NEW YORK - OCTOBER 26: People enter a subway car at Times Square October 26, 2004 in New York City. The New York City subway system opened 100 years ago on October 27 when the IRT line went from City Hall to upper Manhattan. In 1904, 150,000 people paid 5 cents each to ride New York's first subway and today 4.5 million riders a day utilize the city's 842 miles of subway lines. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)