The NYC MTA recently setup the ability for you to get text messages/SMS to your mobile phone when there is trouble in the system. The issue so far is that there are so many alerts it is a bit overwhelming.

Benjamin Stein has setup a Twitter account so you can monitor the MTA alerts without receiving a ton of sms alerts. What would be great is some sort of fun game where we bet which subway line will have the most alerts for a day. I pick the #1 or the A.