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MTA Prepares For Possible Service Changes Ahead Of Earl
New York Airport Transportation: is a Car Service Right for You?
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:00
I’ve never seen the man who enjoys the commercial aviation has seen. Flying is a pain in so many ways, if you’re in line down at the box office, mixed barefoot confiscated under a security guard metal detectors your toothpaste, or pray that the baby is about course please, PLEASE stop crying. a long day [...]
What's up with the MTA?
Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:00
Transportation 101: What’s up with the MTA? Table of Contents How much does the MTA spend every year? Why does it cost so much to run and maintain the MTA system? Does the MTA make a profit? How does the MTA pay its bills? Why do my fares keep going up while service is cut? [...]
Much of MTA's $500M overtime tab 'can't be justified'
Friday, May 21, 2010 2:00
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority today said it would cut millions of dollars in overtime expenses as part of the authority’s ongoing effort to plug a $790-million budget deficit. The MTA said it would reduce its $560 million annual overtime spending by $22 million this year and $60 million next year, but added that concessions from [...]
MTA Service Cuts List | NYC Subway News | NYC Subway News | NYC …
Monday, May 3, 2010 6:30
MYFOXNY.COM – Service changes – Implementation Timeline New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Bus All changes, bus and rail, are planned to be effective June 27, 2010. since that is a Sunday, weekday-only services (V, W, many of the express buses, etc) would run their last regular service on Friday, June 25 and [...]
LIRR to get new, lighter diesel trains
Thursday, April 29, 2010 20:00
Associated Press – April 29, 2010 6:05 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) – about a dozen new, smaller diesel trains have been approved for the Long Island Rail Road. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority gave the green to spend $78 million to buy the trains for LIRR branches served by diesel engines. But commuters will have [...]
MTA Service Cuts List | NYC Subway News | NYC Subway News
Sunday, April 25, 2010 3:30
MYFOXNY.COM – Service changes – Implementation Timeline New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Bus All changes, bus and rail, are planned to be effective June 27, 2010. since that is a Sunday, weekday-only services (V, W, many of the express buses, etc) would run their last regular service on Friday, June 25 and [...]
As Expected, M.T.A. Trims Service – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com
Friday, April 23, 2010 7:00
The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted 11 to 2 on Wednesday afternoon to implement a package of severe cuts to transit service, including the elimination of two subway lines and dozens of bus routes. The service reductions, to be phased in starting in June, will save $93 million a year, part of an [...]
Anti-terror NY subway war games | NYC Subway News
Monday, April 12, 2010 9:30
Call it a surge, big Apple-style. Hundreds of cops flooded Penn Station, Grand Central and Herald Square yesterday in a post-Moscow terror drill to see how prepared law enforcement is for an attack on the city’s subways and commuter trains. Officers from the NYPD transit bureau, National Guard and the police forces of the MTA, [...]
MTA To Hold Garage Sale
Friday, April 9, 2010 15:30
By CHUCK D’AMODIO wpix.com 10:54 AM EDT, April 9, 2010 NEW YORK (WPIX) – the cash-strapped MTA is getting rid of the stuff is doesn’t need by throwing a garage sale. The agency will save money and help the environment by selling or recycling everything from old train signs to unearthed dirt. the MTA stripped [...]