Subway Train Rankings by Riders

Todd Heisler/The New York Times The L train is the only lettered line with the countdown clocks. What makes your preferred train stand apart?

The L train was named the cleanest of all subway lines by the Straphangers Campaign, a rider advocacy group. Cars on the D line earned the dirtiest mark, according to the 2013 unscientific survey. In case you’re curious about the method behind the rankings, cars were rated as clean if they were essentially dirt-free or had “light dirt.”

But not all L train riders agree with the praise heaped on the L train line, or the letter of shame given to the D line.

Regardless of rankings, our go-to subway lines have become an essential part of our daily routine. We depend on certain trains, and in some cases, as The Times’s Matt Flegenheimer writes, a train line becomes a part of our neighborhood identity, like the L train has for some Brooklyn riders.

Subway lines can create the same fervor as college basketball teams: We can laugh about the problems with our favorite team, but others can’t do the same. So, in the spirit of bragging rights, tell us why your favorite train line deserves star recognition.

New York Today: Biting Cold

Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Wear gloves and shades.

Good Monday morning. It’s a cruel 21 degrees.

Though soon it will be sunny.

Today’s expected high temperature is 31 degrees, around 20 degrees below normal for this time of year.

The last time the weather was like this was, well, around a week ago.

How can that be? It feels like it’s been nice for ages.

“We’ve been so beaten down by the cold that just a few days of warmth seems like an eternity,” offered Joey Picca, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

But let’s forget the past.

We’re all wondering whether we’re about to get hit by a huge storm.

The chances we’ll get walloped - by what the National Weather Service referred to as a “Nor’easter bomb” - look slim.

We’re likely to get snow late Tuesday, but “we’re talking a couple of inches,” Mr. Picca said.

The reason is the low pressure center (read: the bomb) will drop “well off-shore.”

Today, we’ll be treated to fresh, polar air sliding down from Canada, and a very gusty morning.

Winds will die down later in the day and the sun shall shine on a shivering city.

Here’s what else you need to know.

COMMUTE

Subways: Check latest status.

Rails: Check L.I.R.R., Metro-North or N.J. Transit status.

Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.

Alternate-side parking is in effect .

COMING UP TODAY

- Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC at 10:30 a.m.

- The city’s Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and the Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams promote community-police relations at Brooklyn Borough Hall. 5 p.m.

- Then the state’s Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman holds a community forum at the Brooklyn Public Library. 6 p.m.

- A Malaysian human rights activist discusses “the long-overlooked climate of repression” in his country at Hunter College. Noon. [Free, R.S.V.P.]

- Opening day for Sotheby’s designer showhouse, featuring objects from the auction house’s collection arranged in six fantastical rooms.

- After 12 years as “The Ethicist,” Randy Cohen started asking other people questions â€" tonight he interviews the art critics Roberta Smith and Jerry Saltz, at the New York Academy of Art. 6:30 p.m. [Free, R.S.V.P.]

- A self-made cartographer shares her custom maps â€" of personal histories, exotic travels and more. Mid-Manhattan Library. 6:30 p.m. [Free]

- Actors, including Rosie Perez, read three short plays for radio, live at the Bric House in Brooklyn. 7:30 p.m. [$15]

- Midnight special: Harlem Soul Kitchen and D.J. J.P. Biamby spin Motown, R&B & Classic Sampled songs at Shrine in Harlem. 12 a.m. [Free]

- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.

IN THE NEWS

- Mayor de Blasio struck a conciliatory tone on charter schools on Sunday. [New York Times]

- More than 100 public housing buildings will be getting new boilers, after relying on temporary boilers since Hurricane Sandy. [New York Times]

- James Rebhorn, a seasoned character actor who recently appeared in “Homeland,” died at 65. [New York Times]

- Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg hired many City Hall aides to join him in the mayoral afterlife. [Daily News]

- An illustrated account of a 10-year-old’s five-day solo odyssey through New York. [New York Magazine]

- The remains of unidentified September 11th victims will be sent to the World Trade Center Museum. [NY Post]

- The company operating the Citi Bike program has neglected docking stations, according to reports. [Daily News]

Sandra E. Garcia and Andy Newman contributed reporting.

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