From 2004 to 2011, the number of people who have died or were injured while walking and wearing headphones rose from 16 to 47. The Guardian points us to a new U.S. study, published by Injury Prevention journal, which notes that most victims were men under the age of 30 (around 68% in both cases). 89% of the 116 total incidents occurred in urban areas, with 55% being struck by a train. Looks like these numbers are pointing directly at us, NYC! more ›

NJ Transit says that a man suffered minor injuries in an incident with a Light Rail in Jersey City: According to the Jersey Journal, the man was "wearing headphones and did not see the Light Rail coming walked into the side of a moving train." more ›

Forget the debt crisis—the deal the world has really been waiting to get hammered out is one step closer to reality, as Pauly D confirms his impending three-album contract with 50's cent's G-Unit label. And he's making custom headphones, too! more ›

Hey, you. Yeah, you with the headphones. Walking all fast and furious, head nodding to the beat, blissfully tuned out the city noise around you. What's going on in those little earbuds of yours? Filmmaker Tyler Cullen decided to find out, so he made a cute video asking passersby what they're listening to and filming the results. more ›

The PATH has been rolling out posters for its new Courtesy campaign via Twitter—and the transit agency is also using Twitter to gently scold passengers! Witness an exchange from this morning, when someone bragged, "Lmao at all these white people who keep changing there seat on the path train cause they can here my music from my beat headphones..." But PATHTweet caught wind of it! more ›

One of the first rules of using your iPod in the subway is to ditch the white headphones. Apple's tell-tale earbuds can have the negative effect of drawing attention to the fact that you are carrying a ~$400 device on you (we've known this since 2005, when iPod robberies were all the rage). Probably not something that needs to be advertised. When Gothamist first purchased our iPhone on launch day this fact weighed heavily... more ›