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MTA Moves Forward with Video Cameras on Trains
The MTA is moving forward with the installation of video cameras on trains. Following up a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board, Metro-North Railroad, on behalf of itself and...
View ArticleThe fate of the BxM4
Service was recently added on weekdays to have the bus run until 00:15. In speaking with a source, as I thought, they are tinkering with the BxM4. By having it run later, the thought process seems to...
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D train ranks as MTA's dirtiest in Straphangers Campaign survey
stands for dirty. A Straphangers Campaign “Smutz” survey determined line subway cars to be the dirtiest, advocates said Thursday. Just 17% of cars on the Bronx-Brooklyn route were rated clean during a...
View Article1 Service Impacted Through Evening.
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View ArticleMTA 2013 Ridership Statistics
For any of you who are interested the MTA has posted the 2013 ridership statistics. For some of them I'm quiet shocked specifically the Bx46 I'm shocked how it ranked higher than the B32 and B84 I'm...
View ArticleLakeland Bus Lines
Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever taken a trip on Lakeland before? If so, where did you go and what was your experience?
View ArticleSource: Man Dies After Shooting On MTA Bus In Bedford-Stuyvesant
on the b15 bus http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/20/man-shot-critically-wounded-on-mta-bus-in-bedford-stuyvesant/?src=fb
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Man Dies After Shooting On MTA Bus In Bedford-Stuyvesant
A 14-year-old fiend turned a city bus into a murder scene in the flash of a gun Thursday when his bullet meant for a rival killed an innocent Brooklyn dad instead, sources said. Angel Rojas, 39, was...
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More headaches for G train riders
The train actually could be worse, it turns out. The announced Tuesday that trains won’t run between Nassau Ave. and Court Square for five weeks beginning July 28, consigning the battered line’s...
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East River tolls, Midtown traffic charges proposed for $1.5 billion boost to...
New York City's deteriorating roads and transit system could get up to $1.5 billion per year for upgrades under a rummaging of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to toll East River bridges and...
View ArticleWhat happens when a bus is "overhauled"?
I recall that after about eight years in service (or less), buses are "overhauled", but what exactly occurs? I'd be interested in knowing what the process is for both local and express buses.
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Flushing Line holds
During the evening rush, why is it so important to hold a express outside the portal while the THREE locals behind it are allowed into Main Street? If locals get absolute priority, why bother having...
View ArticleYonkers Depot
Today I was taking Eastchester BxM8 bus and the B/O tell me that he heard from John Day the TWU 100 VP and from Pete Rosconi in Eastchester Depot union that in January 2015 Yonkers Depot is going to...
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MTA's Far West Side Bus Route Redrawn as Locals Call for More Buses
HELL'S KITCHEN — TheMTA's proposed new bus route for the Far West Side was given a significant overhaul — extending from Columbus Circle to Abingdon Square — to reflect changes requested by residents,...
View Articleexam for dispatcher # 3401 / 3403 MTA BUS
did anyone else receive the letters from exam 3401/03 for lists # if you pass
View ArticleSome questions for the transit personel on the forums
First of all what is your past/present favorite run? Second of all what weird and interesting diversions planned/unplanned service changes have you experienced? Do you remember any of the short...
View ArticleSBS between Bay Ridge and JFK Airport.
Are there any plans for perhaps a SBS between JFK Airport and Bay Ridge and was this route part of the SBS Phase II that was completed a few years ago? If there are plans for such service, what...
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Train Monitoring Planned for Metro North
MTA's Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road have plans for a train monitoring system that would detect defective or overheated wheels and loads of freight trains that operate on publicly...
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32 hurt after Chicago train derails at O’Hare International Airport subway...
More than two dozen people were hurt, none seriously, after a train derailed inside a Chicago subway station early Monday, authorities said. About 32 people suffered minor injuries after the runaway...
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5 Years ago today 3/24/09
The 1st R160 went into service on the N(9318-9319-9320-9321-9322-9275-9274-9273-9272-9271)S Video from that day
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