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People Ain’t Isht! Fraudulent ISIS Members Take Over NYC ‘R’ Train

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

SMDH: Isis Pranksters Hijack A Manhattan Train And Terrify Riders Can you imagine hopping on the train to head home after a long day and hearing, “This is ISIS” over the intercom? Yeah, neither can we. According to police, around 11pm, Thursday 2 subway riders hijacked the operators room on a Manhattan local train posing at ISIS attackers. According to NY Daily News , passengers were terrified and seen bolting from the train as it pulled into the next platform. Witness, Lauren Dortch-Crozier stated the “R Train cleared out when the conductor started singing, “All hail Isis, all hail Isis. You mother******, get jihad!” According to police, the pranksters hopped off the at the next stop and ran. Fortunately no one was hurt or injured. Can you imagine how terrifying this is? Hopefully these fools are brought to justice.

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This Stuff Really Did Go Down! 6 Crazy Tales of Ratchetness on Public Transportation

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen while on public transportation?

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Here’s the London Underground After Nine More Decades of Climate Change. Don’t Forget Your Goggles

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off

Image courtesy of Practical Action Ninety years from now, your London-going grandchildren may be jealous that you didn’t have to strap on a snorkel to visit Big Ben, Parliament, London Bridge, and Canary Wharf. That’s the forecast from Practical Action , the development charity behind the London Underground Map 2100 . Any area in blue is predicted to be underwater by the end of the century…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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If We Build High Speed Rail, Will People Use It?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off

Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Is high-speed rail a good investment for Americans? That is what most leaders, political figures and advocates try to answer the majority of the time. Yet, that may be the wrong question. A better question is: would people use super fast public transit if it were built? According to A… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Subway Maps from Around the World, All on the Same Scale

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Fake is the New Real For Subway Map Lovers (I Know You’re Out There!) We have done many posts about subway maps, and they are always pretty popular. It seems like there’s a large group of people out there who enjoy looking at subway maps from around the world (who knew?). Today, I have a treat for these people. I stumbled on a site that has subway maps from around the world, and they’ve all be normalized to the same scale so that it’s easier to compare them…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage?

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image Courtesy of: archdaily.com Parking garages are generally considered to be a necessary evil: necessary because everyone drives; evil because they are usually drab, ugly concrete structures that take up valuable urban space. Yet in recent years, architects and designers have been working to counter this view , by adding solar panels, giving preference to hybrid cars , and g… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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June Eco-Tidbits from Turkey

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The area in front of Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia (L) will be pedestrianized, while pearl mullet (R) are still being caught illegally in Van. Photos by Михал Орела (left) and the Hürriyet Daily News (right). People passing down Istanbul’s busy İstiklal Caddesi this month had the chance to get a powerful glimpse at the impacts of