(1) A good Samaritan who was viciously slashed as he defended another subway rider from a razor-wielding robber said yesterday no other passengers came to his aid - not even the straphanger he rescued.(2) Unbeknownst to the vast majority of straphangers , the humble MetroCard is essentially a floppy disk, uniquely identified by a serial number on the flip side.(3) The technology just couldn't shake the stereotype of being too fanciful for real-world straphangers .(4) But there will be plenty of other victims - starting with the 7 million straphangers and 600,000 schoolchildren who depend on city subways and buses every day.(5) Dave and I are heading home on the Tozai Line one evening, when a guy gets on and stands in front of us, strap-hanging .(6) When you're finished for the day you don't have to strap-hang in a crowded underground breathing foul air.(7) The other straphangers look at me with stony faces.(8) The strap-hanging and footboard-travelling bus commuter of Bangalore, a brave soul and stoic by all accounts, got a better deal this year.(9) New York's most beautiful outer-borough neighborhoods have a harder time competing with Westchester and New Jersey for affluent residents when straphangers must endure brutal commutes.(10) I'm glad I did a proper job before comedy because it's made me grateful for not having to strap-hang for an hour into work every day.(11) You squeeze on-board next to a woman strap-hanging with an paperback.(12) For the third year now, the spirits of weary straphangers on Calgary transit will be lifted.(13) On my daily commute to work, I always notice a newspaper salesman at a dangerous intersection of the Grand Central Parkway, hawking all of New York's hometown papers for both straphangers and drivers.
