Yeah, NYC has some nasty subway stations. They smell really weird too. Toronto's transit system is luxury compared to many I've used around North America.
The new R143s are quickly becoming iconic subway cars. There's a certain charm in their anti-septicness, which I guess is kind of a zeitgeist of milennial New York.
Orion: Good pics from the NYC Transit system-It's always good! Perhaps you should post these at the Straphangers website www.straphangers.org/ and then go to the RIDER DIARIES section where TRANSIT PHOTOS can be posted.
Or www.railroad.net/ and look for the MTA NYC Transit forum. I am a member of both these sites.
Or-perhaps on of the best transit photo sites of all: www.nycsubway.org/ If you are already a member just mention it!
Long Island Mike