Vincens Vuktilaj turned the subway tunnels of Harlem from mass transit into a shutdown maze of escape after eluding policy custody on Monday — only to emerge five hours later, under a cab, still in handcuffs.
A programmer charted out two years' worth of service-change announcements on Twitter from New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, focusing on problems with the often maligned B, Q, F, G, and L lines.
The awful stories of two recent New York City subway deaths have sparked sad tales of the victims and their murderers, but have mostly ignored another another unlucky participant: the driver of the train who had to watch someone die.
The Internet's response seems to be that the photographer should have been attempting to help the victim. Is it really that black-and-white, though?
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
It might take weeks to get the subway fully operational, but trains above 42nd street will start running tomorrow.
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