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Tag Archives: Subway
Mind Your Metro Manners
The Los Angeles subway system thought it was a novel idea to use a Sailor Moon-inspired anime-like character named Super Kind Girl to star in a new series of PSA videos encouraging good public transportation manners. Each of the bilingual … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Asia, Film, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Anime, California, Los Angeles, Metro, Subway
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Avoid Eye Contact
New York City subway riders have one more reason to avoid eye contact now that thirty more subway stations and platforms are equipped with both wireless voice and data services. Travelers can connect to free wifi (see below), use mobile … Continue reading
Posted in Tech, Tourism, USA
Tagged Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City, Subway, Transit Systems, WiFi
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New York City : Visitors Etiquette
About three weeks ago we posted an article on one artist’s valiant (and funny) campaign to raise the standards of behavior on New York City’s subways. Since then we’ve had some interesting conversations from infrequent visitors and potential tourists about … Continue reading
Posted in Tourism, USA
Tagged Big Apple, Cab Drivers, Etiquette, Manhattan, MetroCard, MTA, New York, New York City, NYC, Subway, Taxi
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New York City : Subway Manners
New York artist Jay Shelowitz has embarked on an admirable campaign to help his fellow New Yorkers (and visitors too) behave civilly on the city’s subway. He’s been putting up hundreds of posters modeled after the MTA’s service changes notices. … Continue reading
More Metro
Metrobits.org has assmbled a comprehensive collection of metro logos from around the world. At last check their tally was 169 individual logos. But that’s not all, Metrobits has everything you ever wanted to know about metros everywhere.