subway

For most people, spending 22 hours traversing the entire New York City subway system sounds like a nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

One of the mayor’s pledges—free bus service—has ruffled feathers at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the agency that operates the city’s bus and subway service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

He believes a mayor is the person who could introduce an integrated transport system across Glasgow – potentially taking in buses, trains and the subway.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Residents flooded stations of the Kyiv subway, which have doubled as shelters during the war.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

If I bought a hot dog on the street, I'd have to make up that money by eating eggs for dinner or walking fifty blocks to the library rather than taking the subway.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Fans by the hundreds take over streets and subways and sports bars, expressing generally well-behaved passion for their teams and countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

“When I am mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

What sets robotaxis apart is the privacy it offers that can’t be found on crowded subways or even in a traditional taxicab.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025

Admittedly, the underlying facts are quite different: After a brief pandemic spike, crime rates in New York have returned to near-historic lows, and violence in the subways is exceptionally rare.

From Salon ● May 25, 2025

Today, in New York’s subways, that same encounter doesn’t lead to violence anymore.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell