The story about Wesley Autrey jumping into the subway tracks yesterday afternoon to save a fellow straphanger at the 137th Street downtown 1 platform gets more amazing. It turns out that Autrey and two other women had helped 20 year old Cameron Hollopeter right before the fall - Hollopeter had a seizure and Autrey used a pen to keep his mouth open. They called for a station agent's help, but Hollopeter got up and stumbled into the tracks before help came. more ›

Thanks to YouTube, more people can see tagging in action. The Post looks at the YouTubing of graffiti vandals/artists at work in the subways.

The vandals declined to be interviewed, but said that the trend began with graffiti writers who took to photographing their work because of the MTA's practice of painting over cars as soon as they're tagged. more ›

Yesterday, Con Ed released the initial report on what happened with the Queens blackout. It's 107 pages, and it's mostly a chronology of the events that unfolded - the feeder cables going out, day after day, trying to prevent bigger outages, etc. Mayor Bloomberg isn't satisfied with the report so far - what happened to being BFF with Con Ed, Mike? Don't like 'em so much when you're all hot and sweaty now, huh? more ›

Stories about the MTA's proposed rules of conduct just keep getting better: The MTA board has decided to postpone voting on the stricter rules (no riding between cars, no drinking beverages) because, well, maybe some of the rules are stupid. People have been protesting some of the new rules, noting that the rule against drinking "from an open container" was an amendment to a rule that barred people from even carrying them. Former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, now working with a "good government group against rules" according to Newsday, said, "You're going to get into problems with each and every case." The NY Times reports that station agent Martin Goodman was at the MTA meeting and "chided the board members," asking them, "Are you actually New Yorkers? Why not ban newspapers? In the wrong hands, they can become litter as well." We love you, Martin Goodman! MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow said that the postponement showed, "If people say something to us, we think about it. We're actually not ashamed to admit that we might have gone too far." more ›

The biggest question after yesterday's incredible commuting nightmare of flooded subway tracks, flooded roads, and millions of people trying to get to work is what the hell went wrong. Gothamist wondered for the first time, "Do subways have drains?" and apparently they do - or at least pumps to get the water out of the subways - but it's just that they were overwhelmed. Now, it's annoying when your toilet is flooded, but taking that frustration, raise it to the 6 millionth power, and that's how most New Yorkers seemed to feel, pounding on the locked subway gates and buses that were too full to stop. Gothamist knows exactly how the frustrated commuters wanting to get to work profiled in the NY Times feel, trying to bribe people for rides and we love the resourcefulness of Melanie Gordon, paying $20 for a school bus ride to 23rd and 6th Avenue, with the bus driver announcing her to kids as their "new math teacher." more ›

We knew it was coming. What we didn't know was that it would be so damn inconvenient. The brunt of the dump that Frances took on us landed right at commute time yesterday and by now, even if you weren't in the middle of it all, you've heard about it over and over. Subways slowed, rerouted, suspended, and stuck due to the fact that the pumps the MTA is looking to replace, haven't been yet. Busses were jammed with people that couldn't take the train. Planes delayed and cancelled. Cabs... well you might have been better off playing MegaMillions. Streets and sewers flooded, buildings on the verge of collapse. The media is having a ball. more ›

Free Williamsburg will just be free to itself. more ›