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Plan for the IND Queens Blvd line to run via Kew Gardens Road

December 12, 2014, 1:14 pm
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http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/08/22/104280054.html?pageNumber=17

Saturday, August 22, 1925
CONNOLLY FAVORS CHANGE IN SUBWAY; Suggests That Proposed Route Should Run Through Kew Gardens Road.
 
The proposed subway along Queens Boulevard should serve the Richmond Hill and Hayestown sections, said Maurice E. Connolly, Borough President of Queens, in a letter yesterday to Chairman John H. Delaney of the Board of Transportation. If needful, the plans of the projected route should be changed, Mr. Connolly added.
 
 
Also, found a picture on an ebay archive that shows this possible route. 
NOTE:Also there is the Van Wyck Blvd Extension
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/15387179193" title="Possible routing of queens blvd line via kew gardens rd by spicker613, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/15387179193_7f56056733_o.jpg" width="400" height="325" alt="Possible routing of queens blvd line via kew gardens rd"></a>
Possible routing of queens blvd line via kew gardens rd
 
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/16006113552" title="1_8aaaf683001d5e21891cb425b64de612 by spicker613, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7467/16006113552_7d1569a87d_o.jpg" width="400" height="325" alt="1_8aaaf683001d5e21891cb425b64de612"></a>
NOTE:Also plan not to use Broadway in Queens
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/16006113422" title="1_8aaaf683001d5e21891cb425b64de612-1 by spicker613, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/16006113422_394197c97c_o.jpg" width="400" height="325" alt="1_8aaaf683001d5e21891cb425b64de612-1"></a>June 5, 1925 Route 108
 
While Kew Gardens is mentioned, here is an article talking about the opening of the Kew Gardens subway station.
SCRAMBLE IS MILD AT SUBWAY OPENING
Few Turn Out at 7 A. M. in Kew Gardens to Be First to Enter New Station.
Polite interest in the new extension of the city's Independent Subway in Queens from Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, to Union Turnpike, Kew Gardens, was shown by Queens residents along the route yesterday as the first regular schedule trains began rolling at 7 o'clock in the morning.
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PUBLISH DATE
January 1, 1937
PAGE NUMBER
18
SUBJECTS
Independent Subway System
 

http://www.subchat.com/post.asp

http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=1327814

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Bx9 SBS

December 12, 2014, 1:25 pm
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I thought about this for a long time, but could the Bx9 be a SBS and the reason I say this is because no matter what time of day it is, it's always crowded and it has high ridership. This route deserves to be SBS since it runs from the border of The Bronx to Yonkers to West Farms.
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M79 wins 2014 Pokey Award, M15 Local is Most Unreliable

December 12, 2014, 11:54 pm
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http://www.straphangers.org/pokeyaward/14/

 

The running joke known as the Pokey Award now ends up belonging to M79. It's a Manhattan crosstown so nothing new to speak of. The real news here is the M15 Local winning the Schleppie for least reliable bus in the city. Is that a SAS construction issue or is that route doomed long term?

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MTA Seeks Federal Funds for Canarsie Line Improvements

December 13, 2014, 5:51 am
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking federal funding toward approximately $300 million in infrastructure improvements for the Canarsie (L) Line, which runs from Manhattan to the Canarsie section of Brooklyn through neighborhoods that have seen the largest increases in population in New York City.

More than 300,000 customers use the Canarsie (L) Line on an average weekday, an increase of 98% since 1998. Average weekday entries at the Bedford Av station, the busiest station on the line, have increased by 250%. The line has experienced a 27% increase in ridership since New York City Transit installed Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) in 2007, a new signal system that increased NYCT’s ability to run more trains each hour.

 

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(7) line extension to 34 Street-Hudson Yards station opening day saga continues...

December 14, 2014, 6:39 am
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  MTA says its now forecasting the opening day is: 2nd Quarter of 2015 instead of February 2015. ( All parties are working together to bring the construction completion as close as possible to the original agreed upon date.)

MTA's Independent Engineer is reporting on April Fools day 2015.

Main reasons...

1. Fire Alarm systems... problems with the test. Major hold up, they can not test : Escalators, Elevators, CCTV, Ventilation fans etc.

2. Inclined Elevators.... Fail two times at the factory test. There is a delay of testing and installing at the station.

3. Testing & Acceptance of Transmission Backbone System... due to test delay submission.


MTA's Independent Engineer report also finds...
• Two systems, fire alarm and backbone communications remain on the critical path of the Systems and Finishes contractor’s schedule and continue to be delayed.

• Several systems (fire alarm, radio systems, computer based dispatch, train ID) have not reached the appropriate test level to start operator Training and continue to be delayed.

