WMATA firing 20 managers
The WMATA has fired over 20 employees as the article describes as "a step towards "restructuring" the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority after months of subway safety problems, service...
View ArticleCam/Sam hiring positions.
Hi everyone. I am new to this forum,and I have few questions for veterans of LIRR. I have been looking for these two positions on the website daily. Does anyone know if they post new positions...
View ArticleNYC fan
Hello first of all to appear to the whole world because I am new in this forum Possibly is the only one fan of the metropolitan of New York in Spain but not because of it less enthusiast I have done a...
View ArticleMTA Renovation of 31 Subway Stations throughout the New York-Metro Area Gets...
Along with the approval of the Capital Program by the Review Board: The Governor also announced that the MTA is moving forward with a plan to renovate 31 subway stations throughout the New York...
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Culver Line Rehabilitation beginning June 7th
Since there's upcoming proposed plans for the Culver Express during Rush Hour, Coney Island bound Train platforms are getting rehabilitation. More details are here:...
View ArticleUpcoming NY Transit Museum Events - 40th Anniversary
As a member of the museum, I got an e-mail with some upcoming events in honor of their 40th Anniversary which can be found here. -Is anyone interested in riding either the BMT Standards, Triplexes or...
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Fulton Center Dey Street Concourse connection to PATH
New Access Point Links 9 Subway Lines with Port Authority Trans-Hudson Rail Service Select Language▼ May 25th, 2016 Customers seeking to connect between Fulton Center’s Dey Street Concourse and...
View ArticleDo B/O's really care if I use a Student Metrocard to go to Long Island?
I want to buy a few that seem to only be available at Walmart right now, so if I were to hop on the Q5/85 to go to Green acres amd then take it back, would they care?
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Kids Skipping School to Go to Beach Caught in NYPD Dragnet
Kids Skipping School to Go to Beach Caught in NYPD Dragnet By Katie Honan | May 25, 2016 12:15pm NYPD officers stopped every Q52 and Q53 bus Wednesday morning as they entered Broad Channel to...
View ArticleDOT continues to mislead regarding the Woodhaven SBS
http://rockawaytimes.com/index.php/news/22-we-get-email/918-dot-misleads When I tried to ask them questions at the workshop, they responded that they are not here to debate me. When I asked to see the...
View ArticleSEPTA to partner with Uber, providing 40% discounts on Uber Rides to select...
SEPTA announced a 14-week pilot program with Uber to provide discounted rides to and from 11 of SEPTA’s regional rail stations. The transportation providers held a press conference today at SEPTA’s...
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Extended Rockaway Park Shuttle for Summer Season
MTA Adds Service to Area Beaches to Kick Off the Summer Season May 26th, 2016 S Shuttle Summer weekend ridership on the Rockaway Park shuttle, which normally operates between Rockaway...
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MTA Confirming Livonia-Junius Transfer
Found of a Facebook post. The is confirming that the free Livionia-Junius transfer is coming. It was talked about at a community meeting in Canarsie 2 days ago that focused the train shutdown....
View ArticleA query
Well I would like to know if anyone has the full path line 2 from Seventh Avenue Express DJ booth as have Hammers or Railfan them would be very grateful , I lack other lines that do not match but...
View ArticleMajor changes coming to Bus Rt 316 this Summer Season
NJT is changing the Philadelphia routing of the 316 It will start at Greyhound then proceed to 30th Street Station, then make a stop at WRTC, then Gloucester Premium Outlets before making its way to...
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'Guess the station' follow-up
I want to clarify that the staircase seen in the old thread below was temporary, and in fact only a few years old when demolished; it was never a part of the original pre-9/11 Cortlandt Street station....
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The MTA's Chopped-Off Helvetica of the 1980s
Recently learned something that explains a lot of the signage irregularities I'd noticed in the system. We know that the MTA began to use Akzidenz-Grotesk (Standard) in about 1967-1968 as Bob Noorda...
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NYC's overgrown population. Will the subway be able to handle it?
When the subway was first being built 100 years ago, no one anticipated the amount of growth NYC would see in the coming years. For example, the has become the worlds top 10 lines that is a widely used...
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The NYC Subway Accounts for 100-Percent of the Nation’s Transit Growth, Says...
http://www.6sqft.com/nyc-subway-accounts-for-100-percent-of-the-nations-transit-growth-since-2005/ The NYC Subway Accounts for 100-Percent of the Nation’s Transit Growth, Says New Study...
View ArticleCould China’s Street-Straddling Bus System Work in New York?
Could China’s Street-Straddling Bus System Work in New York? http://www.6sqft.com/poll-could-chinas-street-straddling-bus-system-work-in-new-york/...
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