The New York City subway is full of secrets, from abandoned platforms to hidden tunnels. But there’s one secret about the subway that’s nearly impossible to scope out, even though it’s probably part ...

The New York City Subway is the lifeblood of the city, yet it seems perpetually embroiled in crisis; though it’s currently caught in a terrible backlog of deferred maintenance, the city can’t function ...

Here, in chronological order, a roundup of historical, replicas and future iterations of the New York City subway map. Until the 1940s, the subway was run by three competing companies: Interborough ...

My interest in subway mosaics has been re-fired again, as it is every few years. I have a new admiration for the intricate mosaics that were assembled on station walls and signage in the subways ...

Welcome to Curbed’s first-ever Transportation Week! From how to improve public transportation in cities, ranking the best car-free neighborhoods across the country, and a friendly competition between ...

A New York City mass-transit chronology: 1868--The first subway plan is proposed. 1888--The first subway bill is introduced in New York's state legislature. 1900--The construction contract is awarded ...

Among the problems besetting what could otherwise be a world-class city transit system are signal slowdowns, and broken-down infrastructure. But those are only the tip of the iceberg. More obvious is ...