NYC Subway Turns 100
NYC Subway: A Teen's Escape Pass()
October 24, 2004 As part of NPR's series on the centennial of New York's subways, Rocky Tayeh of WNYC's Radio Rookies schools us on riding the subway unchaperoned.
Sampling the Night Life on the Subway()
October 22, 2004 New York City's subway is one of the few underground transit systems to stay open 24 hours. That's nice for bleary-eyed revelers and late-shift workers heading home. But it's difficult for the people who clean and repair the system between trains. NPR's Robert Smith reports.
Subway Art: New York's Underground Treasures()
October 18, 2004 The notion that beauty could inspire civic virtue informed the construction of the New York subway a century ago. Now a city program spreads beautiful mosaics, sculptures and other hidden treasures underground. NPR's Margot Adler reports.
Conductor Keeps NYC Subway Rides Humming Along()
October 15, 2004 Up to five million people ride the New York City subway on an average day. The system has 468 subway stations, most of them underground, and 3,000 conductors. NPR's Margot Adler follows conductor Sheila Taylor, who's been keeping things on track for riders for 17 years.
High-Tech and Low Powers New York's Subway()
October 14, 2004 Designed more than 100 years ago, New York's subway has been upgraded over the years. But it continues to rely on a complicated blend of old and new technology to move thousands of riders each day. Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports.
Celebrating New York's Subway in Film and Song()
October 13, 2004 The subway transformed the nation's largest city, and how the world viewed it. Over the decades, pop culture depictions of the subway have reflected the ever-changing image of the Big Apple. NPR's Robert Smith reports.