• Additional mitigations have been proposed, including the prioritization of contractor acceptance testing and NYCT review/approval cycles. MTACC has obtained additional testing & commissioning experts with NYCT expertise to further advance the schedule.

• NYCT continues to provide the requested support for the compressed schedule, but significant schedule risk remains as there is no contingency on multiple system paths.

• As a result, the IEC forecasts a revenue service date no earlier than April 2015. 

Note: No problems on the escalators and entire project budget remains on track ($9 million under budget) 
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MTA Finds Unrepaired Track Defects Caused (F) Train Derailment (Final Report) Final Report Details E

December 14, 2014, 6:40 am
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MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) today released the final report on its exhaustive investigation into the cause of the May 2014 F train derailment along the Queens Boulevard subway line. The report uses prior inspection reports to identify several minor defects in track components present at the point of derailment. Individually, none of them was capable of causing a derailment, but the combination of defects in one location was the most likely cause of the derailment. New York City Transit has changed its inspection protocols to ensure rail defects are appropriately identified and repaired.
 
“Nothing is more important than providing the safest transportation possible for our customers and employees, so determining the cause of this derailment was a top priority for us,” said New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco. “We immediately took corrective action to ensure we always focus on identifying and correcting track defects. This will minimize the risk of future derailments.”
 
The eight-car F train derailed shortly after 10 a.m. on May 2 as it traveled toward Manhattan on the express track south of the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Av station, under Broadway at 60th Street. A 7-foot, 11-inch section of a 19-foot, 6-inch-long rail fractured beneath the train as it traveled at approximately 40 miles per hour, causing six of the eight cars to derail. Approximately 1,000 people were safely evacuated by city rescue services. Thirty customers and two employees reported minor injuries, and the damage was valued at more than $2 million.
 
New York City Transit’s comprehensive track inspection program requires every inch of mainline track to be walked and inspected by trained personnel twice a week, and by supervisors twice a month. Automated inspection cars also traverse the system regularly to assess track geometry and to use ultrasonic technology to scan for rail defects invisible to the naked eye.
 
New York City Transit’s Office of System Safety reviewed video data from prior automated inspections where the derailment occurred. The videos showed that a metal plate and fasteners under the rail had been broken for at least one year before the derailment but were not replaced. The wooden tie under that plate was also in poor condition. Maintenance records also showed that in the eleven months before the derailment, two other broken rails had been reported and replaced in the same 19-foot, 6-inch section of rail.
 
The combination of the broken plate, broken fasteners and deteriorated tie should have been prioritized for repairs. The report concludes that Division of Track personnel did not identify, document and correct the track defect at that location, either during regular inspections or when the two prior broken rails were replaced. They also did not adequately investigate the underlying causes of the broken rails.
 
Additionally, the report found that the top of the rail that broke was installed with a 1/8-inch vertical mismatch where the new rail met the slightly worn existing rail. In addition, the metal joint bars used to fasten the two rails together were reused, and one of them had a sharp edge where the top of the joint bar met the underside of the rail head. In addition, one of the six bolts required to secure the joint bar was not present.
 
Investigators found no anomalies in the performance of the crew, the signal system, the subway cars or the manufacture of the rail itself. Disciplinary action is being pursued against three Maintenance Supervisors and a Track Inspector for their roles in this derailment.
 
The Division of Track has taken several steps to ensure rail defects are properly identified and repaired. A new Broken Rail Procedure ensures broken plates and fasteners are replaced as soon as possible. The Division of Track will add eight Maintenance Supervisors, and will increase the number of times supervisors inspect the five corridors with the highest number of broken rails. Those corridors are now inspected monthly by ultrasonic inspection cars, and new teams have been established to rapidly respond to and correct rail defects identified by ultrasonic testing. The Division of Track is also installing continuously welded rail and resilient fasteners in these five corridors, which eliminates as many bolted joints as possible.
 
New York City Transit spends approximately $180 million on track maintenance each year. The MTA invested $1.5 billion in track rehabilitation and construction in its 2010-2014 Capital Program, and is proposing to increase that investment to almost $2 billion in the 2015-2019 Capital Program.
 
“The magnitude of our investment in maintenance illustrates our strong commitment to the safety of our customers and employees,” said Joseph Leader, Senior Vice President, Department of Subways. “We appreciate this detailed analysis of why the derailment occurred. We have quickly taken corrective action, and we will continue to embrace new technologies and continuously improve our track maintenance activities.”
 
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Dog plays on (A) subway tracks, delays trains

December 14, 2014, 6:42 am
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A small dog scampered onto the subway tracks in Queens and ran around for about a half hour Monday morning, but made it off alive, authorities said.
 
