NYC income inequality mapped out by subway lines
By using subway stations as an input to the data-set, we are given an alarming image of how often and steeply the average household incomes fluctuate as you travel throughout NYC.
MTA to roll out interactive subway maps
By the end of the year, the MTA has announced it will install interactive, touch-screen maps for helping travelers and commuters navigate the city’s latticework…
New safety feature could soon improve your commute
The goal of any public transit administration is to increase ridership without jeopardizing safety and efficiency. The question is whether the installation of these doors will improve this….and the overall outlook for the MTA.
Moving closer to green: the transportation vision of Projjal Dutta
MTA’s Director of Sustainability Projjal Dutta gave a presentation to City Atlas covering density, efficiency, and a vision of a future with more sustainable transportation.
Vote For Best New MTA App
What’s the most useful transit-related app out there? The MTA needs your help to find out. Voting continues through 5 PM Wednesday 1/11 for the best…
Projjal Dutta
“New York is livable–it is more than livable, it’s wonderful — because of density. And not just the density of people, but I think the density of opportunity.”
De-crowding the L, NYC 3rd Most Artistic City, Pilot Study Uses Mussels to Naturally Clean Bronx River
MTA reports that L trains should be less crowded after additional weekend trains are added, and a new signaling system should be finished early next…
NYC’s most-used turnstile- Guess Where it is
The most-used turnstile of the most-used transportation system in the country.
Break through on Second Avenue Subway
Workers completed tunneling for the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway on Sept. 22, 2011, when the project’s tunnel boring machine reached the Lexington Av-63 St station, breaking into the existing subway system.
MTA Adds Giant New Touchscreen That Tells You Where Delays Are
Hands-On With New York’s On the Go Mobile Station, a 47-inch Touchscreen Subway Map.
Creating Immense Amounts of Kinetic Energy from Speeding Subway Trains
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Cellist Alexander Chen turns NYC transit into music!
Gallerina – Notes From UndergroundIn 1972, graphic designer Massimo Vignelli created a stripped-down, minimalist map of New York City's subway system that has been both…