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04-02-2014, 12:51 AM
For One Day, the Second Avenue Subway Is Real (Sort of)
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For one day only, Uber is offering rides up and down Second Avenue for just $2.50, as part of what it calls its U Train special, a deal that highlights the decades-long wait New Yorkers have endured for a subway service on Manhattan's far East Side
See also: 9 Tech Tools That Make City Living a Snap (http://mashable.com/2012/09/06/city-living-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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For one day only, Uber is offering rides up and down Second Avenue for just $2.50, as part of what it calls its U Train special, a deal that highlights the decades-long wait New Yorkers have endured for a subway service on Manhattan's far East Side
See also: 9 Tech Tools That Make City Living a Snap (http://mashable.com/2012/09/06/city-living-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"This is an April Fools' joke, but the promotion is real," a spokesperson for Uber told Mashable. "This was a**ther way to show how Uber is redefining transit, as the most reliable and affordable ride in town." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/uber-u-train-nyc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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