Jose Martinez
@jmartineznyc.bsky.social
Reporting on transportation at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • Previously at NY1, The New York Post, New York Daily News, The Journal News
Message or email me: JMartinez(at)thecity.nyc
Message or email me: JMartinez(at)thecity.nyc
The quotation marks around the SOMOS “day of service” in the first paragraph… 😂
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The quotation marks around the SOMOS “day of service” in the first paragraph… 😂
DOT chief Ydanis Rodriguez and staffer put in request for more than $6,600 in travel expenses, document reviewed by @thecity.nyc shows
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
DOT chief Ydanis Rodriguez and staffer put in request for more than $6,600 in travel expenses, document reviewed by @thecity.nyc shows
⭐️ SUBWAY CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️
A subway map jacket spotted on a northbound No. 2.
But this jacket? It’s No. 1!
A subway map jacket spotted on a northbound No. 2.
But this jacket? It’s No. 1!
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
⭐️ SUBWAY CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️
A subway map jacket spotted on a northbound No. 2.
But this jacket? It’s No. 1!
A subway map jacket spotted on a northbound No. 2.
But this jacket? It’s No. 1!
Sauces are saying…
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sauces are saying…
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Did you just turn INFORMER? ❄️❄️❄️
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Did you just turn INFORMER? ❄️❄️❄️
Big fan of the color and font on the tiles at the Euclid Av stop.
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Big fan of the color and font on the tiles at the Euclid Av stop.
More relief is on the way for drivers.
🚕 🚖 🚕 🚖
Two more locations of the Taxi Clubhouse — where drivers can lounge on massage chairs, pray, eat and even work out — are planned for New York City.
💺 🧎🏽➡️ 🍽️ 🥊
🚕 🚖 🚕 🚖
Two more locations of the Taxi Clubhouse — where drivers can lounge on massage chairs, pray, eat and even work out — are planned for New York City.
💺 🧎🏽➡️ 🍽️ 🥊
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
More relief is on the way for drivers.
🚕 🚖 🚕 🚖
Two more locations of the Taxi Clubhouse — where drivers can lounge on massage chairs, pray, eat and even work out — are planned for New York City.
💺 🧎🏽➡️ 🍽️ 🥊
🚕 🚖 🚕 🚖
Two more locations of the Taxi Clubhouse — where drivers can lounge on massage chairs, pray, eat and even work out — are planned for New York City.
💺 🧎🏽➡️ 🍽️ 🥊
“It’s unfortunate that our current president, who used to be a resident here in this very city, is making us suffer because they’re not getting along in Washington.”
(MTA rendering of proposed 125th Street station)
(MTA rendering of proposed 125th Street station)
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“It’s unfortunate that our current president, who used to be a resident here in this very city, is making us suffer because they’re not getting along in Washington.”
(MTA rendering of proposed 125th Street station)
(MTA rendering of proposed 125th Street station)
The MTA’s April 2024 “Climate Resilience Roadmap” projects that the # of days when the 🌡️ tops 90 degrees will increase three-fold between now and the 2050s — with heat waves surging from two per year to seven.
14 St-Union Square subway fan 📸 by @alexkrales.bsky.social
14 St-Union Square subway fan 📸 by @alexkrales.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The MTA’s April 2024 “Climate Resilience Roadmap” projects that the # of days when the 🌡️ tops 90 degrees will increase three-fold between now and the 2050s — with heat waves surging from two per year to seven.
14 St-Union Square subway fan 📸 by @alexkrales.bsky.social
14 St-Union Square subway fan 📸 by @alexkrales.bsky.social
Two privately maintained escalators at 14th St-Union Square are out of service — in contrast to what the MTA app says.
LIVE LOOK!
LIVE LOOK!
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Two privately maintained escalators at 14th St-Union Square are out of service — in contrast to what the MTA app says.
LIVE LOOK!
LIVE LOOK!
⭐️ ⛴️ CELEB SIGHTING ⛴️ ⭐️
Lunchbox — the first of the @nycferry.bsky.social fleet — spotted at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan.
Lunchbox — the first of the @nycferry.bsky.social fleet — spotted at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan.