A train operator spotted the pooch running on the elevated tracks in the Rockaways between the Beach 60th and Beach 67th Street stops about 10:30 a.m.
 
Trains were delayed for about a half hour, according to an MTA spokesman.
 
When cops arrived to rescue the dog, it had already gotten off the subway tracks, a source said.
 
However, the NYPD successfully rescued a gray pitbull on Saturday in Brooklyn.
 
NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Fox’s daughter, who trains dogs to serve people with disabilities, spotted the malnourished dog abandoned at a gas station in Sheepshead Bay about 11:30 p.m.
 
She and her father contacted the local 61st precinct, and Sergeant Cara Mulham, as well as other cops, came to check out the dog.
 
They more worried about its well-being than being bitten or any disease it might have, Fox said.
 
“The poor thing was quivering,” he said. “The cops knelt down on one knee and were petting her without knowing if it was going to bite.”
 
Officer Julia Ng initially took home the dog, who is now named Ellie, and she then gave it to her friend, who has a bulldog.
 
Ellie was given shots and treated for rashes on her body body after being rescued.
 
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A Raccoon To Blame For Jersey City Power Outage, PATH Shutdown

December 14, 2014, 6:43 am
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A raccoon caused an outage Friday evening that power to more than 10,000 customers in Jersey City, and shut down much of the service on the PATH Train system for about an hour and a half.

The power went out around 7:45 p.m., Public Service Electric and Gas told CBS2.

PSE&G reported that a raccoon made contact with electrical equipment inside the switching station, and caused the outage.

A total of 12,250 customers were affected.

PSE&G crews responded to the station, and switched customers to other equipment so that power could be restored. Customers had their power back by 9:20 p.m.

When power went out, all PATH Train lines except the Newark-Journal Square Line were suspended. The World Trade Center-Journal Square, Hoboken-Journal Square, Hoboken-33rd Street and Journal Square-33rd Street lines were all shut down.

No PATH service between Manhattan and New Jersey was available at all during the outage, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

PATH service had resumed with delays by 9:35 p.m.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/12/major-power-outage-in-jersey-city-shuts-down-most-path-service/ 
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Journal Square pic, c. 40s/50s, with Black Cars

December 14, 2014, 6:45 am
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Added to FB by one "Charles Smith". Don't know if anyone here can date it.

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Keep Nassau School Speed Zone Camera's & Pump Millions in Transit!

December 14, 2014, 10:12 am
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While everyone (on the news that is) is frustrated for getting $80 tickets from one of these camera's I am in support of these camera's.  First, you're speeding in a school zone, get over it you have no excuse.  Second, for the ones that say these camera's aren't needed for safety because their hasn't been an accident in that area.  I am for safety, a big part of safety is prevention, by forcing people to follow the  school speed zone in fear of getting a ticket we will increase safety because we are reducing the amount of time for a vehicle to stop in case a child runs into the road.  Also, by slowing your vehicle down it gives you more time to scan area (maybe see that child dart into the road).  Driving a school bus in the past I have seen many children come into the road, from elementary children to high school kids. I've seen kids horsing around and get pushed (accidentally) into the roadway, I've also seen kids slip on ice or snow and fall into the roadway.  It happens,I'm not here to convince you about school zone safety, you can google it, the statistics are out there.

 

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nassau-speed-cameras-generated-400-000-tickets-report-says-1.9704532

 

The article above shows Nassau "earned" $24.4 million after paying the contracted firm their fees in (just over) three months of having these camera's.  In a full year we're easily talking $80 to $100 million the county desperately needs!  Are we going to give up this money because some bone heads don't like being punished for speeding in a school a zone?

 

My plan would be to put these camera's in properly marked school zones and give half the money to Nassau Inter County Express to make sure the system is one of the best in the tri state area!

 

Could you imagine what NICE could do with $40-$50 million!?!  Forget about maintenance problems!

 

With just half the $24.4 million (12.2 Million) Nassau could pony up their share (20% $4-$5 million) of 100 new transit buses to replace buses that are ten years or newer, we wouldn't have to borrow buses from California to hope to get by for the next couple of years.

 

Nice would still have money left over to run a great system with just half of what has been earned.

 

Why am I thinking of this and not the LIBRU?  

 

I am not going to create a petition or anything but if an organization like let's say the LIBRU wanted to do so I'd sign it....

 

The county votes tomorrow...

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Boland's Landing

December 14, 2014, 5:12 pm
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http://web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/Branch/HillsideBolandLIRREmployee.pdf

 

Just wondering, does anyone know if those scheduled trains to Bolands Landing on that schedule will ALWAYS stop there, even if there are no employees on the platform when the train reaches it? I'm asking because I want to take a video of a train stopping there from the streets. I obviously can't go to the platform since I am not an employee.

