subway
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A Meer-Kin in Paris
Her face lit up, and I checked to make sure the man’s scowl had returned. It wasn’t enough for me that heaven should exist for the wife; her husband had to end up in hell.
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Subway Reading Just Got Easier
Reading is one of the best ways to make the most of an unpleasant commute. Presumably with that in mind, Penguin Random House, in partnership with New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, launched a program aptly called, “Subway Reads.” Now, NYC…
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A Subway Library
Beijing’s subway system is adding a new amenity: a library. The ultra-modern system already has underground wi-fi, but will now also include QR codes to free e-books. The books in the M Subway Library are curated by the National Library…
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Chance Encounters
A newspaper columnist, a National Book Award winner, and some strangers get on a train… At the Times, Alexandra Alter writes about bumping into Phil Klay on the F train.
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I Thought I Could Just Be a Passenger
I have spent my twenties texturing this city with memory; I have made it a vessel for my pleasures and my pain.
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Best Craigslist Missed Connection Ever—No, Seriously
A Twitter follower tipped us off to this Craigslist missed connection to end all Craigslist missed connections: My stop was Union Square, but at Union Square I decided to stay on, rationalizing that I could just as easily transfer to…
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Wendy MacNaughton Superlink
Wendy MacNaughton’s visual blog provides “drawings of people on public transportation on their way to and from work. Five days a week, twice a day, twenty minutes each way. And other commutes to boot.” The effect is somewhere between the…
