To catch up with better fare technology, the MTA begins testing the new mobile scanning system that will eventually phase out NYC's MetroCard, now a relic.
The NYC Subway system has 472 stations, yet only 117 are fully accessible by wheelchair. Maps by the Guardian reveal just how accessible NYC & other cities are.
In the latest chapter of transit news, a preview of the MTA's new line of open gangway subway trains was released in a video. Check out the model R-2-11 train.
One thing that has piqued our interest for some time now is the black-and-white board that we sometimes see conductors pointing to as they pull into a station.
"X-Ray Area Maps" of NYC subway stations show five complex stations – Times Square, Herald Square, Union Square – in the context of their surroundings.
Lettered and numbered trains in New York City are different sizes, a mismatch left over from the consolidation of the MTA's original three rail companies.
It's been a four-year endeavor, but graphic designer Adam Chang has completed the NY Train Project, which illustrates all the mosaics of the NYC subway system.
The MTA has announced new "Baby on Board" buttons as part of a pilot for the Courtesy Counts campaign that can be worn by expecting mothers in the NYC subway.
In an empty Asics storefront next to Bryant Park is an authentic 1961 abandoned subway car that made its way from NYC to Hollywood and back.
The New York Transit Museum archives has a video by the N.Y. Board of Transportation in 1949, directed by Henwar Rodakiewicz, a friend of Alfred Stieglitz.