Dead zone in Steinway tube strand passengers in train
https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/new-york/subway-emergency-brakes-inexplicably-engaged-article-1.3324370 I still don't understand why they have to check every train when the emergency...
View ArticleIs Penn Station safe at night?
I have to get to a place in Central Park by 5AM, so my plan is to take the 2AM train to Penn Station, sleep there for an hour, and take the subway the rest of the way. The thing is, though, how safe is...
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Monday Morning Subway Commute Goes Up In Flames
Monday Morning Subway Commute Goes Up In Flames BY EMMA WHITFORD IN NEWS ON JUL 17, 2017 9:31 AM It's another Monday in paradise, and the subway is snarled with delays thanks to a track fire at 145th...
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MTA considers food ban to prevent track fires
MTA considers food ban to prevent track fires By Danielle Furfaro and Natalie Musumeci July 18, 2017 | 1:30pm Christopher Sadowski The head of the MTA on Tuesday said the transit agency is...
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MTA allegedly uses secret clean up crews to cover up accidents
MTA allegedly uses secret clean up crews to cover up accidents By Susan Edelman July 15, 2017 | 10:15pm | Updated The MTA has mobile crash squads around the city that swoop down on the scenes...
View ArticleCuomo Doubles Down on Not Controlling the Subway: His Office Now Claims NYC...
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View ArticleAnother Day of Severe Delays - Nothing to Do with Penn Station
More Transit Problems Pile Up, and They Have Nothing to Do with Penn Station LIRR, Metro-North, NJ Transit and the subways all experienced problems this week WHAT TO KNOW -Signal problems caused...
View ArticleTrain derails at Brighton Beach; Q, B train service delayed, MTA says
A derailment at Brighton Beach snarled transit service during Friday morning’s commute, the MTA said. The second set of wheels on a southbound Q train came off the rails around 8:55 a.m., MTA spokesman...
View ArticleRare triboro coach tow truck on ebay
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View ArticleCuomo Doubles Down on Not Controlling the Subway: His Office Claims NYC Is...
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View ArticleGenius Transit Challenge
Not sure if anyone posted this already. But me and my motley crew are throwing our hats in. Figured for all my MTA critiques I should put my money where my mouth is nothing to lose. Just wanted to...
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Sick Passenger
The topic title probably has the two worst words to hear on the subway. That happened to me today on the at 49th Street going downtown. The train was held until medical personnel arrived. I don't...
View ArticleAs Uber grows, SEPTA to rethink bus service (New York, its your turn)
...Riders like Yan are contributing to a significant shift in the region away from public transit, particularly buses, to Uber and Lyft. SEPTA’s 123 bus and trolley routes lost about 4.4 million...
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Homeless booted from subways as de Blasio takes F train - Blasts Cuomo For...
Homeless booted from subways so de Blasio could have ‘clean’ ride By Shawn Cohen, Larry Celona, Priscilla DeGregory, Michael Gartland and Bruce Golding July 23, 2017 | 8:19pm | Updated Bill de...
View ArticleSamuelsen's 10 Point Plan: Will This Work?
So as we all know, there's been a ton of debate as of late regarding what should be done to improve our beleaguered subway. Never mind the fact that half to most delays are the fault of passengers, or...
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NYC financial crisis & the subway
Asked about this in another thread but it got buried... If took over NYCTA in '68, how did NYC's money problem in the 70s lead to all the deferred maintenance if NYS was in charge?
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NY Post: MTA allegedly uses secret clean up crews to cover up accidents
MTA allegedly uses secret clean up crews to cover up accidents By Susan Edelman July 15, 2017 | 10:15pm | Updated The MTA has mobile crash squads around the city that swoop down on the scenes...
View ArticleRail Design Led to Deadliness of Valhalla Metro-North Train Crash
Rail Design Led to Deadliness of NY Train Crash: Official The Metro-North Railroad train crashed into an SUV on the tracks at a crossing in Valhalla, about 20 miles north of New York City By Ida...
View ArticleStanding-only cars on the L and S (Times Square Shuttle)
Lhota just announced a pilot program to make certain cars on the S (42nd St) and L lines standing-only cars. They'll remove all seats from 2-3 cars per train and mark the cars visually on the outside...
View ArticleNJT Cross-Honoring Question
I have a meeting in Weehawken to attend, and I apparently can take a few lines to get there from the Port Authority. I downloaded the NJ Transit App and bought the tickets I needed, but I realized...
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