Operator of Subway Shuttle Overshoots End of Track

Transit officials said the shuttle's operator lost control of the four-car train, which runs the shortest route in the 722-mile system.

Gas Could Be Costly for Summer Motorists (AP)

AP - Gasoline prices rose more than 7 percent in January, which typically is one of the slowest driving months of the year. That's leading experts to predict pump prices may surge past last year's record highs when highway travel picks up late in the spring.

British Airlines jet left L.A. for London with one downed engine (USA Today)

A British Airways jumbo jet that left Los Angeles International Airport en route to London continued on the 5,400-mile trip after ...

Oops, I Dropped My Sensitive Subway Blueprints!

What would we do without our city tabloids? The NY Post reported that many subway blueprints were found on a street corner in Fort Greene. The drawings included "schematics of the Atlantic Avenue subway and Long Island Rail Road station," with "diagrams of the location of...

Camera Phone Picture on the Cover of the New York Daily News

This might be a first - the COVER of the New York Daily News features a picture taken with a camera phone by one of its readers! The picture is of a New York City transit worker asleep while working a token booth at the Brooklyn 15th St Prospect Park F train stop around 2:30...

Montreal transit boss defends subway (The Globe and Mail)

Montreal — Montreal's transit system is one of the safest in the world, its president said yesterday, denying that violent crimes on the subway have gone unreported amid a turf war between police and transit security agents.

Hey, MTA, You're On Candid Cameraphone!

Wow, this might be the first cameraphone picture as NY tabloid cover photo in history: The Daily News published a picture of a sleeping token booth clerk today! Reader Denise Davila sent the DN the photograph she took over the weekend at the F train's Prospect Park stop at...

Getting Ready For the Metrocard Fare Hike

Unlimited Metrocard fares go up near the end of the month (Sunday, February 27), and the MTA is giving riders a grace period with cards bought at pre-2005 fare hike prices. But not too much of a grace period, so people won't really be able to hoard cards: - Weekly...

BREAKING: Subway Delays No Longer "Unavoidable"

The New York City subway has sliced the word "unavoidable" from the announcement, "We apologize for the unavoidable delay." Ben Smith's sublime NYC politics blog The Politicker reports, "We're not sure if this represents a change in the way New York City Transit views the...

Yesterday's Subway Track Fire

Yesterday, a subway track fire screwed up service on the 1, 2, and 3 trains. WABC reported that it started yesterday afternoon, "near West Broadway just south of Franklin Street." The problems basically mired lower Manhattan service. Was anyone on the subway? Did anyone...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...