jitney minibus route map
This website has a route map of the jitney minibus / dollar vans that run on bergenline and kennedy in jersey city and union city. http://www.jerseyjitneys.info/?page_id=7 I've never seen a map of...
View ArticleOn Board Survey
http://nicebus.com/NiceBus/media/Nicebus-PDFs/Onboard_Survey_12_2013.pdf Note that this is a survey that passengers had to fill out, not a count. When looking at granular (route-specific) data pay...
View ArticleJetblue suspending service in the Northeast for 17 hours
The carrier's operations at Boston's Logan Airport, New York's JFK and LaGuardia airports, and New Jersey's Newark Airport began shutting down at 1 p.m. Monday and should be completely closed by 5...
View ArticleWhat Can We Expect From the New NYC DOT Commissioner?
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/01/what-can-we-expect-from-the-citys-new-transportation-commissioner/
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Metro-North chief Howard Permut to step down after 2013 tragedies
After a year tainted by a string of serious accidents — including a train derailment last month that killed four people — the chief of Metro-North Railroad is stepping down, an official confirmed to...
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I'm Back
Well here I go. Videos are coming soon. There is around half a dozen RTS buses left for Disney according to what a driver told me. Those RTS buses will be retired with the arrival...
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NYCT Preserved Subway Equipment - Work in Progress
For anyone who hasn't checked it out yet, I've been attempting to compile a list of all known New York City Subway cars into one database. Check out the link...
View ArticleWelded Rail on the Els
Can someone please explain why welded rail isn't/cannot be used on elevated structures? Thanks!
View ArticleTime to buy a R32!
So after years and years of waiting, the Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 is finally legal to bring into the states without any problems with the 25-year rule. In the late 1980s and 1990s, there were all...
View ArticleChristie aid linked to lane closures on the GWB
Just in case none of you were aware, after right after Labor Day in September, several toll lanes to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, NJ were closed for no apparent reason except for what the...
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Gov Cuomo Supports New Metro-North Train Line Through Bronx - WNYC
Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 04:30 PM WNYC By JIM O'GRADY Governor Cuomo used his State of the State speech on Wednesday to express support for an MTA plan to send Metro-North trains through...
View ArticleI saw LOW-V #1801 at NY State Museum today.
Today, I went with anti-frackers to Albany for anti-fracking rally. Since our bus got to Empire State Plaza early, I stop by at library first, so empty bookshelve, thenI stopped by at 2nd information...
View ArticleTrain Movements
I was wondering How Trains get to There terminals from the Yard After being stored overnight...Like how long does it take to get to "rush hour" capacity from Both ends of a line...For instance Flatbush...
View ArticleHow LIRR can save $$
LIRR rides are expensive In my personal opinion, LIRR just spends crazy amount of money & a out of whacked expenditure. There has to be dozens ways to save easy money. One thing that stuck to...
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‘We’ll Be Moving Shortly,’ Says Train Conductor Waiting For Workers To Remove...
NEW YORK—As three maintenance workers lugged the corpse of an unidentified man off the tracks ahead, Brooklyn-bound C train operator Martin Carter assured passengers they would be moving shortly....
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NJ Transit awards $7.6M train storage facility contract
NEWARK, N.J. — The Record reported that NJ Transit awarded a $7.6 million contract to Jacobs Engineering Group of Morristown for design and engineering work to transform a local rail yard into a...
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Lindenwold woman killed in collision with NJ Transit bus; icy roads blamed
Officials secure the scene of an accident in Pine Hill, N.J. on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. One person is dead after a motor vehicle crashed into a Philadelphia-bound New Jersey Transit bus in Pine Hill.The...
View ArticleStudy: NICE bus service leaves riders wanting
Bus riders were dissatisfied with the Nassau Inter-County Express -- despite service upgrades in 2013 and the promise of major technical innovations this year that include the ability to pay fares with...
View ArticlePicks
How are crews assigned in RTO (to a yard, to a line, to a specific set of runs) and how often are picks done? Also are swaps still allowed in RTO?
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MTA: East Side Access again running late, over budget
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | People disembark from a Metro North train at Grand Central Terminal. Changes at the terminal will have an impact on LIRR riders, even at Penn Station, as work on the East...
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