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New Hudson River rail tunnels needed so old tunnels can be repaired
Amtrak's 104-year old Hudson River tunnels are running on borrowed time and need to be shut down for a year each to repair the damage received from Hurricane Sandy flooding, according to transit...
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MTA Testing Protective Systems at Flood-Prone Manhattan Subway Stations
As the two-year mark of Hurricane Sandy approaches, MTA officials are still figuring ways to plug spots in the system that were more than a little leaky during the storm. NY1's Jose Martinez filed the...
View ArticleState board rejects MTA’s $32B capital plan
A state review board rejected the MTA’s nearly $32 billion capital plan, which includes a huge funding gap of nearly half its price tag, an agency spokesman confirmed. The mammoth plan intended to...
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5982 in minor accident!
On My way home from the airport i was on 5982. While heading down 125th in the bus lane approaching Madison, A Mini Van tried to make A right from the left lane as the bus was heading into the...
View ArticleWhat Happened to MTA Long Island Bus?
Just one curious question: What happened to MTA Long Island Bus? I need explanations here!
View ArticleMta to put cameras on 1,000 new subway cars in 5 year period
Http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-put-cameras-1-000-new-subway-cars-5-years-article-1.1959217 I guess this means the R179s and R211s are getting security cameras.
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What if the MTA decides to build a suspension monorail that will help getting...
I know this might not happen but what if the MTA decides to build a suspension monorail. I mean if this was being built, what streets in Manhattan should it be on? I would say that they should start...
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Vomiting passenger cleared of Ebola after CDC investigation at EWR
The vomiting passenger intially suspected of having Ebola has been cleared of the deadly virus after prompting the quarantine of an United Airlines fight that landed at Newark Liberty International...
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my crazy Sunday commute yes spoiler alert it's INSANE.
I started my journey this morning catching the local to Fulton transit center then got the to grand central where I bought my ticket quickly and got on the MNRR new Haven line one hour later at 9:05 am...
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Hailing a bus
How do you get the attention of the driver to stop at a bus stop? Today, 2 buses on 3 different routes did not stop at a bus stop i was at and keep on driving on without stopping, leaving behind me and...
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Engineer in Deadly Metro-North Derailment Had History of Speeding
The engineer whose commuter rail train derailed in the Bronx last December — killing four — had been tracked speeding several times before the fateful accident, federal investigators said Friday. An...
View ArticleRunning less cars at night
I commute home from Union Square to Neck Road via Q at night, around midnight. And except on Fridays and Saturdays its not full. So instead of running 8 cars at a time, what if MTA ran 4, or 5 INSTEAD?...
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The City That Never Sleeps Gets Map Update for Late Night Subway Service
New York's night owls and visitors looking to take advantage of the City That Never Sleeps have a new tool to help them get around the city: MTA New York City Transit's new update to the popular night...
View Article5 train to Allerton Avenue?
The 5 train (Dyre Avenue) line runs right into a main drag (Allerton Avenue). Why is no station built here?! Has it ever been in the plans? I don't understand why it just runs from Gun Hill to Pelham...
View ArticleMetro North to Astoria?
Metro North will be making 4 new stops in the Bronx. We all know this, ok? So, if it has to run through Queens via Hell's Gate tracks, why not make a connection in Astoria? Queens can now go directly...
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Video of subway train dragging man shows up on Web, police investigate source...
Police are investigating the leak of a gruesome subway-surveillance video showing a train dragging a man to his death, a transit official said. The shocking images, captured by a MTA security...
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Queens needs better connections to tech centers in Brooklyn, Roosevelt...
Queens needs better connections to tech centers in Brooklyn, Roosevelt Island: study The Department of City Planning released a preliminary report, which proposed express service on the N and Q subway...
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Despite funding gap, MTA sticking with 4% fare hike
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is sticking with its 4% fare increase for next year, though that won't fill a $15 billion hole in the agency's five-year capital budget, its chairman and...
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MTA ate over $200M in losses in botched surveillance work: lawyer
The MTA suffered more than $200 million in unexpected losses scrambling to install high-tech surveillance equipment to protect subway riders from potential terror attacks after defense contractor...
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Watch Graffiti Artists Take Entire Subway Car From Advertisers (Photos and...
“Advertisers have been stealing graffiti tactics for years,” says long-time graffiti writer 2ESAE. SKI adds, “We’re not allowed to paint trains anymore. Who knew that years later… f**king Target...
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