Subway surfer… canine commute…wannabe Straphanger….
#35mm #bnw #film #collage 📷 🎨 #portrait #blackandwhite #photography #artgallery #photo #gallery #eastcoastkin #monochrome 🖼️ 📸 🎞️ #analog #streetphotography
#35mm #bnw #film #collage 📷 🎨 #portrait #blackandwhite #photography #artgallery #photo #gallery #eastcoastkin #monochrome 🖼️ 📸 🎞️ #analog #streetphotography
March 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Subway surfer… canine commute…wannabe Straphanger….
#35mm #bnw #film #collage 📷 🎨 #portrait #blackandwhite #photography #artgallery #photo #gallery #eastcoastkin #monochrome 🖼️ 📸 🎞️ #analog #streetphotography
#35mm #bnw #film #collage 📷 🎨 #portrait #blackandwhite #photography #artgallery #photo #gallery #eastcoastkin #monochrome 🖼️ 📸 🎞️ #analog #streetphotography
David Bowie was a #straphanger! (And steel rider.)
September 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
David Bowie was a #straphanger! (And steel rider.)
Abandoning your straphanger readership to cull favor with Alden Capital boss Heath Freeman’s Hamptons buddies? Shame on the editorial board. As tone deaf as the editorial pushing Romney over Obama in 2012.
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Abandoning your straphanger readership to cull favor with Alden Capital boss Heath Freeman’s Hamptons buddies? Shame on the editorial board. As tone deaf as the editorial pushing Romney over Obama in 2012.
Not to worry: Straphanger is alive and well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Not to worry: Straphanger is alive and well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.
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🎲 #ObjectSpotlight on this 1983 transit-themed board game called "Straphanger" from the #NYTMCollection.
Straphanger includes illustrated game pieces, drawn to resemble a variety of #NYCsubway riders, and a game board depicting #NYC with simplified subway routes.
Straphanger includes illustrated game pieces, drawn to resemble a variety of #NYCsubway riders, and a game board depicting #NYC with simplified subway routes.
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🎲 #ObjectSpotlight on this 1983 transit-themed board game called "Straphanger" from the #NYTMCollection.
Straphanger includes illustrated game pieces, drawn to resemble a variety of #NYCsubway riders, and a game board depicting #NYC with simplified subway routes.
Straphanger includes illustrated game pieces, drawn to resemble a variety of #NYCsubway riders, and a game board depicting #NYC with simplified subway routes.
Pope Francis, the most decent, and truly compassionate, pontiff of my lifetime, was a #straphanger.
Here he is, riding transit, when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, on Line A of the Buenos Aires métro.
Here he is, riding transit, when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, on Line A of the Buenos Aires métro.
April 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Pope Francis, the most decent, and truly compassionate, pontiff of my lifetime, was a #straphanger.
Here he is, riding transit, when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, on Line A of the Buenos Aires métro.
Here he is, riding transit, when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, on Line A of the Buenos Aires métro.
"For him to cancel congestion pricing is insane. It just shows that he doesn’t really care about New Yorkers," said one straphanger. "He's a scumbag," said another.
NYC Subway Riders to Trump: Drop Dead - Streetsblog New York City
"For him to cancel congestion pricing is insane. It just shows that he doesn’t really care about New Yorkers," said one straphanger. "He's a scumbag," said another.
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"For him to cancel congestion pricing is insane. It just shows that he doesn’t really care about New Yorkers," said one straphanger. "He's a scumbag," said another.
Autumnal straphanger selfie 🤳
September 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Autumnal straphanger selfie 🤳
google docs you know NOTHING. nothing
August 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
google docs you know NOTHING. nothing
Great review of Straphanger by @taras-grescoe.com by @eiturbanmobility.eu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxW...
Is public transport the secret to a happier city? | Straphanger by Taras Grescoe
YouTube video by Urban Mobility Explained
www.youtube.com
July 23, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Great review of Straphanger by @taras-grescoe.com by @eiturbanmobility.eu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxW...
RIP orange bucket seats I love you (and I love this)
Straphanger Nostalgia: NYC Transit Museum Hosts ‘Ode to the Orange Seats’
The New York Transit Museum’s “Ode to the Orange Seats” will eulogize the soon-to-be retired sunset-colored bucket subway seats of yore.
www.thecityreporter.nyc
June 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
RIP orange bucket seats I love you (and I love this)
"For him to cancel it is insane. It just shows that he doesn’t really care about New Yorkers," said one Rockaway straphanger.
NYC Subway Riders to Trump: Drop Dead - Streetsblog New York City
"For him to cancel congestion pricing is insane. It just shows that he doesn’t really care about New Yorkers," said one straphanger. "He's a scumbag," said another.
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"For him to cancel it is insane. It just shows that he doesn’t really care about New Yorkers," said one Rockaway straphanger.
French city buses, on trains, headed from #Paris to #Kyiv!
I think this francophile Bohunk #straphanger just won Bluesky Bingo.
