Studies have shown that the subway is littered with bacteria, from Enterococcus to Streptococcus (that’s poop and disease-causing bacteria, respectively). Various forms of these bacteria can cause ...

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 center during CES.

Japan. Subway. Groping. Three little words that go together like, well, builder, blonde and whistle. The legend of horny Japanese commuters copping a quick feel on a packed metro is well known. The ...

As I write this, I am coming off of a week-long bout of flu, and since none of my friends will admit to more than a mild cold I can only assume I caught it the way most New Yorkers catch the flu: by ...

A BOSTON inventor wants to put the “strap” back in straphanger for New Yorkers. The TranStrap, which hooks over horizontal subway bars and has a nylon loop to grasp, offers subway and bus riders a ...

The subway can be a sticky place in the summer, but the TranStrap might be the perfect way to combat other commuters for pole space. Simply attach the heavy duty nylon webbing, aircraft grade aluminum ...

A subway power outage turned the afternoon commute into a nightmare for thousands of stranded straphangers yesterday after three train lines in three boroughs screeched to a standstill. “This is the ...