subway
Vehicles
10:00AM Damian Francis | Ah, Sydney’s CityRail, I hate you for your expensive fares, old trains and inability to stick to your own timetable. More »
City Rail Has Nothing On Tokyo’s PASMO
10:00AM Damian Francis | Ah, Sydney’s CityRail, I hate you for your expensive fares, old trains and inability to stick to your own timetable. More » 
Design
NYC Subway Mapped To Street Gauntlet
5:20AM Mark Wilson | At last, your claims of knowing New York’s subway system “like the back of your hand” will be more than just boasting (OK, lying). More »
Random Stuff
Photoshopped Subway Ads Get Exposed in Berlin
1:02AM Adam Frucci | Messing with ads in subways is becoming an artform, but this “Photoshopping” of ads in Berlin takes things to the next level by creating a Photoshop interface with stickers. This is pitch-perfect adbusting right here. More »
Games
Beijing Man Shows Why Certain iPhone Games Shouldn’t be Played on the Subway
8:00PM Elaine Chow | Some Beijing man had to learn the hard way that Flick Bowling on the iPhone is probably not the best game to play in public… especially inside public transport. Yowch, expensive lesson. [Youku Buzz] More »
Computers
MIT Student Hackers Revealing How to Get Free Subway Rides Is National Security Threat
1:30AM Matt Buchanan | “Want free subway rides for life?” teased the description of the talk “Anatomy of a Subway Hack” by three MIT students at DefCon this past weekend, where they planned to explain security flaws in the payment system for Boston’s T subway. Live! They were going to demo how they cracked the system’s CharlieCard smartcards and the mag-stripe on its paper CharlieTickets and offer up open source tools they made while conducting their research, among other gaping holes. Apparently, however, that “constitutes a threat to public health or safety,” and “affects a computer system used by a government agency for national security purposes.” More »
Gadgets
Subivor Survival Kit: Buy It or You Will Die in a Subway Terrorist Attack, Maybe
10:40AM Matt Buchanan | If you can’t hawk your wares with a standard appeal to people’s vanity, there’s always good old-fashioned fearmongering. Like you’ll DIE in a fire caused by TERRORISTS. Unless you’ve got the Subivor survival kit! Ominous music and death-hype aside, it’s actually not a bad little pack of emergency gear—a mask that protects against toxic smoke, anthrax and other small things that’ll kill you; flashlight; whistle; moist towelettes; and a mini-crowbar, to beat down terrorists bust out windows. And it comes in a rainbow of colours (fashion is life or death too, after all): pink, yellow, green and orange. It’s only US$28, a good deal for the gear, an even better one for your life. More »
Vehicles
Subway Cars Creating New Coral Reefs in Delaware
3:45PM Haroon Malik | The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has come up with a fantastic use for disused subway cars—they’re dumping them off the coast to create new coral reefs. Results have already been positive, with parts of the ocean floor benefiting from more sea grasses, sponges and blue mussels. Natural reefs are constantly under threat, but new, synthetic reefs can help with the deficit, and by providing a solid surface for reefs to grow, a great benefit can be given to the ecosystem that lies beneath. Currently, the rejuvenated reef consists of some 700 sunken subway cars, and that number continues to grow. Now, divers, don’t get all excited—it’s not a new park for you to mess about in, it’s a coral reef, so stay out. [Inhabitat; Thanks, Nancy!] More »
Gadgets
Portable Subway Strap Prevents False Groping Accusations
11:10AM Gizmodo US Edition | I’ve never been to Tokyo, but I hear they have a bit of a problem with crowded subway trains —a fact brought up countless times as I traveled from Gizmodo HQ to the convention centre during CES. Needless to say, I heard “It feels like Tokyo in here” more than once. Thankfully, these packed trains did not result in a shameful groping of my buttocks. In Tokyo however, this can be a serious problem. The portable subway strap is designed to show female passengers that your hands are occupied —thereby reducing your chances of being falsely accused of groping. Apparently, the 525 yen ($5) product has proven quite popular with commuters. Although the train above seems to have a much more awkward situation brewing. [Product Page via Pink Tentacle] More »
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