Subways

Hurricane Irene brought flooding to the M and R subway lines in Queens, prompting the MTA to seek innovative ways to prevent it from happening again. Rogers Marvel Architects developed an innovative solution that also creates a bench above.

October 25, 2011 - The Architect's Newspaper

Recent crashes involving the subway in Shanghai has caused speculation that the rails are unsafe and poorly built.

October 1, 2011 - Bloomberg

Like systems used in electric vehicles like the Prius, an energy company think it could attach flywheels to subway trains and use the kinetic energy of their movement to generate energy that would feed back into the system.

September 11, 2011 - Inhabitat

Due to budget constraints, the current C train (code name: R32) will continue to serve New Yorkers until 2017, making it one of the oldest subway line in the world.

August 26, 2011 - The New York Times

Toronto's recently elected Mayor Rob Ford has announced that Toronto will build a subway extension -- but nobody knows where the $4 billion needed to build it will come from.

April 3, 2011 - The Globe and Mail

This debate from China Daily offers a point-counterpoint over whether Chinese cities should be embarking on major subway building projects.

January 26, 2011 - China Daily

A new 20-km metro line has just been completed in Delhi, India.

January 17, 2011 - Railway Gazette International

A new video features urban explorer Steve Duncan as he adventures in the abandoned subway tunnels beneath New York City.

January 6, 2011 - Wired

Looking to capture $3 billion of federal funding from the now-defunct ARC tunnel, New York City is mulling an unexpected extension of the 7 line, reports Eliot Brown.

November 17, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal

103 artists form around the world have unveiled a massive collection of murals in New York City. But they're underground in abandoned subways stations, and you can't go see them.

November 4, 2010 - The New York Times

The 2004 Olympics in Athens burdened the city with underutilized venues and deep debt. But the event also vastly improved pedestrian and public transportation.

September 15, 2010 - Next American City

A new report from the Los Angeles transit authority shows that construction of a new subway connecting the west side of the city would cause only a small reduction in car traffic.

September 10, 2010 - Los Angeles Times

Using five examples, this piece from The New York Times looks at how small problems can lead to huge issues in America's aging infrastructure.

August 30, 2010 - The New York Times

The current norm of commuting, which happens all at once and too often by car, is placing too much stress on our infrastructure, our resources and even our emotional health. Melissa Lafsky reports how the structure of our workdays could be changed.

August 7, 2010 - Infrastructurist

New transit facilities attract lots of foot traffic, but while the facility is being built the construction clutter drives potential customers away. A new program in Minneapolis attempts to preserve local businesses through the debris.

August 5, 2010 - Next American City

This feature from New York magazine looks at the increasingly attractive option of introducing more bus rapid transit lines into New York City.

July 6, 2010 - New York

This video shows a slide installed on a staircase leading down to a subway station in Berlin, making it quick an easy to catch the train on time.

July 2, 2010 - Chicago Now

Jarett Walker finds out how many people can recognize north in the subway. The survey is used to explain the distinction between narrative and spatial navigation, which appear to be the two predominant forms of human navigation.

June 24, 2010 - Human Transit

Officials in Beijing are planning to build 21 more rail and subways lines by the year 2020.

June 1, 2010 - Global Times

Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus offers broad suggestions for fixing public transit in L.A.

May 20, 2010 - Los Angeles Times