The New York City subway is famously made up of three formerly…
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Tech Transit Podcast
Readers of my blog might remember the Tech Transit Assn. as the…
The Lost 1943 IND Second System Plan
Students of NYC subway history know this map. It is one of…
End of the Line: The Unfinished Fulton St Subway
When Duke Ellington wrote “Take the A Train” he wasn’t talking about…
MTA Program for Action Service Guide
I recently went down a bit of a rabbit hole reading up…
IND Service Guide: 1953
Celebrating an historic cartographer with a fantastical future map from 1953.
Much ado about Flushing: Regional Rail and Extending the 7 Train
A holistic proposal to enhance and expand transit into Flushing, Queens. This post was written with the Tech Transit Assn.
A Tunnel Too Far, Part 1: Staten Island’s Failed Pipe Dream
The first in a two-part post about the history and possible future of a subway tunnel to Staten Island.
Mysteries of the BMT Sea Beach Express
If you take the N train to Coney Island you might notice that there are a pair of unused tracks down the center of the line. No one is quite sure why they exist.
Introducing the QueensLink
Those who follows me on Twitter (where I am far more active…
IND Tile Color Map
A unique way to visualize the NYC subway using color theory.
Second Avenue Subway Phase 2: The case for a crosstown extension on 125th Street
Guest Author: Kristian Laverick When it was originally conceived in the 1920’s,…