Transit Talk: New Yorks Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories

by Robert W. Snyder

Book Overview

New York City may seem to be a place where everyone is a stranger, yet transit workers provide a human presence on a late-night bus or an empty subway platform. Few of us give any thought to these invisible workers-until something goes wrong. Transit Talk takes readers into the world of MTA New York City transit employees, as they describe their lives and work, from the most visible subway conductor to the seemingly invisible mechanic.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813525772
• ISBN13: 9780813525778
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

This book is pretty damn good!

I definently enjoyed reading it...some of the stories are amazing. I want a job in transit, and this book showes what ill face when i get it. Cant wait. This book clearly explains and shows the lives of workers which work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to please the public! This book is amazing...Get it, you will enjoy it!

Enjoyable testimonies!

It's about time someone did a book on what the guys who are up all day/night to get us where we want to go. This is a great book and it's nice to see these guys get some credit.