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Straphangers Campaign

Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign; Assemblywoman Carmen de la Rosa; and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz at a press conference blasting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's MTA budget cut.

Pols and Advocates Call on Cuomo to Restore $65 Million in Funding to the MTA

Elected officials and advocates blasted the governor's $65 million MTA budget cut in front of a Times Square station entrance.
By Madina Toure
The 7-line finish date continues to remain unclear.

Afternoon Bulletin: Subway Lines Ranked From Best to Worst, $15 Minimum Wage Gets Wide Support and More

New rankings for the best and worst subway lines, a state $15 minimum wage gets wide support from New Yorkers and more.
By Lisa Brown
Subway ridership is at its highest levels since the 1940s. (Photos by Arman Dzidzovic/New York Observer.)

The Social Commute: How the Big Schlep Is Changing the Way New Yorkers Live

As New York has transformed into an exceedingly safe and exceedingly expensive place to live over the past two decades, it’s not only the crime and the pervasive decay that have fallen away, but the close proximity, creating a social commute that echoes and exacerbates the work commute.
By Kim Velsey
Rob Astorino campaigns in the 77th Street R station with Martin Golden (Photo: Will Bredderman).

Rob Astorino Promises to Speed Up the R Train

By Will Bredderman
The 4, 5, and 6 trains are Manhattan's busiest (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images).

The Subway’s Report Card: 7 Line Best All-Around, The 2 Line Gets an F

By Paula Duran
L Train

Blame It on the Train: The L Is a Total Flake

By Billy Richling
Neither rain nor snow nor dark of night will keep the Q-train from its appointed rounds. (gmpicket/Flickr)

Q Is for Quality, C Is for Crummy: Best and Worst Subway Lines of 2012

By Matt Chaban
He's on board.

Straphangers Swoon for David Paterson: Advocates Cautiously Optimistic on Governor’s Appointment to MTA Board

By Matt Chaban

Crawling Across Midtown, M50 Wins 2011 Pokey 'Award'

By Stephen Duffy

Robbing the Subway to Pay Albany: Straphangers Fear Another ‘Sweep’

By Matt Chaban

Pressure on Lawmakers for M.T.A. Rescue Gets Going Again

By Jimmy Vielkind

Pressure on Lawmakers for M.T.A. Rescue Gets Going Again

By Jimmy Vielkind
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