Apr 29th

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Keyboard man on subway I’ve seen this...

Apr 29th

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Apr 23rd

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Apr 19th

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Apr 19th

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Stairway to Heaven - at 1am in Times Square...

Apr 19th

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Apr 16th

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Watch

The following is a critique of the MTA safety video: Two questions: who is this weirdo in a suit and why is the audio so maxed out. But then, after he walks to the camera, he walks past the camera. Where is he going? Another room in the nasty A train? Is there a parlor or dining car I never knew about? No… he’s just moving into a new position. All the while, the riders are...

Apr 8th

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Apr 8th

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Apr 1st

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MTA Splash

This is from Alice who writes on this rainy day: I was prepared for the day’s rainstorm. I had my umbrella out and, while waiting for the M66 on the corner of 67th and Madison Ave., I stood beneath a restaurant overhang. I’m noticeably pregnant, so when the bus arrived, I took one of the seats reserved for disabled people near the front of the bus. All was fine until about a minute ...

Mar 22nd

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Mar 9th

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Feb 10th

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Watch

This is a great little PSA that (humorously) shows how confusing it is to know when it is OK to pull the emergency cord on a subway train. It stems from this NYT article. What I particularly love about this is that they confront one of the many horrible signs the MTA thinks is helpful (or at least not worthy of changing). The “what is an emergency” sign underneath the emergency...

Jan 31st

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Jan 29th

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Jan 29th

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Jan 16th

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Annual No Pants Subway Ride →

Ah, the 9th annual “no pants” subway ride where a lot of people get on the subway and pretend everything is totally normal… without pants. It’s an amusing stunt and has been going on for nearly a decade. I was a videographer for the one in 2006 when, mid-ride, New York’s finest stepped in and handed out citations. That was exciting. Meanwhile, it looks like a lot...

Jan 11th

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Dec 31st

Dec 30th

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MTA will cut 3 of the 4 crosstown buses, late... →

Thank you, MTA, for not only making my daytime bus trips suck ass but also for eliminating the chance to have a shitty bus ride at night. The MTA has decided to fuck us just a little bit more by scaling back late night crosstown bus service. So if you need any of the following buses after 1am come July, you will be royally fucked and will either have to cab it or hoof it home. M96 M79 M66 ...

Dec 29th

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This cackling woman was on the M10 bus on our way...

Dec 29th

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