September 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
⭐️ ⛴️ CELEB SIGHTING ⛴️ ⭐️
Lunchbox — the first of the @nycferry.bsky.social fleet — spotted at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan.
Lunchbox — the first of the @nycferry.bsky.social fleet — spotted at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan.
YES, SIR! Entire Staten Island Railway fleet now made up of new R211 cars, MTA sez
And here’s an Oct. 2024 snap I took of MTA big Janno “It’s A Fair Question” Lieber greeting a railfan during the first R211 passenger run on Staten Island. The young man had built his own railcar.
And here’s an Oct. 2024 snap I took of MTA big Janno “It’s A Fair Question” Lieber greeting a railfan during the first R211 passenger run on Staten Island. The young man had built his own railcar.
September 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
YES, SIR! Entire Staten Island Railway fleet now made up of new R211 cars, MTA sez
And here’s an Oct. 2024 snap I took of MTA big Janno “It’s A Fair Question” Lieber greeting a railfan during the first R211 passenger run on Staten Island. The young man had built his own railcar.
And here’s an Oct. 2024 snap I took of MTA big Janno “It’s A Fair Question” Lieber greeting a railfan during the first R211 passenger run on Staten Island. The young man had built his own railcar.
Transit Reporter Code Title XI, Chapter VII, Section III mandates that ace transit scribes must sit on the floor during news conferences.
The reporters at the Sean Duffy/Andy Byford press conference at Penn Station know the rules.
The reporters at the Sean Duffy/Andy Byford press conference at Penn Station know the rules.
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Transit Reporter Code Title XI, Chapter VII, Section III mandates that ace transit scribes must sit on the floor during news conferences.
The reporters at the Sean Duffy/Andy Byford press conference at Penn Station know the rules.
The reporters at the Sean Duffy/Andy Byford press conference at Penn Station know the rules.
This worker was plucking a single AirPod off the tracks at the 2/3 stop at Wall Street.
Would you put that AirPod back in your ear? Or a pacifier in your tot’s mouth? How about some dentures?
Yes, these are all things actually returned to straphangers.
Would you put that AirPod back in your ear? Or a pacifier in your tot’s mouth? How about some dentures?
Yes, these are all things actually returned to straphangers.
August 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This worker was plucking a single AirPod off the tracks at the 2/3 stop at Wall Street.
Would you put that AirPod back in your ear? Or a pacifier in your tot’s mouth? How about some dentures?
Yes, these are all things actually returned to straphangers.
Would you put that AirPod back in your ear? Or a pacifier in your tot’s mouth? How about some dentures?
Yes, these are all things actually returned to straphangers.
High-ranking sauces tell me that “Dave Cologne right here” made an appearance at today’s very special MTA board meeting.
Those same sauces say Mr. Cologne may be “Dave Cologne of Street blogs with the Knicks situation,” or @davecolon.bsky.social.
Those same sauces say Mr. Cologne may be “Dave Cologne of Street blogs with the Knicks situation,” or @davecolon.bsky.social.
August 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
High-ranking sauces tell me that “Dave Cologne right here” made an appearance at today’s very special MTA board meeting.
Those same sauces say Mr. Cologne may be “Dave Cologne of Street blogs with the Knicks situation,” or @davecolon.bsky.social.
Those same sauces say Mr. Cologne may be “Dave Cologne of Street blogs with the Knicks situation,” or @davecolon.bsky.social.
Groanworthy-by-design cracks on the commute: Aren’t you lucky?
“A clown once held the door for me on the way to battle, that was a nice jester,” Monroe cracked last week while performing as a gladiator on a southbound Q train. “That was a nice jester.”
Photo 📸: @alexkrales.bsky.social
“A clown once held the door for me on the way to battle, that was a nice jester,” Monroe cracked last week while performing as a gladiator on a southbound Q train. “That was a nice jester.”
Photo 📸: @alexkrales.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Groanworthy-by-design cracks on the commute: Aren’t you lucky?
“A clown once held the door for me on the way to battle, that was a nice jester,” Monroe cracked last week while performing as a gladiator on a southbound Q train. “That was a nice jester.”