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WATCHDOG: Neighborhoods Want A Bus Shelter (East Farmingdale)

December 14, 2014, 8:18 pm
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Amtrak RFP for Acela Replacement

December 15, 2014, 10:10 am
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Amtrak issued and RFP for the next gen Acela

 

http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/high-performance/amtrak-rfp-seeks-28-next-gen-hsr-trainsets.html

 

The bids haven't been made public by Amtrak, but some of the manufacturers have come forward as to whether they have bid. Amtrak wants off the shelf High speed train sets that can operate 220mph. The manufacturer must have active rolling stock to bid.

 

Bombardier has bowed out and will not be bidding for the contract

 

Bombardier spokeswoman Maryanne Roberts said Amtrak changed its technical specifications during the proposal stage.

"Unfortunately, the time remaining before the due date for the technical proposals was not sufficient for us to make the necessary adjustments to our proposal," she said in an e-mail.

I'm glad to see them go. It would have been nice to see what the Zefiro, Bombardier's first in house designed and built HSR, but after the debacle that was the Acela, let someone else (the Chinese) bite that bullet and watch and see how it turns out.

 

 

http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKBN0JM20L20141208

 

Siemens which won a contract with Amtrak for ACS-64 electric locomotives and several state contracts for diesel loco is likely in the running.

 

 

Siemens AG declined to comment on whether it is bidding but a spokesman said it has "great interest" in the United States. It has a manufacturing facility in California.

I personally don't want Siemens to win. That would give Siemens an almost monopoly in the US rail market. I'm also wary of a single manufacturer, defects tend to crop up (they may not be immediately evident) and Amtrak could end up with another HHP-8/Acela debacle Siemens has no rolling stock with active tilt, which technically

 

 

 

Completely unexpected was Hyundai Rotem eagerness to bid.

 

A spokesperson for Hyundai Rotem said the Korean company had submitted a letter of intent to bid.

 

I think Rotem is the only manufacturer that can win the bid either way the FRA leans. Amtrak specifically wants off the shelf train to reduce cost. The FRA still hasn't cleared the EMU high speed trains to operate over 125 mph on shared track. If the FRA doesn't lift this restriction then Amtrak would be forced to go with a HSR with power cars like the current Acela. Rotem rolling stock (the KTX I & II) are very similar to the Acela. The KTX I was designed with Alstom, both have power cars. If The FRA does clear the way for over 125 mph emu operation then Rotem has the KTX III ready. Also it has active tilt on all of their rolling stock which is a necessity on the NEC.

 

 

 

The possible unknowns are Nippo and kawasaki, both have plants in the USA, Both have built HSTs. Alstom is really a wild card.

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2015 (7) train service changes schedule

December 15, 2014, 12:35 pm
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A Token Farewell: Philadelphia Transit Gets Modern

December 15, 2014, 1:59 pm
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PHILADELPHIA — Dec 8, 2014, 10:59 AM ET
By KATHY MATHESON Associated Press
Associated Press
A public transit system that still uses metal tokens and paper transfers ? yes, in the 21st century ? appears finally to be moving into the era of debit cards and pay-by-cellphone technology.
 
Philadelphia riders can now see evidence of SEPTA Key, the long-awaited smart card system for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Dozens of computerized kiosks, turnstiles and fare boxes have popped up in stations and on vehicles, and testing begins this month.
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Should the MTA provide overnight service on more local buses

December 15, 2014, 2:06 pm
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i was looking at some local bus schedules, and I was surprised that many of them don't have overnight service, and stop running about 01:00 in the morning.  Seems rather early to me, especially considering how many people work at odd hours these days.  Thoughts?

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Disney World bus crash

December 15, 2014, 4:41 pm
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Why doesn't the MTA do holiday specials?

December 16, 2014, 7:23 am
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I thought this deserved its own thread so PLEASE don't scold me for it.

I was thinking about this when I was riding the holiday train on Sunday and I would like to ask why doesn't the (MTA) do holiday trips on old lines? Here is what I mean:

To Bring back old routes like the (V) and (W) and let them run on Sunday between 10 AM or 5 PM like on the holiday train or let them run once during the holidays.

I would bring back the (V)(W)(M)(9)(K)(H)Yellow (B)(D) Orange (Q), and let them run as a holidays spcecial. This can't cost the (MTA) much money right? All they have to do is just program the trains to dislay these routes and Volia!
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Vintage Bus Schedule

December 16, 2014, 7:47 am
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I looked over the MTA website, but I couldn't really find any specific information on what days and times they run.  Does anyone know?

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MTA Public Safety Announcements and Proposed Fare Hike

December 16, 2014, 2:04 pm
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