7online: 7 train being pulled into Queensboro Plaza after losing power
http://7online.com/travel/7-train-being-pulled-into-queensboro-plaza-after-losing-power/500895/ QUEENS (WABC) -- A number 7 subway train lost power Monday morning and stopped east of Queensboro...
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Mid-Suffolk Train Yard Information Center Opens Today at Ronkonkoma Station...
Mid-Suffolk Train Yard Information Center Opens Today at Ronkonkoma Station as Part of LIRR Public Outreach Select Language▼ January 29th, 2015 LIRR President Patrick A. Nowakowski Customers and...
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Charge It! Limited Pilot Program Introduces Onboard Credit Card Payment to...
Charge It! Limited Pilot Program Introduces Onboard Credit Card Payment to Danbury and Wassaic Branches Customers traveling on the Wassaic Branch and the Danbury Branch can now use their credit cards...
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Metro-North Train Hits 2 Cars In Valhalla; Catches Fire
A Metro-North train car was seen going up in flames Tuesday evening, after the train struck two cars during the evening rush in Valhalla. The cars were crossing at Commerce Street in Valhalla when...
View ArticleSCT Sunday Serivce Testimonals (provided by Tri-State Campaign/LIBRU/LIJWJ))
Please do not remove this booklet is is provided with LIBRU's allies, Tri-State Campaign. Five members of LIBRU attended Albany lobby day for Invest in Transit Keep New York Moving." to speak with...
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Big Data and Bacteria: Mapping the New York Subway’s DNA
Aboard a No. local train in Manhattan, Weill Cornell researcher Christopher Mason patiently rubbed a nylon swab back and forth along a metal handrail, collecting DNA in an effort to identify the...
View ArticleNYC Subway Slasher, Who Attacked 5 People, Arrested by Police
A 24-year-old man was arrested in connection with a spree of attacks this week in which he slashed or punched five people over a 20-minute span across lower Manhattan, New York City police said Friday....
View ArticleCompletely empty bus maps to use
I remember seeing empty mta bus maps on scaped.net. Since that site is removed/no longer active, does anyone know where I can find a bus and maybe even a subway map that has the (form of) template that...
View ArticleCrazy MN Dispatching
Last Saturday, Feb 7, I rode 6315 (New Haven Line) to Grand Central. The train was routed onto Track 4 over the Harlem River drawbridge and stopped on the curve approaching Harlem-125th Street station....
View ArticleIt's Been a Rough Week for Transit
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/02/commute-rough-week-transit/
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The struggle in NY- Upstate NY bus systems are barely holding themselves...
Here in New York City, we have an adequate bus system, serving the needs of most commuters. We have services which other towns and cities upstate don't usually have. Upstate transit systems are small,...
View ArticleTriboro Subway Line
As continuously mentioned there are ideas out to use an old freight line to connect the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn to give more connections towards subway lines in the outer boroughs. Currently known...
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Manhattan-Centric Transit System Falls Short in Other Boroughs
http://library.rpa.org/pdf/RPA-Overlooked-Boroughs-Technical-Report.pdf Manhattan-Centric Transit System Falls Short in Other Boroughs February 10, 2015 The outer boroughs have more residents...
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Why are the Central Park West stations so deep?
Why are the Central Park West stations so deep and why hasn't the made them accessible for disabled people (i.e. escalator or elevator)? The amount of stairs that one has to climb if you get off...
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Teen survives accident involved with NYCT Bus in Williamsburg
Original Article by :New York Post Bus vs Pedestrian 1A.jpg by duecedrives_mtanyct, on Flickr Photo: Dennisthephotog.com An MTA bus driver is facing charges after running over a 15-year-old girl...
View ArticleBus operator pay scale
Hey I will be getting called anyday now and I was wondering the pay scale I know you basically start at 21 and end at 31 after the fourth year but are there pay increments throughout each year before...
View ArticleA Ride Through Brooklyn On The Manhattan Bound F Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWOARFIqeHw
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Staten Island's transportation crisis isn't going away
Stalling current Island needs is the huge funding crisis at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs the New York City subway and bus system, among other operations. It's...
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