NY1 VIDEO: Jose Martinez hosts this weekly roundup of news on the transit beat, and welcomes a Weill Cornell Medical College professor who swabbed the subway to see what else is alive in the trains and stations.

  • M BEFORE L (for repairs): The MTA braces Brooklyn and Queens M riders for a massive overhaul of elevated line.
  • MAN IN MOTION: A subway sketch artist says train movement guides his drawings.
  • WHICH WAY TO CONEY? The new Transit Museum exhibit highlights transit’s role in transforming Coney Island.
  • GRIME WAVE: Subway swabbing study finds stations, trains are packed with more than riders.