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  new york : Home
Subway design and construction was varied to match the conditions and topography of a city that is incredibly diverse geographically.
The subway's designers, for the most part, planned the railroad in such a way as to not just meet the demands of the time, but also future requirements of a city bursting at the seams with promise and new development.
Service lives of upwards of 35 years are not unusual and with stainless steel construction, common since the late 1960s, cars will remain in service even longer.
www.newyorkcity1.zoomshare.com   (843 words)

  
 CNN.com - Official: Threat cited this weekend - Oct 7, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two of the dates mentioned in intelligence about possible subway attacks in New York were Friday and Sunday, an official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
New York has been on orange alert, or the second-highest level -- indicating a high risk of terror attack -- since the color-coded warning system was established after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Authorities in New York temporarily suspended service on the No. 1 and No. 3 subway lines between 34th and 96th streets during the afternoon rush hour after an unattended bag was found on the tracks, said Dierdre Parker, a spokeswoman at New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority.
www.cnn.com /2005/US/10/07/newyork.subways/index.html   (890 words)

  
 Newark City Subway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Newark City Subway was, for the most part, constructed in the bed of the Morris Canal, which itself was built between Jersey City and Phillipsburg, NJ in the period 1825-1837.
In 1927, the Newark portion of the canal was authorized to become a right-of-way for streetcars, and construction began on this new subway on November 18, 1929.
Service on the streetcar routes was mostly short-lived as a program of bus-substitution began as early as July, 1937.
world.nycsubway.org /us/newark   (2688 words)

  
 Railway Technology - New York City Subway Modernisation Project - New York, USA
Today, the New York city subway is one of the largest and most complex systems of its kind in the world, operating over 714 track miles, and serving the four boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
New benefits for passengers using frequent traveller passes are regularly introduced, the latest being an offer allowing passengers buying passes by post to take 44 journeys for the price of 40.
In July 1998, New York City Transit placed a massive order with computer monitoring and control equipment supplier Syseca for a new rail control centre believed to be one of the most advanced in the world.
www.railway-technology.com /projects/new_york   (1071 words)

  
 New York's Subway Celebrates 100 Years of Service | INS News
The subway expanded two more times, going under water to bring train service to the city's outer-boroughs along more than 1,100 kilometers of track.
New York riders say there is plenty to appreciate about their subway, but they also find a lot to complain about.
New York Times reporter Randy Kennedy has written a book derived from his columns about the subway.
www.insnews.org /world/focus/2004/04/newyork.subway.100.htm   (759 words)

  
 New York (city) - Wikitravel
New York is easily one of the world's greatest cities, and is a major center for media, culture, food, fashion, art, research, finance and trade.
New York City is one of the global centers of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture, and is among the world's most important and influential cities.
Subway: 1 to 66th St. or walkable from A, C, and E trains at 59th St. or the 2 and 3 trains to 72nd St. The buildings are modern, and even have modern chandeliers.
wikitravel.org /en/New_York_City   (15711 words)

  
 Q (New York City Subway service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway.
On October 24, 1957, local service via the Manhattan Bridge was switched to the local track at Prince Street, and night service was moved from Montague Street to the bridge.
Service on the 63rd Street Line was replaced by a shuttle to the BMT Broadway Line.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Q_(New_York_City_Subway_service)   (1309 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Technology upgrade a milestone for New York City subway system   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
NEW YORK (AP) — A subway train rattles halfway into Manhattan's Union Square station and shudders to a halt.
Never has a city with a subway so large or so old — it turned 100 last fall — tried to convert its existing infrastructure to automation.
He is more concerned that the piecemeal approach the city is now taking could mean technology becomes obsolete by the time new lines are upgraded in the future.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-04-10-nyc-subway_x.htm   (1026 words)

  
 City Mayors: 100 years New York Subway
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www.citymayors.com /transport/nycsubway_100.html   (1538 words)

