Subway
noun
A system of public transportation in a city that uses underground or elevated trains.
She takes the subway to work every day.
Often appears as...
- take the subway
- subway station
noun
An underground passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.
He walked through the subway to get to the other side of the road.
Often appears as...
- cross through the subway
- subway tunnel
noun
A system of public transportation in a city that uses underground or elevated trains.
She takes the subway to work every day.
Often appears as...
- take the subway
- subway station
noun
An underground passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.
He walked through the subway to get to the other side of the road.
Often appears as...
- cross through the subway
- subway tunnel
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Travel
Refers to travel within a city, often faster than buses or cars during rush hours.
I avoid traffic by using the subway during peak times.
Pro Tip 2/3No Sunlight
Most of the journey is underground with no natural sunlight, unlike buses or trams.
Even though it's sunny outside, it's dark in the subway.
Pro Tip 3/3Station Names
Station names often reflect local areas or iconic spots in the city.
I get off at the Central Park subway station.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Travel
Refers to travel within a city, often faster than buses or cars during rush hours.
I avoid traffic by using the subway during peak times.
Pro Tip 2/3No Sunlight
Most of the journey is underground with no natural sunlight, unlike buses or trams.
Even though it's sunny outside, it's dark in the subway.
Pro Tip 3/3Station Names
Station names often reflect local areas or iconic spots in the city.
I get off at the Central Park subway station.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Travel
Refers to travel within a city, often faster than buses or cars during rush hours.
I avoid traffic by using the subway during peak times.
Pro Tip 2/3No Sunlight
Most of the journey is underground with no natural sunlight, unlike buses or trams.
Even though it's sunny outside, it's dark in the subway.
Pro Tip 3/3Station Names
Station names often reflect local areas or iconic spots in the city.
I get off at the Central Park subway station.
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Act like a car PIPE Nathan...
to take one seat on the subway and put your bag on your lap right stay in your imaginary Lane that's the first rule second rule are you ready here it is second rule say it with me once I said find a good place to stop find a good place to stop this is really important here we go if you get a piece of pizza
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Is graffiti art? Or...
While these movements raised their anti-establishment voices, graffiti artists likewise challenged established boundaries of public property. They reclaimed subway cars, billboards, and even once went so far as to paint an elephant in the city zoo. Political movements, too,
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Enrique Peñalosa: Why...
insufficient democracy. What this shows is that people who walk are third-class citizens while those who go in cars are first-class citizens. In terms of transport infrastructure, what really makes a difference between advanced and backward cities is not highways or subways
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Chip Kidd: The art of...
And they went for it! Author liked it, publisher liked it, and that is how the book went out into the world, and it was really fun to see people reading this on the subway and walking around with it and what have you, and they all sort of looked like they were crazy.
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David Letterman Goes to...
we started off showing him solar system at a subway station and then we took a ride all the way through town we talked about India's energy challenges we know we are going to be the largest country in the world in terms of population and
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Elon Musk: The future...
And this is not the highest utility subway in the world. So yeah, it's quite difficult to dig tunnels normally. I think we need to have at least a tenfold improvement in the cost per mile of tunneling. And how could you achieve that?
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Why should you read...
where free will, self-expression, and curiosity are under fire. In Montag’s world, mass media has a monopoly on information, erasing almost all ability for independent thought. On the subway, ads blast out of the walls.
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Our lonely society makes...
I backed up against a support column and just waited for it. When I couldn't take it any longer, I ran out of the subway station and walked wherever I was going. Later, I found out that what I had was short-term
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Amanda Burden: How...
is within a 10-minute walk of a subway. In other words, nobody in those new buildings needs to own a car. Well, those rezonings were exhausting and enervating and important, but rezoning was never my mission.
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
that saved energy, that allowed surface buses to run in effect like subways, express buses with corridors. It helped unemployment, because people could get across town,
Video examples
Act like a car PIPE Nathan...
to take one seat on the subway and put your bag on your lap right stay in your imaginary Lane that's the first rule second rule are you ready here it is second rule say it with me once I said find a good place to stop find a good place to stop this is really important here we go if you get a piece of pizza
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
While these movements raised their anti-establishment voices, graffiti artists likewise challenged established boundaries of public property. They reclaimed subway cars, billboards, and even once went so far as to paint an elephant in the city zoo. Political movements, too,
Video examples
Enrique Peñalosa: Why...
insufficient democracy. What this shows is that people who walk are third-class citizens while those who go in cars are first-class citizens. In terms of transport infrastructure, what really makes a difference between advanced and backward cities is not highways or subways
Video examples
Chip Kidd: The art of...
And they went for it! Author liked it, publisher liked it, and that is how the book went out into the world, and it was really fun to see people reading this on the subway and walking around with it and what have you, and they all sort of looked like they were crazy.
Video examples
David Letterman Goes to...
we started off showing him solar system at a subway station and then we took a ride all the way through town we talked about India's energy challenges we know we are going to be the largest country in the world in terms of population and
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
And this is not the highest utility subway in the world. So yeah, it's quite difficult to dig tunnels normally. I think we need to have at least a tenfold improvement in the cost per mile of tunneling. And how could you achieve that?
Video examples
Why should you read...
where free will, self-expression, and curiosity are under fire. In Montag’s world, mass media has a monopoly on information, erasing almost all ability for independent thought. On the subway, ads blast out of the walls.
Video examples
Our lonely society makes...
I backed up against a support column and just waited for it. When I couldn't take it any longer, I ran out of the subway station and walked wherever I was going. Later, I found out that what I had was short-term
Video examples
Amanda Burden: How...
is within a 10-minute walk of a subway. In other words, nobody in those new buildings needs to own a car. Well, those rezonings were exhausting and enervating and important, but rezoning was never my mission.
Video examples
Benjamin Barber: Why...
that saved energy, that allowed surface buses to run in effect like subways, express buses with corridors. It helped unemployment, because people could get across town,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.
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Gabourey Sidibe
American Actress
Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
American Actress
It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school.
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Paul Dano
American Actor
Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music.
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Laura Linney
American Actress
I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
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Sheila Heti
Canadian Writer
Toronto is my home. It's where my family is. I think I feel an obligation to be within subway distance of the people who raised me.
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Shaun King
American Writer
Every day I walk down the street or hop on the subway, I am reminded that I am a citizen of a very big, incredibly diverse world.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway.
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Joan Allen
American Actress
I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.
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Meghann Fahy
American Actress
You can't fake the subway, and you can't fake friendships.
Quote examples
Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.
Quote examples
Gabourey Sidibe
American Actress
Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.
Quote examples
Sarah Jessica Parker
American Actress
It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school.
Quote examples
Paul Dano
American Actor
Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music.
Quote examples
Laura Linney
American Actress
I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
Quote examples
Sheila Heti
Canadian Writer
Toronto is my home. It's where my family is. I think I feel an obligation to be within subway distance of the people who raised me.
Quote examples
Shaun King
American Writer
Every day I walk down the street or hop on the subway, I am reminded that I am a citizen of a very big, incredibly diverse world.
Quote examples
Toni Morrison
American Novelist
I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway.
Quote examples
Joan Allen
American Actress
I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.
Quote examples
Meghann Fahy
American Actress
You can't fake the subway, and you can't fake friendships.
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