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Subway to ensure foot-long subs actually a foot long

Oct 21, 2015
The sandwich company's foot-longs have been falling short.

Subway has bigger concerns than dropping its spokesman

Jul 9, 2015
It's dropping Jared, but this fast food giant has a lot more to worry about

Subway suspends relationship with Jared Fogle

Jul 8, 2015
Authorities raided the pitchman's home on Tuesday. Now the chain faces a dilemma.

A literal underground music scene

Jun 2, 2015
The economics behind making it big — and making a living — in the subway.

Can a giant plug save New York's subways from the next Sandy?

Oct 31, 2013
A 32-feet-long, 16-feet-wide tube that can inflate to up to 35,000 gallons of volume may be our best hope next time there is a super storm.

Second Avenue subway construction undermines NYC small businesses

Jul 26, 2013
New York has waited nearly a hundred years for a second subway line on the east side of Manhattan. But protracted construction is hard on small businesses along the route.

For public good, not for profit.

Sandy's water damage was predictable

Nov 1, 2012
Experts say damage to New York's subway from rising sea levels should not have come as a surprise and other cities could experience similar devastation from Sandy-like storms and hurricanes.