The Transit Museum Shopping Experience

<p>Devin, Andy, and guest Carlo Blackmore (see also: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michaels-shopping-experience/id1720863066?i=1000658791630" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Michaels</a>) visit the <a href="https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">New York Transit Museum</a>. What does the new Vignelli-influenced <a href="https://www.mta.info/map/5256" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">subway map</a> say? What’s more fun than a turnstile to nowhere? What is your favorite era of subway car? What does <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/01/02/us-news/metrocards-being-hawked-for-up-to-3500-on-reseller-markets/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">MetroCard</a> <a href="https://www.nytransitmuseumstore.com/collections/themes-occasions/metrocard.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">nostalgia</a> mean? What will you do with your vintage, subway-used <a href="https://www.nytransitmuseumstore.com/collections/holiday-gift-guide/mat-grab-hold-no-box.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">grab hold</a>? Did you cast your vote for <a href="https://www.misssubwaynyc.com/gallery/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Miss Subways</a>??</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/nyregion/new-york-city-metrocard-end.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Goodbye (and Good Riddance?) to the MetroCard</a> by Dodai Steward (NYT) </p><p><a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/us-news/zabars-struggles-to-keep-metrocard-cookies-in-stock/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">MetroCard Cookies Fly off Shelves</a> (NYP)</p><p>Poetry in Motion: <a href="https://poetrysociety.org/poetry-in-motion/ragtime" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ragtime</a> by Kevin Young</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXMuR-Nsylg" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Inside Lllewen Davis</a> trailer</p><p><a href="https://www.nytransitmuseumstore.com/shower-curtain-map-blu-1-4477.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">MetroCard subway curtain</a> (old map!), <a href="https://www.nytransitmuseumstore.com/collections/holiday-gift-guide/adult-ugly-sweater-metrocard-1-6067.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ugly Sweater</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Chrebet" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Wayne Chrebet</a> (former NY Jet)</p><p><a href="https