Becky FifieldJan 22, 20142 min readWanderlust Wednesday: Hudson and Manhattan Railroad ReduxBetter known as the PATH, the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad began shuttling passengers through its cast iron tunnels between Manhattan...
Becky FifieldFeb 21, 20132 min readOverheard in the Subway…Much of NYC’s life takes place underground. Last Tuesday was a holiday for my place of work, and I used the morning to get some errands...
Becky FifieldFeb 19, 20132 min readTransit Tuesday: Subway Station Renovation – A Few Thoughts About Getting It RightNew York City’s subway opened in 1904. During an era of competing private lines that radiated from the heart of Manhattan into the...
Becky FifieldOct 23, 20121 min readTransit Tuesday: City Hall StationOn the top of my list of cool things to do in New York City: visit City Hall Station, the abandoned star of the New York city subway...
Becky FifieldOct 22, 20121 min readMuseum Monday: The London Transport MuseumTransit Tuesday is moving on in on Museum Monday. London Transport Museum. Old Metropolitan Railway Car. Photo: RL Fifield 2010. If I...
Becky FifieldJul 17, 20121 min readTransit Tuesday: Subway, Sesame Street StyleNothing underlines the fact that Sesame Street is a New York product like this 1974 clip “Subway.” It’s a bit discordant and urban,...
Becky FifieldJun 19, 20122 min readTransit Tuesday – The New York Transit MuseumTransit and Museums? Two of my loves rolled up into one. Visitors to New York want to see the Empire State Building, Times Square, and...
Becky FifieldJun 12, 20122 min readTransportation Tuesday – The Atlantic Avenue TunnelGroup listening to Bob Diamond of BHRA in the tunnel under Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. RL Fifield, 2010. Until December 2010, at the...
Becky FifieldMar 27, 20121 min readTransit Tuesday: NYC Vintage Subway RideTake the A Train. Vintage Ride, NYC Subway, December 201 On Sundays in December, with a little luck and timing, you can catch classic New...