  
 Good news for Brooklyn-Manhattan subway service - Wired New York Forum
Service can finally be expanded, explained Transit Authority spokesman Charles Seaton, because for the first time since 1986, when the repair work began on the Manhattan Bridge, all four subway tracks over the span will be used.
So a centerpiece of their new plan is allowing both options for riders on the Brighton line during weekdays: either an express B train up Avenue of the Americas, or the local Q up Broadway.
As a result, the morning rush, the first since the subway map was rescrambled to send more trains over the bridge and give most Brooklyn residents a faster ride to Midtown, went smoothly, except for some minor delays, according to transit officials, although there was still plenty of subterranean confusion to go around.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4555   (3012 words)

  
 CNN.com - New York subway system on alert - Oct 6, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York City's subway system was put under heightened alert Thursday after officials received information from the FBI about a "specific threat," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
New York has 26 subway lines, 490 stations and 660 miles of subway track.
The news came 10 days after the arrest of nine people in France allegedly plotting attacks on the Paris subway, an airport and an intelligence agency's headquarters.
www.cnn.com /2005/US/10/06/newyork.subways/index.html   (1016 words)

  
 Subway and Tube Compared - Wired New York Forum
Spending a few days aboard it to compare it to the New York City subway is a fascinating, harrowing and hilarious exercise in transit system sociology.
Like the subway, the tube is plagued with pole huggers, those who stand inside crowded trains and selfishly take up all of the hand space on the vertical support poles.
But just when one might start to believe that a subway is a subway is a subway, the differences slowly become apparent — some tiny, but many profound.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=10820   (799 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bag searches on New York subway to begin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thousands of New York City's 4.5 million subway commuters will be asked to open their bags for police today as they begin the first full work week under unprecedented scrutiny designed to prevent London-style bombings.
When the city announced plans for the random searches last week, it marked the first time since the 9/11 attacks that passengers using any major city subway system were subjected to random inspection.
Now, New Jersey rail commuters and New York City bus and ferry passengers also will face bag searches, and police in Washington, D.C., are considering conducting random searches on the capital's subways.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-07-25-nyc-bag-searches-begin_x.htm   (654 words)

  
 NYC Subway Flash Overlay for Google Maps : Using VGMap by Eyebeam R&D
This subway map is intended as a proof-of-concept for the new VGMap library we have developed.
The connection between the GMap API and the flash overlay is managed by the new VGMap library that this project is intended to demonstrate.
The actual route and station data for the NYC Subway system was turned into a single flash layer which is scaled and translated according to match the interactions with the Google Maps API.
nycsubway.eyebeamresearch.org   (519 words)

  
 new york city subway
The five direct-current dynamos are connected to the organization of switching apparatus in such a way that each unit may be connected at will either to the exciting circuits or to the circuits through which auxiliary motors are supplied.
The current delivered by these alternators reverses its direction fifty times per second and in connecting dynamos just coming into service with those already in operation the allowable difference in phase relation at the instant the circuit is completed is, of course, but a fraction of the fiftieth of a second.
Where the power to be controlled is so great, the potential so high, and the speed requirements in respect to synchronous operation so exacting, it is obvious that the perfection of control attained in some of our modern plants is not their least characteristic.
www.newyorkpartyshuttle.com /new-york-city-sightseeing-tours-8.htm   (339 words)

  
 New York City : Attractions | Frommers.com
New York has been the backdrop for so many films that it really is a character in itself.
New York Delis: Woody Allen films all of his movies in New York, not so much because it's such a colorful place, but because he says he likes to sleep at home when he works.
Located in New York's first precinct station house built in 1901, the museum exhibits police equipment throughout the years such as pistols, uniforms, and vehicles along with really fun stuff like master burglar Willie Sutton's lock picks and a machine gun used by Al Capone.
www.frommers.com /destinations/newyorkcity/0021010029.html   (2113 words)

  
 new york city subway
The general lighting of the passenger station platforms is effected by incandescent lamps supplied from the 120-volt secondary wiring circuits, while the lighting of the subway sections between adjacent stations is accomplished by incandescent lamps connected in series groups of five each and connected to the 600-volt lighting circuits.
This will provide light sufficient to enable passengers to see stairways and the edges of the station platforms in case of temporary failure of the general lighting system.
The illustration on page 123 shows one of the secondary distributing switchboards which are located immediately behind the ticket booths, where they are under the control of the ticket seller.
www.newyorkpartyshuttle.com /new-york-subway-map-11.htm   (253 words)

