Manhattan-bound 104 St and 88 St A Line Stations To Close for Three Months...
Press Release October 8, 2014 NYC Transit IMMEDIATE Manhattan-bound 104 St and 88 St A Line Stations To Close for Three Months for Renewal $39M Capital Project Continues on the Liberty Avenue A Line...
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Meet the man who has met ‘about 500’ women on the subway
If you see some pretty young thing, say something. That’s the mantra of Brian Robinson, a subterranean seducer who says the city’s subway system is the best place to score in the Big Apple. “There’s...
View ArticleLondon Underground debuts design of driverless trains
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Metro-North rail-traffic control staff has worked 7 days straight for ‘weeks...
Rail-traffic control staff at the Metro-North Railroad had been working seven days straight for “weeks on end” because of a manpower shortage during a period when the nation’s second-largest commuter...
View ArticleE 16 Street Needs to be extended to Voorhies Avenue and more
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/10/commute-east-16th-street-needs-extended-voorhies-avenue/
View ArticleBoston Green Line
Is it just me or does the Green Line train sound extremely similar to an r142A?
View ArticleHypothetical: SI Splits from NYC
I'm not one to post this kinda fantasy crap, but I had a small little political debate with someone earlier that led to talk about Staten Island possibly bringing up splitting from NYC again. With...
View ArticleMTA Plans to Add Wireless Service to 40 More NYC Subway Stations
New York City subway riders will get access to wireless service in 40 more underground stations in midtown Manhattan and Queens under a plan the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will announce this...
View ArticleAbout 60 arrested this year for public lewdness at PABT restrooms
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/nyregion/lawyers-challenge-lewdness-arrests-at-port-authority-bus-terminal.html
View ArticleLakeland Bus to Willowbrook Mall?
AFAIK Lakeland has never serviced Willowbrook. I'm guessing there's some sort of historical agreement that they wouldn't so as not to compete with NJ Transit, particularly for New York passengers. But...
View Article"Sick passenger"?
What's with all the "sick passengers" lately? Are they real, or is Straphangers Campaign setting up another "reliability survey"?
View ArticleBusTime issues
According to Bus Time, there is only one bus in service on the Q26 (instead of a 10-minute headway eastbound and a 20-minute headway westbound). Could there really be four missing buses on one short...
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Plans For QueensWay Park Unveiled; Opponents Want Rail Line Restoration
The Queensway community has unveiled a new park that will transform the 50+ year old defunct LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch into a 3.5 mile elevated park similar to the High Line Park in NYC. Some...
View ArticleDo you want to buy an 1935 R6 978 SUBWAY CAR, YOU CAN ON EBAY
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331344201409/ $24,000 I think all the members on NYCTF should pool up money on ebay to buy it! Buyer responsible for vehicle pick-up or shipping |Shipping quote available...
View Articleselect Bus Service Coming to 86th Street
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is moving to bring Select Bus Service to one of the busiest routes in Manhattan. Sources tell NY1 the agency wants the service on the 86th Street crosstown...
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Is the B15 underestimated?
After taking a ride on the B15 today, I have a few questions for the route. First, there were 3 buses at the same time when I rode the B15. Second, the subway map does not show the B15 west of the New...
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Smoke Bomb Raises Security Concerns for M.T.A.
The video was almost cartoonlike in its antics, something Wile E. Coyote might have conceived: a trapdoor to the street — really, an emergency exit for the subway — opens slowly and a head appears....
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two teenagers rip open the doors of a moving train and try to throw a man off...
Terrifying video shows the moment two teenagers rip open the doors of a moving train and try to throw off an elderly man - while witnesses do nothing to stop them A cell phone video filmed in...
View ArticlePassenger pepper sprays NJT bus driver on Rt 168
PARAMUS — A passenger pepper sprayed an NJ Transit bus driver and was arrested near the Paramus Park Mall Thursday morning, officials said. The No. 168 bus driver was taken to Hackensack University...
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Mass transit maniac Darius McCollum is back in jail for violating parole
Darius McCollum — the notorious subway-train joyrider and bus thief — just can’t walk a straight line.He’s back in prison.McCollum was arrested last month on a parole violation and remains...
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