On Wednesday, the MTA will vote on a measure to enable subway riders to specify their home station and time of day they ride, and be able to get relevant service alerts via SMS to their mobile phone.
Thats great - and, quite frankly, way overdue, but probably not terribly useful.
Why? Because in my experience with [...]

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I almost hesitate to write a post about David Allen’s productivity bible “Getting Things Done” - seriously - what has not been said? But I will, because its very relevant to busy NYC professional commuters - especially as more and more Manhattan workers spend more of their time working from home.
Even if you don’t typically [...]

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Our straphanging pals over at SecondAveSagas reminisce about the days when repeatedly sending out each member of your family to purchase subway tokens was the thinking man’s way to beat a fare hike.

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EnergyPods at MetroNap.
Milk Bar and ultraviolent beating not included.

When the MetroNaps service opened in the Empire State Building a few years back, it received a lot of press.
Strangely, for a $14 service in the heart of New York City, not a lot of journalists seem to have bothered to simply go over there and take [...]

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Lights Out Sleep Mask, Black Just $9.99 at Amazon.
My first trip on Virgin Atlantic left me very impressed.
A brand-spanking new 747, built-in seatback entertainment center, and a little bag of goodies waiting for you on your seat when you boarded.
My favorite goodie was a cheap but functional sleep mask - you know, the kind Esmerelda [...]

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Daily News reports on the MTA’s campaign to encourage congestion pricing ($8 for drivers below 60th st) as a means to fund about $28B in projects, including the extension of the Metro-North line to Penn Station.
My wife was confused about why MTA would want to expand Metro-North to Penn Station.

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Why would train commuters in Los Angeles be so interested in StationStops’ Metro-North Line Train Schedules?
Because, as it turns out, Los Angeleans (?) hate PDF files as much as we do!
Just like MTA’s own website, if Los Angeles train commuters want to pull up a train schedule on their web browser, they are stuck with [...]

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