QUOTES WITH «STRAPHANGER»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
straphanger.
I'm practicing a kind of meandering faith, or faithful meandering. I just trust that something is coming. I don't know what it is. But I've been a straphanger all my life; I know what it's like to not know when the next train is coming, but I trust the subway.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAPHANGER»
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straphanger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
straphanger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile
Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution "I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe.
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Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile
Citing cultural biases against mass transportation, the award-winning author of The Devil's Picnic evaluates his status as a lifelong public transportation passenger while making predictions about an imminent transportation revolution that ...
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Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can ...
Whether you are in the field or simply a concerned citizen, here is an accessible guide to achieving successful public transit that will enrich any community.
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Taras Grescoe Three-Book Bundle: The Devil's Picnic, ...
Award-winning journalist Taras Grescoe has written books that have changed how we look at illicit food and other substances (The Devil’s Picnic), how we think about the world’s seafood (Bottomfeeder), and how we as commuters hit the ...
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The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
The Great Inversion is an eye-opening and thoroughly engaging look at our urban society and its future. From the Hardcover edition.
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Salute and Execute: One Man's Journey Through the Ranks of ...
One time, while flying some four-star general, I turned around and noticed the
major (straphanger) had an Esso (now Exxon) road map open, trying to follow
our flight ground track by identifying Esso service stations along our flight path!
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The Police Composite Sketch
This was explained to the victim of the “Psycho Straphanger.” We are going to
draw a composite sketch of the guy who did this. I will be asking you questions
about what happened and what the suspect looks like. Just answer them as best
you ...
If a straphanger steps on your toe, or if you just miss your train, or it your article is
declined, or if your bootlace breaks, all you have to do is to drop one of these little
bombs on the floor and it says the word foi you, saving you all further trouble.
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1908
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Articles on Public Transport, Including: Stowaway, Transit ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAPHANGER»
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straphanger is used in the context of the following news items.
Man riding No. 2 train stabs straphanger after dispute over seat: police
NEW YORK – Police are looking for a man they say stabbed another straphanger on a subway train Sunday afternoon. The suspect was on a southbound No. «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Jul 15»
Random Assault On Female Straphanger At Pacific Street Station …
The man seen here is wanted by police for allegedly punching a woman in the face as she stood on the N train platform at the Pacific Street / Atlantic ... «Fort Greene Focus, Jun 15»
Photos: Levitating Straphanger Squeezes Into Invisible Subway Seat
A bold straphanger who may or may not possess telekinetic abilities dared to squeeze her body into a fraction of a crevice between two other subway riders this ... «Gothamist, May 15»
SEE IT: Woman sprays straphanger in the face on No. 2 train after …
If you see something, spray something. A filmed face-off between two straphangers on a No. 2 train in the Bronx ended when a woman suddenly shot some sort ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
Straphanger Fights Ticket for Fleeing Urine-Filled Subway Car
Brooklyn straphanger Michael Kneitel says he's going to fight a ticket he got for moving between subway cars while fleeing a urinating passenger. View Full ... «DNAinfo, Apr 15»
Badass Straphanger Doesn't Give A Damn About "Subway Etiquette"
I have seen the ads on "courtesy" being "contagious," and I want you to know that I don't give a f*&^k. You know what else is contagious? The walking ... «Gothamist, Apr 15»
'Belligerent' mom hits onlooker in the head with a bottle
A Manhattan straphanger learned a hard lesson Saturday morning about giving the stink-eye to a violent stranger on a subway train. The female straphanger ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
Straphanger Manages To Save Himself After Falling Onto Subway …
An unidentified man fell from the 6 train platform at 86th Street on the Upper East Side yesterday evening during peak rush hour—but he managed to hoist ... «Gothamist, Apr 15»
Man blasted with pepper spray by woman on crowded 5 train near …
A young woman's temper boiled out of control aboard a crowded 5 train on Tuesday as she argued with a fellow straphanger and then blasted him in the face ... «New York Daily News, Mar 15»
Knitting straphanger and woman clash over empty N train seat
Video posted to YouTube Saturday titled “NYC Subway Madness” shows a knitting straphanger refuse to yield the empty seat occupied by her yarn to a woman ... «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Mar 15»
