Plan for the IND Queens Blvd line to run via Kew Gardens Road
http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/08/22/104280054.html?pageNumber=17 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E7DF1E3BE233A25751C2A96E9C946495D6CF Saturday, August 22, 1925...
View ArticleBx9 SBS
I thought about this for a long time, but could the Bx9 be a SBS and the reason I say this is because no matter what time of day it is, it's always crowded and it has high ridership. This route...
View ArticleM79 wins 2014 Pokey Award, M15 Local is Most Unreliable
http://www.straphangers.org/pokeyaward/14/ The running joke known as the Pokey Award now ends up belonging to M79. It's a Manhattan crosstown so nothing new to speak of. The real news here is the M15...
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MTA Seeks Federal Funds for Canarsie Line Improvements
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking federal funding toward approximately $300 million in infrastructure improvements for the Canarsie Line, which runs from Manhattan to the Canarsie...
View Article(7) line extension to 34 Street-Hudson Yards station opening day saga...
MTA says its now forecasting the opening day is: 2nd Quarter of 2015 instead of February 2015. ( All parties are working together to bring the construction completion as close as possible to the...
View ArticleMTA Finds Unrepaired Track Defects Caused (F) Train Derailment (Final Report)...
MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) today released the final report on its exhaustive investigation into the cause of the May 2014 F train derailment along the Queens Boulevard subway line. The report...
View ArticleDog plays on (A) subway tracks, delays trains
12-1-2014 A small dog scampered onto the subway tracks in Queens and ran around for about a half hour Monday morning, but made it off alive, authorities said. A train operator spotted the pooch...
View ArticleA Raccoon To Blame For Jersey City Power Outage, PATH Shutdown
view flat A raccoon caused an outage Friday evening that power to more than 10,000 customers in Jersey City, and shut down much of the service on the PATH Train system for about an hour and a...
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Journal Square pic, c. 40s/50s, with Black Cars
Added to FB by one "Charles Smith". Don't know if anyone here can date it.
View ArticleKeep Nassau School Speed Zone Camera's & Pump Millions in Transit!
While everyone (on the news that is) is frustrated for getting $80 tickets from one of these camera's I am in support of these camera's. First, you're speeding in a school zone, get over it you have...
View ArticleBoland's Landing
http://web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/Branch/HillsideBolandLIRREmployee.pdf Just wondering, does anyone know if those scheduled trains to Bolands Landing on that schedule will ALWAYS stop there, even if...
View ArticleWATCHDOG: Neighborhoods Want A Bus Shelter (East Farmingdale)
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/columnists/judy-cartwright/bus-passengers-in-east-farmingdale-want-a-shelter-1.9709487
View ArticleAmtrak RFP for Acela Replacement
Amtrak issued and RFP for the next gen Acela http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/high-performance/amtrak-rfp-seeks-28-next-gen-hsr-trainsets.html The bids haven't been made public by...
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2015 (7) train service changes schedule
http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/7Line2015/MakingProgressin2015.htm Standard shutdown in January with 2 weekends no trains btwn main st-willets point. Then Queensboro- Times Sq shutdown. I noticed...
View ArticleA Token Farewell: Philadelphia Transit Gets Modern
PHILADELPHIA — Dec 8, 2014, 10:59 AM ET By KATHY MATHESON Associated Press Associated Press A public transit system that still uses metal tokens and paper transfers ? yes, in the 21st century ? appears...
View ArticleShould the MTA provide overnight service on more local buses
i was looking at some local bus schedules, and I was surprised that many of them don't have overnight service, and stop running about 01:00 in the morning. Seems rather early to me, especially...
View ArticleDisney World bus crash
AP: LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A driver who ran a red light on Walt Disney World property was killed after her car was hit by a Disney bus and then spun into another car....
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Why doesn't the MTA do holiday specials?
I thought this deserved its own thread so PLEASE don't scold me for it. I was thinking about this when I was riding the holiday train on Sunday and I would like to ask why doesn't the do holiday trips...
View ArticleVintage Bus Schedule
I looked over the MTA website, but I couldn't really find any specific information on what days and times they run. Does anyone know?
View ArticleMTA Public Safety Announcements and Proposed Fare Hike
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/12/commute-mta-public-safety-announcements-proposed-fare-hike/
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