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  1. getting around
    The Hardest-Working Turnstile in the SubwayIt makes about 3 million spins a year.
  2. getting around
    US-LIFESTYLE
    Every Question We Could Think of About Congestion PricingHow to run errands in the zone, find your toll rate, and figure out if you’re eligible for an exemption.
  3. getting around
    The Subway Joy RidersRail fans who have moved from MTA obsession to breaking and entering.
  4. getting around
    New Subway and Rail Tunnels Are Coming! Eventually.Maybe in 2035. Or later.
  5. getting around
    The Off-Peak Rider Is the Future of the SubwayThe pandemic changed how we commute. Time to invest accordingly.
  6. getting around
    Los Angeles’s Metro Is Using Classical Music as a WeaponThe loud volume is part of the agency’s effort to push unhoused people off the system.
  7. getting around
    Why It Costs So Much to Build Our SubwaysAn NYU study finds that most of the overspending isn’t where you think it is.
  8. getting around
    Can Transit Ambassadors Make the Subway Safer Just by Being There?Los Angeles and other cities are trying to find out if better customer service offers an alternative to policing.
  9. getting around
    The Era of the Not-Too-Empty, Not-Too-Crowded SubwayIt’s peak comfort. And a huge problem for the MTA.
  10. getting around
    The MTA Says You Can Officially Wear Your Mask Weird NowThere’s a sign and everything.
  11. bathroom drama
    For a Brief, Beautiful Moment, We Knew Where to Find a Bathroom in the SubwayEven if we couldn’t use it.
  12. not grate
    Bel Air Down There: L.A.’s Wealthiest Try, Once Again, to Fight a Subway TunnelThe Bel-Air Association hyperventilates over ventilation.
  13. getting around
    A Q.A. Q&A: Quemuel Arroyo, the MTA’s New Accessibility ChiefThe agency’s first CAO says he hears a lot of support within the MTA, but “I need to make a cultural shift here.”
  14. distancing
    New Yorkers’ Standoffish Subway Behavior Primed Us for a Pandemic“The typical New York subway rider doesn’t interact with other riders. There’s a culture of avoiding eye contact.”
  15. subways
    The MTA Has a Non-Choice: Risk the Health of New Yorkers or Lose Tons of MoneyMostly empty trains allow safe distancing, and cost billions.
  16. transit
    First Look: New York’s Digital Subway Map Comes Alive TodayAnd, almost incidentally, it resolves a five-decade fight for graphics supremacy.