Archive for January, 2008

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

People Give It Up for the Acid Man

6 p.m. yesterday, mostly full 6 train heading up to GCT. A beggar enters the car between 28th and 33rd. “Excuse me…” the spiel begins in a vaguely Hispanic accent.
The man makes his way through the crowded car, carrying two full tabloid news pages laminated on cardboard. They’re the story of a man horrifically burned […]

2 Comments » - Posted in 6 train, Acid Man by TJ

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

100 NWP Spots Up For Grabs

The MTA has acquired a new parking lot at North White Plains, and is offering spots to the 150 souls stuck on the waiting list.
The new spots are at 525 North Broadway and 50 Haarlem Ave, just north of the Hertz franchise. They become available in March.
MTA boss Peter Cannito said the railroad was making train access […]

No Comments » - Posted in Hertz, North White Plains, Parking by TJ

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

“RayTrain” Deflowered En Route to Subway

My faith in humanity took a serious blow the other day. A little old lady did it. She done me good, too. She got me in the kind of way where one moment you are lifted up and feel this great, all-encompassing love for all people and the next moment you feel nothing but contempt […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Forest Hills, RayTrain by TJ

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Sketchy Stuff: Drawing Your Fellow Subway Riders

Our experience with art has pretty much been limited to attending gallery openings until the chardonnay ran out and that Keith Haring/apartheid poster we had in college.
So we’re hardly an art critic, but we must admit we were particularly grabbed by this work stemming from the New York City subway system. Brooklyn-based Amitai Plasse describes his work […]

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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Jimmy Sneakers Prefers the Bus

We’d like to introduce you, dear reader, to a fresh new voice in metropolitan-area commuter bloggery. Once dubbed “one of the most hilarious writers about sports ever” by a mid-level media critic (we’re totally serious), Jimmy Sneakers puts pen to paper for fleeting escapes from a humdrum workaday life selling Webcasts.
 
The Pee-ples’ Limousine
I have […]

1 Comment » - Posted in AMNY, Jimmy Sneakers, M1 by TJ

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Trainjotting First Anniversary Party: Thurs, Feb. 7 at Pershing Square

Alert Page Six! Trainjotting has settled on a venue for its first anniversary party.
It went something like this: We stopped by Pershing Square, located right across 42nd from Grand Central’s main entrance, asked for the manager, and told him we wanted to have a nice little soiree for our writers and readers. Perhaps he could […]

No Comments » - Posted in Page Six by TJ

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

MTA: Here’s Mud in Your Oculus

Ambitious MTA plans for a Long Island Railroad link to Grand Central, the westward expansion of the 7 train and a sparkling, glass-domed subway station known as an “oculus” are in jeopardy, according to William Neuman in today’s NY Times.
Cost overruns climbing into the billions are given as the reason. “We’re just in the middle of […]

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Monday, January 28th, 2008

Surprise Winner in 2007 Metro-North Satisfaction Poll

Sneaking up like an on-time 8:20 morning train into Valhalla, the Harlem line was the winner in Metro-North’s 2007 annual customer satisfaction survey. Fully 99% of Harlem line customers reported they were “satisfied” with service, two ahead of the Hudson Line.
What’s surprising is that the Hudson Line, with its scenic river views and longtime stranglehold on […]

No Comments » - Posted in Mamaroneck, Metro North, Peter A. Cannito by TJ

Monday, January 28th, 2008

What the Kids are Googling

First off, thanks to Gothamist for sending some 1,100 hip New Yorkers our way to read about PeterFromPort’s misadventures in misogyny on Amtrak and LIRR. 1,100 hip New Yorkers…to bad we don’t have, like, ads or something.*
Speaking of strangers entering our hallowed (cyber)halls, here are some of the more creative Google searches that brought readers […]

No Comments » - Posted in Cockroaches by TJ

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Billie Cohen Hits the Bar Car

NY Times reporter Billie Cohen, who’s commuting from a different corner of the New York metropolitan area every day this month, tipped a few with the regulars on the New Haven Line bar car.
“There was beer everywhere, a crowd at the bar, a bunch of people playing poker and a din of friendly talk and […]

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