  
 New York State News
MTA and New York City officials announced expanded subway service.
In total, seven subway lines (B, D, M, N, Q, R and W), carrying about 600,000 daily riders, will benefit by the completion of rehabilitation work on the bridge by the NYC Department of Transportation.
During the bridge restoration the MTA took the opportunity to perform upgrade work on the temporarily dormant routes, investing $14.8 million in the installation of new tracks, signals and power delivery system on the bridge.
www.empirestatenews.net /News/20040221-5.htm   (245 words)

  
 L (New York City Subway service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The L 14th Street–Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day.
The service is colored gray on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the Canarsie Line.
Since that time, the 14th Street–Canarsie Line service has operated as it is today, except for an extension from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue, which opened in 1931 to connect to the new Eighth Avenue Subway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/L_(New_York_City_Subway_service)   (746 words)

  
 New York Mets : Ballpark : Take the Train to the Game
The #7 Subway conveniently serves Grand Central's Metro North Trains from Westchester and Connecticut, as well as service from Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Service to Shea Stadium is available via the Port Washington branch on game days only.
The New York Mets assume no responsibility in the event that bicycles are lost or stolen.
newyork.mets.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/nym/ballpark/directions.jsp   (754 words)

  
 ABC News: Man Found Dead on New York City Subway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cold Sweeps Eastern U.S. NEW YORK Jan 20, 2006 (AP)— A man was found dead on a New York City subway car during morning rush hour, and his lifeless body may have ridden on the train for about six hours.
Thursday in the last car of the Q subway train in the 14th Street-Union Square station, said James Anyansi, a NYC Transit spokesman.
There were no signs of foul play or injuries, and an autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause and time of death, authorities said.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1526117   (267 words)

  
 AM New York - New York City News including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. Where you'll find ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
AM New York - New York City News including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island.
A woman was accused of ignoring a 10-inch neck wound on her pet dog for more than a month.
City dwellers woke up to bitter cold and the threat of snow Friday - a big switch from the recent spell of balmy weather.
www.amny.com /news/local   (348 words)

  
 Chen's New York City Subway Page
Sometimes I stood at the front ends of a #4 train, or an R32 D train, and was amazed at the complexity of the subway system.
About NYC Subway Talk #10, I add several links such that you can know the subway car models with the photos.
Metropolitan Transportation Authorityand the New York City Transit Authority.
www.geocities.com /subchen/nycsubway   (918 words)

  
 iSubwayMaps - Download subway maps for your iPod Photo here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The city lines are a separate system sort of like the subway but going (mostly) above the ground.
The new New York City MTA map, as designed by me. This one uses a few sources as the map: the SPUI map, the onNYTurf.com subway map, and Google Maps New York City outlines.
It is more accurate to the geography of New York City as well as the train paths.
www.ipodsubwaymaps.com /download.php   (718 words)

  
 New York City Multiple Listing Service
New Condos at the former Sutton Hotel on East 56th Street in Manhattan
This NYC specific website is designed to assist our New York City Metropolitan area clients in selling their co-ops, condos, townhouses and other properties not only to qualified buyers in the NYC Metro area, but also to expose these properties to an international network of buyers from around the world.
We are currently partnering with real estate agencies in New York City and around the world through a TRANSNATIONAL REFERRAL SYSTEM and we are very particular in choosing our local and international real estate partners in order to protect our clients.
www.newyorkcity-mls.com   (823 words)

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