Nov 06
Maybe we can’t build the world’s deepest undersea tunnel in seven years like some cities
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Oct 20
The MTA is always looking at different ways to redesign subway cars for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, safety, capacity and more. But their rate of ideas
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Jul 20
You can tell from the construction
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Jun 24
New York City’s Metro Transit Authority is still plugging away on its giant project to bring the 7 train into far west Manhattan, and the scope of the construction is just as awe-inspiring as ever. The MTA just put out a crop of new pictures on Flickr, and we just can’t help but see a slight comparison to a certain, classic Half-Life level of old.
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Apr 25
Going underground just got a little less scary; as of today, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is rolling out Wi-Fi and cell service to 30 stations across the city. More »
Apr 08
From Vancouver all the way down to Mexico City, if every subway system in North America were connected, it would be quite lovely. At least on paper in this clever visualization. More »
Mar 14
There May Be a Brand New, Sprawling Subway System… For Our Giant Nuclear Missiles
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In an effort to upgrade its aging nuclear weapons and accompanying silos, the Air Force is exploring the possibility of chauffeuring its missiles around in a massive, underground network of tunnels. Driving Miss Daisy, meet the Apocalypse. More »
Jan 23
Subway cars shouldn’t ever explode, but thanks to terrorists, you can never be too prepared. That’s why researchers in the EU have been blowing up old subway cars to study exactly what happens in that worst case scenario. And now, rising out of the rubble, is a new, improved model that isn’t exactly explosion-proof, but can handle the trauma a little better. More »
Nov 07
We’ve seen photos of New York’s beloved L train being drained of flood water left over from Hurricane Sandy. Now the MTA has released video footage of workers toiling away to get the beleaguered line back up and running. More »
Oct 08
Microsoft backs free Boingo WiFi in NYC and San Francisco, hopes you’ll see Metro on the metro
Posted in: Today's Chili 
Microsoft is about to launch a giant media blitz for Windows 8, and it wants to guarantee that even those of us heads-down in our laptops and smartphones take notice. It’s sponsoring Boingo’s WiFi, making it free at popular locations in New York City and San Francisco through the holidays to pitch both its new OS and the Windows Store. The San Francisco locations are already active and mostly cover signature locations such as Fisherman’s Wharf and Union Square, but Microsoft is going all-out for the New York City campaign starting November 1st: the free WiFi will reach over 200 locations in Manhattan as well as the six NYC subway stations offering underground wireless. While some might not enjoy the hard sell on Windows 8 while they’re checking into Foursquare, we’d say it’s at least relevant that Microsoft pushes its urban sign UI in the city that was arguably the software’s major inspiration.
[Image credit: pspyro2009, Flickr]
Filed under: Wireless, Networking, Microsoft
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