the BosWash corridor with its variant local service
The Boswash corridor is the largest populated continuous agglomeration in the United States with approximately 60 million people...the corridor extends from Boston all the way to Washington DC in a...
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New Information and Renderings for the Enhanced Station Initiative
In the various board meetings today, was some new information and new renderings for the 31 station Enhanced Station Initiative, the 31 station renovation plan unveiled by Governor Cuomo earlier this...
View ArticleMTA Board Considers Using Platform Doors at Subway Stations to Ease Overcrowding
Some members of the MTA board are once again advocating for subway platform doors....
View ArticleFixing the L Train and Managing the Shutdown A Community Consensus Proposal
Here is the report. There are some things that I like: They propose a free transfer between Broadway on the G and Hewes on the J M. They suggest that closed entrance be reopened. What I don't like:...
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Proposal for the (N) (Q) (R) (W).
This is a proposal of what the MTA should do for the : Have the W Train run on weekends from Astoria to Whitehall South Ferry The W train only runs on Weekdays (AM rush hours to evening) and weekends,...
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Express Bus Survey
Well I stayed in the city last night and took the express bus home this morning. To my surprise there was an employee handing out surveys. I found the questions to be odd. It asked questions such as...
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MTA Unveils Two Options For 2017 Fare Hike
2017 Fare and Toll Proposals November 16th, 2016 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has unveiled two options for needed increase to fares and tolls over the next two years by less than 4...
View ArticleHave you seen this woman around Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island...
There is a woman in the Brighton beach, Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island neighborhoods who keeps asking everyone for a dollar. I've seen her around where I live a few times and she asked me for a...
View ArticleLIRR Car Appearance Maintainer
Hello. Has anyone received a call or email for the CAM position that just closed on November 1 for the LIRR. I applied on October 28 and just wanted to know if there are people still waiting like...
View ArticleMCI Express Buses Being Retrofitted
I'm on a BxM6 bus that has USB ports right behind the reading head lights. I'm testing it out now to see how my phone charges in the 15 or so minutes I'm on this bus. For anyone interested, the Bus# is...
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2016 Holiday Nostalgia Train...
MTA NYC Transit & The NY Transit Museum are putting extra magic on the rails with the MTA’s annual holiday tradition of rides to the past via its vintage fleet. These subway cars will help...
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"I want my QTV"
I was inspired by this retro MTV poster to make a little piece of "propaganda" for the Second Avenue Subway: "Call your cable transit company and say: 'I want my !'."
View ArticleAlarming Spike Seen In NYC Subway Train Operators Overrunning Red Signals
By Jim Hoffer Updated 1 hr 26 mins ago NEW YORK (WABC) -- Information uncovered by 7 On Your Side Investigators shows an alarming spike in subway train operators over-running critical red lights,...
View ArticleRenewed Metro-North Fordham Station
Upgrades Include a More Spacious Platform, New Entrance, Artwork, Wider Stairway, Modernization of Station ElementsNovember 22nd, 2016Renewed Metro-North Fordham StationThe MTA Metro-North Railroad...
View ArticleM42 Nostalgia Bus Schedule
Does anyone have the full schedule for the nostalgia runs this December?
View ArticleLong Island Railroad 3rd Track Project Pushes On
CBS2: Cuomo, MTA Revise LIRR Track Expansion Plan After Community Complaints FLORAL PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — After listening to complaints and concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced a...
View ArticleEngineer with undiagnosed sleep apnea in Fatal Metro North Crash sues for $10...
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/transit/2016/12/01/metro-north-derailment-engineer-sues/94733180/ Come on man. Just own up to what you did.
View ArticleRailroad/transit locks and keys
I hope this is ok to post, I thoroughly read the rules page and saw nothing forbidding it, so here goes. First off, I am not asking to buy/trade anything, I'm just enquiring for my own curiosity. I...
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