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Parsons to Provide New Bus Dispatching and Radio Communications System for NY...
Parsons is pleased to announce that the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Parsons a contract to design, deliver, integrate, and install an interoperable Terrestrial Trunked...
View ArticleFirst BART Fleet of the Future Test Car Arrives
Youtube channel: BARTable BART is now one step closer to providing much needed capacity relief with the arrival of its first new train car now set to begin a crucial onsite testing phase. The first...
View ArticleMy J/Z Evaluation....
I was bored at work and was wikipedia subway lines and the J/Z Line cuaght my eye Ive been on the J maybe 4-5 times in my life (longest elevated in the system btw)....and that was well over 15 yrs ago...
View ArticleCNYRTA (Centro) bus orders
The Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (Centro) in Syracuse now has three bus orders underway with Gillig. The first order is for seven 40-foot CNG buses for delivery this summer....
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MTA to Seek Proposals for MetroCard Replacement
The days of being asked to swipe again and again at the turnstile could soon be ancient history — as the MTA has begun seeking proposals that would move the subway system toward the post-MetroCard...
View ArticleWould TTC style sign codes work in NYC?
I feel that in NYC if we modified the sign codes to where each routes had it's corridor of service placed on the main destination sign it would make the sign codes shorter and help make the system...
View ArticleMTA will reduce bus service this summer, according to agency
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-reduce-bus-service-summer-article-1.2601770 I take the bus to work, does this mean that i will be waiting even longer for a bus and my commute time will...
View ArticleMTA pulld out of the American Public Transportation Association (took effect...
This article gives you the scope of what it means---on a national level, it all but leaves the organization dead in the water, as the MTA's ridership alone accounts for 35 percent of all mass transit...
View ArticlePotential QM- Relabeling, Q104, B36 Diversions, Q54 reroute in Jamaica and more
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160418_1000_Transit.pdf B36 (Page 114-116) Buses remain on Avenue Z in the vicinity of the Sheepshead Bay Station, to start April 24. It is cost-neutral. Q54...
View ArticleSmithsonian's 12 Subway Secrets
A cool article I came across done by the Smithsonian. 12 subway secrets (although we already know some of them on the list of this article)....
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Service Increase on the 2 and 7 trains for the Fall 2016 Pick
Screen Shot 2016-04-16 at 10.02.30 PM by spicker613, on Flickr Screen Shot 2016-04-16 at 10.03.25 PM by spicker613, on Flickr Screen Shot 2016-04-16 at 10.02.39 PM by spicker613, on Flickr Screen Shot...
View ArticleAttention B36 bus riders
Appeal to MTA Board to postpone rerouting of the B36 from April 24th. Below is the testimony I will be giving Monday at the MTA. Please try to your best to attend the MTA Board meeting Monday April...
View Article2015 Bus Ridership Statistics Discussion
The 2015 ridership numbers are available and the top 10 routes to no one's surprise are... 10. Bx36 9. Bx19 8. M14 7. B35 6. Bx1/2 5. B44/B44 SBS 4. B6 3. B46 2. M15/M15 SBS 1. Bx12/Bx12...
View ArticleNYPD will no longer arrest you for asking for a subway swipe.
http://gothamist.com/2016/04/18/subway_swipe_nypd.php Read all about it! What do you think?
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Myrlte Ave Structure Rehab to Displace Dozens of Residents
Dozens of people living in a row of private homes in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn face relocation for at least six months, and possibly much longer, when the MTA renovates a section of its...
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SEPTA to order 25 electric Proterra buses
http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/philly-to-become-first-big-city-on-east-coast-with-electric-buses/zsJpdt---n1885eyceGrsw/ Philly to become first big city on East Coast with electric busesWe’re...
View ArticleIt begins, sort of: Metro Detroit transit coordination
The mysterious RTA Michigan folks' meddling with SMART and DDOT can only be gleaned by little leaks of information, since nobody wants to openly talk -- especially to the current users of Metro...
View ArticlePublic Interest in Unused Express Tracks
In recent years I've heard about public interest in reactivating the express tracks along the Culver Line in Brooklyn for revenue service. I recently found out that those are far from the only unused...
View ArticleBoth sides of the tracks strike back
read and debate http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/both-sides-of-the-tracks-strike-back/article_6103101c-437c-5742-9e26-8c6a04f167f6.html koslowitz has no right to dictate to the rockaway...
View ArticleRetired Fleet
Anything related to past retired fleets that date back from the first New york city subway to the most recent retired. All BMT, IND and IRT included. Will soon to update as other fleets retire within...
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