Explore the busiest rapid transit system in the Western Hemisphere and Western world, discovering the purpose, politics, and possibilities of the NYC subway!
Learn about the past, present, and future of mass transit in the region.Uncover abandoned stations hidden in plain sight, including the famous 1904 City Hall Station. Explore a deep station where you would have needed scuba equipment only 10 years ago during catastrophic subway flooding.
Remember the 9/11 terror attacks and stand on subway platforms which had totally collapsed under the WTC 20 years ago. Discover how to get to an old wine cellar under the Brooklyn Bridge from inside a subway station.
Experience the newest downtown subway stations and discover NYC's other subway, the PATH train to New Jersey. Explore how the subway operates and learn about some of the technology keeping it moving 24/7.
Your NYC-born, licensed guide will help you see how the subway and railroads continues to influence the NYC region of 20+ million people, supporting such levels of density and dynamism! A previous NYC transit worker, he is an AICP certified urban planner. He currently works on NYC infrastructure projects and serves on the Board of Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT).