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Category Archives: Bus
Commuters Give it Up for DesignLine Quiet Buses
Squeaking, lurching and hissing city buses are as much a part of the Manhattan soundtrack as cab horns and Ramones tunes coming up through the floor from that skinny guy in 2D. But a pilot program from the MTA unveils … Continue reading
I Guess Some People Just Prefer Non-Verbal Communication
Number of words uttered by grim-faced M1 busdriver after I boarded and said “Good morning” today: 0 Number of times grim-faced M1 busdriver honked her horn as the M1 plodded through construction-induced congestion on Park Ave. South between 40th and … Continue reading
The Most Bewildered Cabbie That New York Ever Hated
I’m waiting for the green at 27th and Park about 10 minutes ago. A man is settling up a cab fare with a cabbie who’s rested his car just west of 27th on Park, right up against a parked car. … Continue reading
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David’s Car
NY Times columnist David Carr is probably the best media critic on the planet, as evidenced by his claiming the Mirror Award for Commentary, given out by media types to those who do the best job of covering the media, … Continue reading
Posted in Bus, Montclair, Trainjotting Reader
Tagged David Carr, The Night of the Gun
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Oh, the Nerve!
Here in Gotham, we call it moxie. Or hutzpah. Or balls. Elsewhere, they call it rude. I was schlepping up to Grand Central around 5:15 yesterday, waiting to cross 32nd at Park. A middle-aged woman was crossing from the north. … Continue reading
Il Drivatore
In case you missed it, the NY Times had a fun piece late last week about a city busdriver given to belting out opera at red lights. Christopher G. Dolan has been briving a dus, as Ralph Kramden so eloquently … Continue reading
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Back in the Saddle
OK, back from that well-lit Loopyland that is Las Vegas. One thing about endless American Airlines flights where you’re trapped in the middle seat for five years (that’s an actual Freudian slip of sorts–I typed ‘years’ instead of ‘hours’ and … Continue reading
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THE TRAINJOTTING READER: The Deportees and Other Stories
The always-a-pleasure Roddy Doyle revisits his Commitments creation by assembling a band of eccentric immigrants to Ireland to change the musical landscape in Dublin. The Deportees is a collection of short stories focused on the immigrant experience in Ireland; this … Continue reading
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Does This Subway Stop at Spring(steen) Street?
On what in the media might call a slow news day, I thought I’d share a little mass-transit related music I heard on my iPod this morning. It’s from Bruce Springsteen’s first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey. The … Continue reading
Two Old Gals & A Guy
When last we spoke, there were layoffs and cutbacks. The whole bit. But that was so 2008, right? Well, we can hope. Ah, the New Year. 2009. A whole decade, practically, in the bag. And yet, without any … Continue reading