How many times have you been on the subway, shoved against some guy trying to impress his girlfriend by rambling about the complexities of Spain's public transportation system, wishing everyone would just evaporate when you look up and find yourself comforted by the words of Walt Whitman or E.B. White? Well, you'll just have to be satisfied with eavesdropping about Madrid's "sardine-ass" subways now, because the MTA says the subways aren't big enough for both the new ad campaign and the literary musings. Jane Tylus, the professor in charge of choosing the quotes, told the Times, “I am concerned this may well be the last round, if it goes up at all." more ›

The MTA's first selections are quotes from Galileo, explaining the role of math in science and E.B. White, from his wonderful book Here is New York. more ›