Hi everyone,

I've worked in education my whole life in some form or another. It's tiring me out and I am looking for a new job.

So I have been asking myself, what do I like? What's important to me? And of course the answer is, all things public transit, and bicycle transit.

Here's where you come in. Tell me about your job, what do you do, how did you get the job, was it entry-level or not? Do you feel that your job fulfils your numtotty desires? And any other knowledge you'd like to impart.

I had the idea recently to try and work for a transit app, but I don't have any actual coding or related experience. Maybe there are secret roles that I could be eligible for, something that doesn't require a background in tech?

Thanks

Love you

Help save Bay Area public transit by throwing a rager!

anyway I should get a life

MTA Metro-North Railroad Heritage Series
Thursday, August 21st, 2025
6:00 PM ET / Doors open 5:45 PM ET
New York Transit Museum, Downtown Brooklyn
$15 / Members $10

Tickets now available at https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/program/metro-north/

Launched in 2023, MTA Metro-North Railroad’s Heritage Series honors the agency's 40th anniversary with a fleet of restored Genesis P32AC-DM locomotives that are currently operating in regular service on the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven lines. Each locomotive is structurally overhauled and wrapped or painted in a commemorative livery that highlights a different part of MTA Metro-North’s history and the railroads that came before it.  As part of this ongoing celebration, hear from MTA Metro-North leadership and experts about the railroad’s history and the steps taken to rehabilitate and extend the service lives of these locomotives.

Panelists include:

• Justin Vonashek, President, Metro-North Railroad

• Andy Kromer, Director of Maintenance Production and Progressive Preventative Maintenance, Metro-North Railroad

• Emily Moser, Manager of Interactive Development, Metro-North Railroad

• Jeff Weston, Vice President of Rolling Stock, Metro-North Railroad

• Jeovany Rivera, Wreck Master of Freight & Recovery Services • Freight Car Maintenance, MTA Metro-North Railroad

Pathways to Access: MTA and the ADA
Thursday, July 31st, 2025
6pm ET / Doors open 5:45pm ET
In-person at CUSP at NYU Tandon 370 Jay Street, Rm. 1201 in Downtown Brooklyn\*
Livestream also available
Free, advanced registration required

In celebration of the 35 years since the passage of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), MTA leadership and the New York Transit Museum discuss the newest accessibility enhancements in the city’s transit system and the strides made to advance accessibility for all. Join us to learn about the history of MTA accessibility, as well as key initiatives such as street-to-platform elevators, modern accessible fare gates, and enhanced digital communication tools.

Moderated by Amy Boyle, Assistant Deputy Director, Education and Public Programs of the New York Transit Museum, this panel discussion includes Quemuel Arroyo, Chief Accessibility Officer and Senior Advisor to the Chairman; Shanifah Rieara, Chief Customer Officer and Senior Advisor to the Chairman; and Steven Loehr, Deputy Chief Development Officer.

The program will be livestreamed via zoom. Registration is required for in person and livestream.

RSVP at https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/program/ada/

Image: Janno Lieber, CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, points at accessible Boarding Area sign, with accessible navigation QR code above. He is standing next to a man in a wheelchair.   

To make a long story short: I’m a graphic designer who got raked with updating my towns bus map - I want to make it as accessible as possible (think ADA/WCAG.)

I have all the “design” down but I am stuck when it comes to the times table. We have always listed each stop, and the times.

The number one question I have is it better to say:

1. 1st & Main
2. 1st and Main
3. 1st at Main

Thanks so much for any input - unrelated tips welcome as well!

I did a bit of a search and didn't see anything on this topic (although this sub does seem kind of dead). Anyway. Just wondering if anyone knows who I might message or what I might do if I wanted to be let back into the FB group after I was banned from it. Maybe five or six years ago I made a joke in a post comment that was likely interpreted as ableist (although that was not my intention), and I was banned from the group. I do transit and housing activism and it kind of sucks that I can't participate in that group or even know what's in it unless I make a new account. Maybe there is nothing there, maybe it's as dead as this subreddit, I don't know. Does anyone have any ideas? I did try contacting Juliet on Messenger a number of years ago and she did not respond.

https://nominees.mahanow.org/t/jeff-speck/27677

What subway/ metro is this? It is featured in an art piece by Leandro Erlich, Subway (2009) video installation. The post on Erlich's instagram shows a more up close view.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3entpPAnYl/ Thank you!