Elegran Edge
The Real Estate Blog
What is Elegran Edge? It’s the blog where we bring together the biggest and best stories from our neighborhood blogs and agent blogs. If it’s happening in Manhattan real estate, you can find it here.
Articles about "New York City Subways"
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MTA Set to Phase out MetroCards For New Technology
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Laura Schier
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October 25, 2017
Could MetroCards soon become a thing of the past?
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The Impending L Train Shutdown and Proposed Alternatives
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Laura Schier
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June 29, 2017
The L train shutdown, scheduled to occur in less than 2 years, forces Brooklyn residents to consider commuting alternatives.
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How Transit Hubs Influence New Urban Development
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Kristina Kennedy-Aguero
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June 07, 2017
How does America's ever-growing reliance on public transportation impact the development of neighborhoods?
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What the MTA's Proposed Fare Hike Means for You
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David Dam
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December 23, 2016
The MTA's recent fare hike proposals apply all subway riders, but its impacts will be felt differently. How will it impact you?
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Subway Station Sweep Up: The MTA is Cleaning Up Their Act
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Alexsis Moses
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September 20, 2016
The MTA has decided it's time to give NYC's subway stations a clean up with "Operation Track Sweep".
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Renovations to NYC Subway Unveiled: New Design Features and Station Upgrades
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Zain Ul-Arifeen
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July 26, 2016
Major design feature upgrades and subway station renovations coming soon to New York City transit.
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#TBT: Tracking the Subway’s History
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Serena Horrigan
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April 30, 2015
The NYC Subway is part of our lives, for better or worse. Track its subterranean history with us; there are secrets hidden underground!
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Keep Your Connection as You Make a Connection: Subway WiFi Expands
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Jonathan Tuason
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June 03, 2014
New York is taking a step towards the future as telecommunications company Transit Wireless works with the MTA to expand cell and WiFi service to even more subway stations.
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Is the Subway Prepared for Sandy #2?
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Peter Black
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November 14, 2013
Over 5 million people ride the New York City Subway each day. It is the city’s circulatory system; without it, New York dies. Every hour the subway fails to run the MTA loses hundred of thousands of dollars, and the city loses millions of dollars. The entire economy of New York is rendered ineffective because people can’t get to and from work.
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MTA Considering Big Changes in Future Subway Cars
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Bryan Gamble
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November 05, 2013
Because most New Yorkers take the subway, most New Yorkers are familiar with the quirks, hassles and headaches that tend to grace our commutes. Peddlers, solicitors, musicians, dancers and ‘preachers’ roam between subway cars and test our patience and tolerance for these additions to the ride. Meanwhile passengers surge on doors and risk trampling one another to get on or get off at a stop. But there is a chance that these subway ails may become much more avoidable with the MTA’s new consideration to adopt articulated subway cars.
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