I think this francophile Bohunk #straphanger just won Bluesky Bingo.
"A video of city buses, provided by the city of Paris as humanitarian aid for the Kyiv region.
The train with the buses passes through France and Germany to Poland, where the buses will be reloaded onto platforms with a gauge of 1520 mm, and then sent to Kyiv"
The train with the buses passes through France and Germany to Poland, where the buses will be reloaded onto platforms with a gauge of 1520 mm, and then sent to Kyiv"
May 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
French city buses, on trains, headed from #Paris to #Kyiv!
I think this francophile Bohunk #straphanger just won Bluesky Bingo.
I think this francophile Bohunk #straphanger just won Bluesky Bingo.
"Your Straphanger Halfling has reached maximum inventory. Discard one item to PICK UP knife."
September 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM
"Your Straphanger Halfling has reached maximum inventory. Discard one item to PICK UP knife."
I'm likin' the vibe in Gotham!
Zohran Mamdani, #Straphanger Mayor of #NYC.
The latest @newyorker.com cover by Edel Rodriguez.
www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Zohran Mamdani, #Straphanger Mayor of #NYC.
The latest @newyorker.com cover by Edel Rodriguez.
www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'm likin' the vibe in Gotham!
Zohran Mamdani, #Straphanger Mayor of #NYC.
The latest @newyorker.com cover by Edel Rodriguez.
www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Zohran Mamdani, #Straphanger Mayor of #NYC.
The latest @newyorker.com cover by Edel Rodriguez.
www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
I explore the past and future of urban transport in my #Straphanger essay, "The Inventor of Transit," here:
cc: @humantransit.bsky.social
www.straphanger.blog/the-inventor...
cc: @humantransit.bsky.social
www.straphanger.blog/the-inventor...
December 27, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I explore the past and future of urban transport in my #Straphanger essay, "The Inventor of Transit," here:
cc: @humantransit.bsky.social
www.straphanger.blog/the-inventor...
cc: @humantransit.bsky.social
www.straphanger.blog/the-inventor...
Join me for a #straphanger 's tour of bygone streetcars, locomotives, and sleeper cars.
Here's a bird's-eye view of the largest rail museum...
🚋🧵
Here's a bird's-eye view of the largest rail museum...
🚋🧵
May 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join me for a #straphanger 's tour of bygone streetcars, locomotives, and sleeper cars.
Here's a bird's-eye view of the largest rail museum...
🚋🧵
Here's a bird's-eye view of the largest rail museum...
🚋🧵
I'm the author of Straphanger—which recounts my adventures travelling to 14 cities around the world, from #Shanghai to #Philadelphia, looking at transit, bicycles, and alternatives to the car.
shorturl.at/ftKY7
shorturl.at/ftKY7
November 9, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I'm the author of Straphanger—which recounts my adventures travelling to 14 cities around the world, from #Shanghai to #Philadelphia, looking at transit, bicycles, and alternatives to the car.
shorturl.at/ftKY7
shorturl.at/ftKY7
I’m estimating that some managers consider the straphanger impersonator violence as a good thing because police state tactics require the police to be feared.
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I’m estimating that some managers consider the straphanger impersonator violence as a good thing because police state tactics require the police to be feared.
Not to worry: Straphanger is alive and well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.
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January 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Not to worry: Straphanger is alive and well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.
Check out the new site, and sign up using the "Subscribe" button for dispatches in your mailbox.
www.highspeed.blog
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Pre-straphanger Subway 🚇 selfie 🤳
February 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Pre-straphanger Subway 🚇 selfie 🤳
"Mr. Straphanger" by Burt Thomas, 1922-1932
October 30th, 1927 as seen in the Brooklyn Eagle
October 30th, 1927 as seen in the Brooklyn Eagle
September 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Mr. Straphanger" by Burt Thomas, 1922-1932
October 30th, 1927 as seen in the Brooklyn Eagle
October 30th, 1927 as seen in the Brooklyn Eagle
Am I a "Shoupista"? You be the judge. More in this #Straphanger dispatch:
www.straphanger.blog/why-cant-our...
www.straphanger.blog/why-cant-our...
November 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Am I a "Shoupista"? You be the judge. More in this #Straphanger dispatch:
www.straphanger.blog/why-cant-our...
www.straphanger.blog/why-cant-our...
A #straphanger in the Rocky Mountains!
I’m getting around #Banff by bus and bicycle. Roam Transit offers an excellent service, with rides to hot springs and gondolas for just one toonie…
I’m getting around #Banff by bus and bicycle. Roam Transit offers an excellent service, with rides to hot springs and gondolas for just one toonie…
May 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A #straphanger in the Rocky Mountains!
I’m getting around #Banff by bus and bicycle. Roam Transit offers an excellent service, with rides to hot springs and gondolas for just one toonie…
I’m getting around #Banff by bus and bicycle. Roam Transit offers an excellent service, with rides to hot springs and gondolas for just one toonie…