Monthly Archives: May 2008

Union Square’s Fight Club

Posted on May 30, 2008 by TJ

This is rich. A few steps from the 4/5/6/N/R etc. subways, in a broad stretch of pavement normally used for busking, dance crews, and sitting on the steps with friends and a cigarette, an urban Fight Club has taken root. … Continue reading →

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You Had to be There, Vol. XVIX

Posted on May 30, 2008 by TJ

Crowded 6 train headed downtown, 9:15 this morning. I got on at 42nd. A guy squeezes by in front of me. He’s a bit fey, neatly trimmed gray buzz cut, dressed in black, a large knapsack on his back. He … Continue reading →

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Metro-North Proposes “Premium” Seat Prices

Posted on May 29, 2008 by TJ

Metro-North has hired Steiner Strategies, the strategic marketing firm that’s working on the new Yankee Stadium with the Brothers McSteinbrenner, to find new revenue streams for the railroad to help offset a massive budget shortfall. Steiner has worked with the … Continue reading →

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Bike Rack Suddenly Hottest Thing in Hummerville

Posted on May 29, 2008 by TJ

We recently mentioned the new hotspot in Grand Central, and it appears Hawthorne train station has its very own hotspot too–the bike rack that TJ had sole us for for the past year. Not only was the black Vespa–heretofore known … Continue reading →

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Westchester Mag Namechecks TJ

Posted on May 29, 2008 by TJ

Today in self promotion, we’re happy to report that the May issue of esteemed monthly glossfest Westchester Magazine cited our lil ol’ blog in a sidebar within a feature called “56 Things Every Westchesterite Must Do (At Least) Once.” Sadly, … Continue reading →

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Italian Seductress Turns Up at Station

Posted on May 28, 2008 by TJ

I’ve often lamented the fact that few cyclists opt to use the bike rack that I’d painstakingly (OK, it wasn’t that painful) lobbied Town Hall to install at the Hummerville train station. I did, however, share the rack with a … Continue reading →

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Grand Central Offers HotSpot

Posted on May 27, 2008 by TJ

Grand Central is now offering wireless Internet in its Station Master’s office waiting area near Track 36. “Long an oasis with spacious benches, restrooms and an eye-pleasing floral mural,” says Metro-North, the waiting area ”is now a ‘hot spot’ for free wireless … Continue reading →

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TV Reporters Arrested While Filming Train Station

Posted on May 27, 2008 by TJ

A reporter and camera man from Hartford TV station WFSB were arrested late last week by MTA police while filming a piece on a new train station in West Haven, Connecticut, reports the New Haven Register. Leon Collins and his … Continue reading →

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Commuters: Take Your $4.40 Gas and Shove It

Posted on May 27, 2008 by TJ

Metro-North ridership is up almost 5%, reports the Journal News, as more and more would-be motorists are turning to the rails to escape the crippling cost of driving to work. Ridership on the railroad has increased almost every year of … Continue reading →

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The Trainjotting Interview: LilSubwayCrybaby

Posted on May 26, 2008 by TJ

Trainjotting will periodically cyber-sit with other members of the rail-blogging community to check out what’s in their head. For the inaugural edition of The Trainjotting Interview, we cyber-chat with the blogger behind LilSubwayCrybaby.com, an offbeat blast of magic realism in the form of … Continue reading →

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