Your NYC Commute Is About to Suck Even More, Thanks to Video Ads on the Subway

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Big Apple residents famously have a love-hate relationship with the subway. Oh, who are we kidding: it’s mostly hate.

Sure, it’s far and away the largest, most comprehensive public transportation system in the U.S. But then there are the rats, the smells, the overcrowding, the problems stemming from a signal system installed before World War II, and the waiting … and the waiting … and the waiting.

Don’t get us started on the back-and-forth between the governor and the mayor over who’s responsible for fixing the damn thing or the fact that most MTA board members and executives—who don’t live anywhere near the city—never

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