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March 11, 2011
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Source: Transportation NationIn her first public event in New York City since being confirmed as state Department of Transportation Commissioner, Joan McDonald spoke about maintaining the state’s aging infrastructure during a tough economy.
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Source: WNYCThe Metropolitan Transit Authority is investigating why a Brooklyn-bound M train opened its doors before pulling completely into a station on Monday. In the meantime, it has suspended the train's crew members with pay.
March 10, 2011
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Source: AFL-CIO NOW blogThousands of working familes are gathering in Madison this morning and statewide for a 9 a.m. CT rally to protest last night’s rigged vote in the state Senate to eliminate the rights of public employees to bargaining for good middle-class jobs.
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Source: NY PostState Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) surrendered to federal authorities to face corruption charges. Kruger, flanked by his attorney Ben Brafman and two other men, turned himself in to the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in Manhattan around 8:30 a.m.
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Source: NY ObserverCity Comptroller John Liu is slated to appear at a public forum entitled "Why Are We Funding Low-Wage Jobs" at the Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education this afternoon that labor and progressive groups hope kicks off a major effort to create a living wage standard for city projects.
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Source: In These TimesIn the wake of the Wisconsin's Senate end-run to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, thousands of angry protesters descended again on the state capital.
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Source: Associated PressLegal fees to keep NJ Transit from repaying money spent on the scuttled Hudson River rail tunnel have cost more than $330,000 in the first month.
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Source: Wall Street JournalThe MTA on Wednesday suspended the crew of a subway train that opened its doors with one car not yet on the platform.
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Source: Transportation Nation / WNYCThe city is further cracking down on taxis that refuse to drive outside of Manhattan with a proposal for steeper fines and possibly revoking the license of repeat offenders. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday said such “geographic discrimination” is unacceptable and on the rise.
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Source: Long Island HeraldThe N14 North Rockville Centre Loop bus route could be on the chopping block, if the MTA is unable to resolve a funding dispute with Nassau County.
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Source: Greenline / AFSCMENoted economist Dean Baker has written what could be best described as the definitive explanation of the state of public sector pension plans. In it, Baker explains that the cause of pension funding challenges is not benefit payments or benefit increases, but the significant decline in the stock market during 2008 and 2009. Although this is obvious to those familiar with the operation of public pension plans, Baker’s conclusion is both well-documented and well-explained.
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Source: NY Daily NewsClaude Williams won the money in 2009 after a jury decided he wasn't drunk when he stepped into the path of a New York City Transit bus - but the Appellate Division tossed the verdict Tuesday and ordered a new trial. "Apart from (William's) own testimony that he was looking 'straight,' there is common sense," the justices wrote.
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Source: WCBS 880
On average, New York City employees are paid 17 percent less than workers in the private sector, according to Comptroller John Liu.
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Source: MTA Press ReleaseCountdown Clocks already offer subway customers audio and visual alerts to the arrival of the next train. However, to remove some of the confusion in the busier stations serving multiple train lines we have added express (EXP) and local (LCL) icons to help riders identify arriving trains.
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A commuter said he's fed up with paying for service he's not getting on the Long Island Rail Road. So he's suing the railroad on behalf of all commuters.
March 9, 2011
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Source: Streetsblog
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provides faster and more efficient service than an ordinary bus system. While a proper BRT route operates like a surface subway, the cost is much lower. In the latest installment of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” Streetfilms explains the key features of bus rapid transit around the world and how BRT helps shift people out of cars and taxis and onto buses.
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Source: Regional Plan Association
Why Build High-Speed Rail in the Northeast? from Regional Plan Association on Vimeo.
High-speed rail in the Northeast Corridor is critical to providing the capacity needed to support projected growth in the region.
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Source: WFAN 660AMThe NFL Players Association retained an international investment bank to help it decide whether the league's offer to reveal more financial information during negotiations will be enough to satisfy the union's call for full disclosure.
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Source: WNBC 4
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New Yorkers already know which subway lines are the dirtiest and which ones have the worst delays -- now an informal survey by a Brooklyn woman can tell you where pregnant women are most likely to get a seat. -
Source: WNBC 4
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Bucky Turco, the founder of Animal New York, and Ben Kabak, of Second Avenue Sagas, consider an MTA proposal to put ads in the subway tunnels.
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