The golden key–a master key that The Daily News discovered opened hundreds of subway station doors also operates elevators, The Daily News recently discovered.

NYConvergence says the MTA and several cellphone carriers have paired together to bring WiFi to Grand Central Station.

The MTA has witnessed its first deaths of transit workers since 2007. The New York Post reports that worker James Knell slipped onto a third rail in Queens and that a motorman on the G train died while operating the train.

The Gothamist reports that some Brooklyn residents will have to deal with construction noises until March 2011–all because of a 250 foot passageway.

High tech work boots for IT workers? That’s what’s causing some criticism about the MTA’s spending habits. amNew York has more.

The Huffington Post explains why City Council Speaker Christine Quinn made a trip to the nation’s capitol–it involves the 7 train extension.

The Daily News says that the city will spend $46 million in the next year alone on the 7 train extension.