Photo 📸: @alexkrales.bsky.social
“A clown once held the door for me on the way to battle, that was a nice jester,” Monroe cracked last week while performing as a gladiator on a southbound Q train. “That was a nice jester.”
Photo 📸: @alexkrales.bsky.social
⭐️ SUBWAY CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️
↖️⬆️↗️ MTA going your way ↖️⬆️↗️
↖️⬆️↗️ MTA going your way ↖️⬆️↗️
August 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
⭐️ SUBWAY CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️
↖️⬆️↗️ MTA going your way ↖️⬆️↗️
↖️⬆️↗️ MTA going your way ↖️⬆️↗️
⭐️⭐️ BUS CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️⭐️
Newly installed bus countdown clock along Columbus Avenue.
Newly installed bus countdown clock along Columbus Avenue.
August 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
⭐️⭐️ BUS CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️⭐️
Newly installed bus countdown clock along Columbus Avenue.
Newly installed bus countdown clock along Columbus Avenue.
Is that Janno “It’s A Fair Question” Lieber who got his head cropped out in the previous skeet??
It’s a fair question, as he’s been known to say.
ANSWER: Yes, that’s the MTA chairman & CEO (and fan of fair & fare questions).
📸 by ace @thecity.nyc shutterbug @fractenberg.bsky.social
It’s a fair question, as he’s been known to say.
ANSWER: Yes, that’s the MTA chairman & CEO (and fan of fair & fare questions).
📸 by ace @thecity.nyc shutterbug @fractenberg.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Is that Janno “It’s A Fair Question” Lieber who got his head cropped out in the previous skeet??
It’s a fair question, as he’s been known to say.
ANSWER: Yes, that’s the MTA chairman & CEO (and fan of fair & fare questions).
📸 by ace @thecity.nyc shutterbug @fractenberg.bsky.social
It’s a fair question, as he’s been known to say.
ANSWER: Yes, that’s the MTA chairman & CEO (and fan of fair & fare questions).
📸 by ace @thecity.nyc shutterbug @fractenberg.bsky.social
The skycam (fenced-in version):
August 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The skycam (fenced-in version):
Transit Reporter Code Title XI, Chapter VII, Section III stipulates that transit scribes park it on the ground at news conferences.
BREAKING: @simko-bednarski.bsky.social of the New York Daily News knows the score.
⬇️ Here’s the proof. ⬇️
BREAKING: @simko-bednarski.bsky.social of the New York Daily News knows the score.
⬇️ Here’s the proof. ⬇️
August 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Transit Reporter Code Title XI, Chapter VII, Section III stipulates that transit scribes park it on the ground at news conferences.
BREAKING: @simko-bednarski.bsky.social of the New York Daily News knows the score.
⬇️ Here’s the proof. ⬇️
BREAKING: @simko-bednarski.bsky.social of the New York Daily News knows the score.
⬇️ Here’s the proof. ⬇️
SkyBox Pre-Rookie < Donruss Rated Rookie < Upper Deck Diamond Debuts
And they got his name right!
And they got his name right!
July 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
SkyBox Pre-Rookie < Donruss Rated Rookie < Upper Deck Diamond Debuts
And they got his name right!
And they got his name right!
I got the “Hosey” treatment at
🌐🌐 MTA World Headquarters 🌐🌐
and a missing letter in a Brooklyn Eagle byline.
🌐🌐 MTA World Headquarters 🌐🌐
and a missing letter in a Brooklyn Eagle byline.
July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I got the “Hosey” treatment at
🌐🌐 MTA World Headquarters 🌐🌐
and a missing letter in a Brooklyn Eagle byline.
🌐🌐 MTA World Headquarters 🌐🌐
and a missing letter in a Brooklyn Eagle byline.
⭐️ SUBWAY CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️
The ultra-rare “Choose Your Own Adventure” countdown clock spotted in the wilderness.
The ultra-rare “Choose Your Own Adventure” countdown clock spotted in the wilderness.
July 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
⭐️ SUBWAY CELEB SIGHTING ⭐️
The ultra-rare “Choose Your Own Adventure” countdown clock spotted in the wilderness.
The ultra-rare “Choose Your Own Adventure” countdown clock spotted in the wilderness.