#onthisday in 1932, the #nyc owned Independent Subway System (#IND ) began operation. The #8thavenue line (today served primarily by the #Atrain ) ran from 207th Street to Chambers Street in #manhattan. #vandalism and #theft at some #uptown stations caused some exit closures at 96th and 103rd Streets. In February 1933, IND #subway service was extended to #brooklyn. #otd #mta #newyorkcity #transit #history #masstransit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Subway_System

Did you know that the #Borough Hall #subway station was the first #underground station constructed in #brooklyn ? More specifically, the platforms that are served today by the 4 and 5 #trains. Opened 9 Jan 1908, its advent was greeted by #flag waving Brooklynites, a #parade, and a #banquet for the #politicians and #business types. Two #basrelief #sculptures on the #mezzanine outside of #fare control celebrate this milestone for #newyorkcity. #nyc #history #histodons #mta #transit

#404Media Tracked an #NYC #Subway Rider's Movements with an #MTA ‘Feature’
“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers,” - #domesticviolence & #cybersecurity expert
With their consent, they entered the rider’s #creditcard—data often easy to buy from criminal marketplaces, or which might be trivial for an abusive partner to obtain—and entered it in #OMNY, subway’s contactless payments system. Out came rider’s travel history for past 7 days, no other verification required.
https://www.404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subway-rider-home-omny-mta/

Again I am on a Q train that does not ride on the tracks of Q !
#subway #newyork #mta

Of 1.5m who work in #Manhattan below 60th Street, <150k drive. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/opinion/were-taking-new-york-citys-streets-back-and-then-were-coming-for-the-rest-of-the-country.html

$15/car congestion fee to yield $1b/year for the MTA seems more than fair. https://gwagner.com/congestion-pricing

#NYC #MTA #CongestionPricing #climate

The #MTA overcomplicates bus stops that don't have shelters. Just paint an existing pole like in San Francisco.
#sfmta #busstop #SanFrancisco

#USA #NYC #MTA #NYCSubway #Surveillance: "During all this monitoring, I wasn’t anywhere near the rider. I didn’t even need to see them with my own eyes. Instead, I was sitting inside an apartment, following their movements through a feature on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) website, which runs the New York City subway system.

With their consent, I had entered the rider’s credit card information—data that is often easy to buy from criminal marketplaces, or which might be trivial for an abusive partner to obtain—and punched that into the MTA site for OMNY, the subway’s contactless payments system. After a few seconds, the site churned out the rider’s travel history for the past 7 days, no other verification required.

The news presents a significant privacy risk from a feature that is supposedly designed for individuals to check their own travel history, but which in reality is wide open to abuse."

https://www.404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subway-rider-home-omny-mta/

What a nothingburger of a scare-story this is. First off, getting someone’s credit card number is not done easy task, you won’t just be able to casually track someone. Second, if you register your credit card on an OMNY account it doesn’t let you look up the ride history on the card without logging in to the account so it’s pretty easy to protect yourself #mta #omny https://www.404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subway-rider-home-omny-mta/

Both the MTA and Apple have some explaining to do on this one!

NYC subway security flaw and 'impossible' Apple Pay vulnerability https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/31/nyc-subway-security-flaw/

#NYC #Subway #MTA #Apple #Security #ApplePay #Vulnerability #CreditCards #InfoSec #TechNews

@Techmeme "To fix the issue...all that the #mta needed to do was add a PIN or a password."

@emoryr

Hey Emory! Do/have you ever used the #MTA? Does this mean anything to you?

#privacy #stalking #transportation #NYC #DataHarvesting #DataMining

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/110980303394153863

Here's a great piece from @josephcox as he followed a #MTA user's movements using #OMNY's track user history feature where he churned out the rider’s travel history for the past 7 days using the target's credit card information, no other verification required. https://www.404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subway-rider-home-omny-mta/

It echoes the well documented #privacy and #humanrights issues that OMNY has over the years and it will be a sad day for privacy once the MetroCard fades out. https://www.stopspying.org/omny
https://www.fastcompany.com/90788367/the-mtas-switch-to-omny-machines-is-a-privacy-nightmare

That there is a subway to absorb all this water makes it better for the surface transportation (buses, trucks, bicycles, and cars).

If there were fewer cars, the bicycles, buses and trucks would move faster.

https://gothamist.com/news/times-square-water-main-break-shuts-down-nyc-subway-lines

#MTA
#WaterMainBreak
#SurfaceTransportation
#CongestionPricing

Day 27. Mini Metro 🚇*

#BrightPants #underwear #mta #kiki
*other title is in the alt text

How do I configure #sSMTP to change both, the FROM and the TO field?
mailer.conf refers to ssmtp for #sendmail, and is used by #CRON. Unfortunately, from- and to-fields in those mails only contain the local username and can not be delivered by the external mail server. Using mail(1) from the CLI does respect all the aliases from mail.rc and mails get delivered.
What's a proper way to setup system #mail with external #SMTP on #FreeBSD? Changing #MTA would be ok, if needed. #Email #followerpower

#NewYorkCity, #USA: Changes to #MTA fares and tolls in 2023

On August 20, fare increases will go into effect across MTA subways, buses, and commuter railroads. Toll increases on bridges and tunnels went into effect on August 6.

https://new.mta.info/transparency/mta-fares-tolls-2023

The day before the fares go up .15 cents, I’m waiting 19 minutes for the next train #mta

Returning from #BrightonBeach in #1 car with no A/C. Totally packed. Long headways. Convinced the MTA would lose money no matter how high the ridership is.
#MTA
#Ridership

The MTA just published their August 2023 map, and I just pushed updates for both iOS and Android to the App Store and Google Play. The new map removes labels from various avenues and areas around NYC. It certainly looks cleaner. Not sure yet if I'll miss the labels. #nyc #nycsubway #nycsubwayapp #nycsubwaymap #nyctransit #mta #underway

It looks like MTA is launching a new public transit app, right as I'm leaving the city. Still going to sign up and check it out.

https://new.mta.info/article/welcome-mta-app-beta-launch

via @noneck

#nyc #mta #news #PublicTransit #PublicTransportation #subway