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Comment on Have the Days of Scapegoating the MTA Come to an End? by Adam Anon

Source: Street Blog, Nov 13 2012, 6:07am CST

MTA Love. Two words that have never before been paired have been practically joined at the hip during the recovery from Superstorm Sandy. To wit: The “enthusiastic round of applause” accorded Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief Joe ...

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Guide To The Best NYC Beaches You Can Get To Without A Car

Source: Gothamist  |   May 20 2013, 5:28pm CDT

Getting there should be interesting. The MTA is still working to get A train service operational across Broad Channel, where storm surges washed out the track. Service is expected to resume May 30th, or whenever the MTA ...

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1 day ago

MTA's FASTRACK program to affect 4, 5 lines

Source: WABC  |   May 20 2013, 7:02am CDT

From 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., the No. 4 train will run local between 125th Street and Grand Central-42nd Street in both directions. No. 5 service ends early each night, except for Bronx stations between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street. mass transit, abc7 ...

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26 weeks ago


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"The workers have gotten a ton of credit, the management’s gotten a ton of credit, people really think that this was sort of a minor miracle, that subway service came back as quickly as it did."


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1 day ago

An MTA fiscal flood

Source: New York Post  |   May 19 2013, 10:18pm CDT

In his budget speech back in January, Gov. Cuomo announced a grand plan to spend $6 billion in federal funding to waterproof New York’s transit system. Four months later, it’s obvious that the MTA has no clue ...

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1 day ago

New York’s most persecuted subway artist?

Source: Salon  |   May 19 2013, 2:23pm CDT

A few months ago, on a February evening in Grand Central, Brooklyn-based artist Enrico Miguel Thomas carried his drawing board a few paces away from where he had been set up, illustrating from a counter — leaving behind a bag fu ...

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3 days ago

Tappan Zee task force discusses funding

Source: Times Herald-Record  |   May 18 2013, 1:07am CDT

Suggested new taxes, fees for transit services Buy This Photo At the next meeting in June, the group will begin “marrying” proposed services and potential funding for new services on the Tappan Zee, says Joan McDonald, Departm ...

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3 days ago

Non-redacted, NJ Transit’s hurricane plans sparse

Source: Second Ave. Sagas  |   May 17 2013, 1:56pm CDT

Today, facing pressure from lawmakers and that lawsuit, NJ Transit released a less redacted version of their storm plans, and unsurprisingly, the document is light on details. Whereas the MTA keeps five t ...

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4 days ago

Subway Service Is Finally Returning To The Area Hurricane Sandy Hit Hardest

Source: The Business Insider  |   May 17 2013, 10:29am CDT

Enter your email address and zip code to set up customized email alerts. You have successfully emailed the post. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in October, New York City's subway system recovered remarkably quickly. Now, one of the final ...

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4 days ago

Photos: MTA's ambitious plans to protect Bowling Green, South Ferry from future flooding

Source: SILive.com  |   May 17 2013, 5:01am CDT

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sandbags and plywood were the MTA's subway-system defense against Hurricane Sandy's ferocious tidal surge. But after the storm inflicted more than $4.8 billion in damage to its facilities -- includin ...

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4 days ago

Subway returning to Rockaways after Sandy fixes

Source: New York Post  |   May 17 2013, 12:14am CDT

Subways will roll back to the Rockaways in time for the summer. An “all-out” push by the MTA will restore A-train service on May 30 on tracks ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Cuomo said yesterday. MTA employee ...

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