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News, articles and information about the subway transportation as part of the overall travel and transportation experience.
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Keep subway cleaner, but don't disturb the rodents
Rats are misunderstood, stereotyped and despised. We carry out a lethal war against them with traps and poisons. But, as one subway observer noted, they are deeply devoted to family. If we kept the city, including the subways cleaner, there would be...Tags: Transportation
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People to blame for bolder NYC subway rats
Re 'Subway rats movin' up,' Aug. 14: I usually see them in the 125th Street station on the No. 4, 5 and 6 trains on both the platform and on the tracks. These rats are getting bolder and taking over the subways. If people stop littering on the platforms,...Tags: Transportation
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Police rescue man on Bronx subway track
The Associated PressPolice say officers have managed to rescue a distraught man who tried to leap off an elevated subway track in the Bronx. Three officers got to the 2 line track near the Jackson Avenue stop around 5:30 a.m. Sunday to find the man running on the tracks and...Tags: Transportation
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See NYC on the cheap
AP Travel EditorYou don't need big bucks to enjoy the Big Apple big time. Travel like a New Yorker on the subway. Eat like a New Yorker on the street. And see the city like a New Yorker by visiting public spaces, landmarks and famous places, many of which can be enjoyed...Tags: Central Park, Times Square, Tourism and Leisure, Rockefeller Center, Gardens and Parks
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Calorie counts on fast food menus? California law would require it
Special to The TimesNo one's looking to make you go on a diet. But there's a law in the works in Sacramento that might -- just might -- help you lose weight -- or so says a study released Thursday. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: An earlier online version of this...Tags: Obesity, Consumers, Transportation, Yale University, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Midtown subway station evacuated after fire
msweeney@am-ny.comStraphangers were evacuated from the 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue subway station yesterday morning after an escalator motor caught fire and filled the station with smoke. One woman with chest pains and another person with unknown minor injuries were...Tags: Fires, Transportation
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Rats rule the subway rails, platforms
msweeney@am-ny.comSubways fares aren't the only thing soaring these days. The subway's rat pack is increasingly taking platforms by storm. "People have seen them sitting on benches," said Andrew Albert, an MTA board member and chair of the NYC Transit Riders Council, of...Tags: New York City Transit, Manhattan (New York City), Subway Transportation Industry, Upper West Side, Transportation
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Ravens fans may miss the bus
Sun reporterAs the Baltimore Ravens kick off their preseason home schedule tonight, thousands of Ravens fans who formerly relied on state-operated express buses to get to the games are scrambling to find transportation that doesn't involve parking at or near M&T Bank...Tags: Lexington Market, Marketing, Transportation, Tickets, Football
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Court Blocks Subway Hackers
Associated PressA federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a Sunday presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used by Boston's subway. The temporary restraining order, issued by...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Crime, Judges, Electronics, Transportation
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Chinese centenarian's unlucky visit to the Olympics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs China held the biggest coming-out party of the century last week, one of its citizens had quite a celebration of his own. Lu Xiangwu turned 100 the day the Olympics began, and he had one wish for his centennial: to come to Beijing to watch the Games....Tags: Transportation, Tickets, Olympic Games, Metal and Mineral, Multi-Sport Events
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Bring on the sponsors, subway needs the money
Re 'Stations for sale soon?' Aug. 7: Corporate sponsorship for MTA stations? Bring it on! Anything that will clean up and maintain the subway stations and keep down the fares. I would never complain about meeting Mickey when I get off at 42nd Street. --...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Transportation
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New York Real Estate: Morningside Heights
Special to amNewYorkDubbed New York's "Academic Acropolis" because of the many schools that call the area home, Morningside Heights boasts a vibrancy and diversity infused with the spirit of higher education. The area's largest employer and landlord, Columbia University,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Groucho Marx, Central Park, Real Estate, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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