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Monthly Archives: June 2008
The Best Damn Suburb Period
C’mon, folks, shoot us a vote for the best New York City commuter town around. All y’all schlep past these towns every day and say, Geez, I wish I lived there. (Sort of like Mount Yearnin’, if Mount Vernon was, … Continue reading
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A Silver Lining
None of this would’ve happened if the 6:10 hadn’t been five minutes late pulling in to Hummerville. For the second time in three days, I studied the darkening sky as the train lumbered through White Plains, North White, Valhalla. I … Continue reading
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The Best Commuting Town in the Tri-State Area
This is long overdue. “Dane” asks Trainjotting for the best commuting town in the area. Hello! I was wondering if there was a secret consensus on what the best commuting town into Manhattan is? For instance, if someone could move … Continue reading
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How Come This Never Happens When I’m on the 6?
There’s a very entertaining video of some girls doing Scores-worthy moves on the poles in the subway. As is always the case when people do odd things in public places, the faces of the on-lookers (or, in some cases, the … Continue reading
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Island Residents Ponder Life Without Tram
Residents of Roosevelt Island, that weird little slice of Mayberry smack in the middle of Manhattan and Queens, are not happy to contemplate their tram being shut down for inspection. Reports the NY Times: Next spring, the gliding red cars, … Continue reading
Road to Somewhere
JerseyJim tells us Mayor Bloomberg kicked off a “Summer Streets” program today, opening up a 7-mile pedestrian/cyclist path from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park on select Saturdays in August. The route goes primary up Park Avenue (as well as … Continue reading
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“Roach” on the Q Train!
From today’s Metropolitan Diary in the NY Times: Dear Diary: On a crowded Q train bound for Manhattan, a woman in gray standing in front of me told a lady in blue next to her that a “roach” was crawling on her … Continue reading
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Garrison Keiller Digs the Harlem Line
“Prairie Home Companion” guy Garrison Keiller performed his lusty ode to the Metro-North at New York’s Town Hall venue recently. “MTA (Mobile Line)” name-checks several stops along the Harlem Line: The Metro North that runs the big silver trains Hey … Continue reading
MTA Pays Out $285,000 In Ripped Pants
Metro-North and Long Island Railroad have paid out over $285,000 in claims regarding ripped clothing from the M7 trains’ armrests, reports City Room. It’s a drop in the bucket of the $1.1 billion…billion…the MTA has paid in claims over the … Continue reading
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CT Gov Demands Bike Storage on New Trains
Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell says the 380 new M-8 cars on order for Metro-North’s New Haven Line should be modified to allow for bike storage, reports the Journal News. Rell told New Haven Mayor John DeStefano that the design can … Continue reading
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