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February 10, 2011
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Source: WABC 7
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Source: Transportation NationAndrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation - New Jersey transit has issued a $22 million contract to outfit some 1000 buses with hardware and software to convey real-time transit information.
See also: Transit Wire, Second Avenue Sagas, Fox 5 NY, NY Daily News
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Source: City Room / NY Times"Mr. Bloomberg is now attempting to win back the city’s authority to tackle pensions as part of his effort to reduce costs by hundreds of millions of dollars each year."
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Source: NY Daily NewsState Corrections Officers Union President Donn Rowe had some hair-raising testimony for Albany lawmakers today, saying Gov. Cuomo's proposal to cut 3,500 prison beds and close up to seven facilities would endanger the guards who watch over violent inmates.
See also: Politics on the Hudson
February 9, 2011
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Source:It was a terrible tabloid tale. While New York City was buried under a blizzard, widows and orphans freezing and starving in their apartments, union fat cats swigged brewskis and chuckled to themselves as sanitation workers conspired to stage a slowdown to gain leverage in their contract negotiations.… Alas, it never happened. The source of all this hysteria was a sketchy story told by Daniel Halloran, a rookie councilman and Tea Party Republican
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Source: PublicolaA new report from Smart Growth America suggests that Washington State invest heavily in repairing its roads and bridges—which saves money over the long run—and to fund more statewide investments in public transit, which “create almost twice the jobs that highways do, help others get to their jobs, and attract private sector investment, creating still more jobs.”
Related: Smart Growth America report
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Source: NY Post
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Source: NY Daily NewsBY Jonathan Lemire and Pete Donohue, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS - The city will continue to furlough workers who fill potholes rather than go full-strength in the war against craters, officials said.
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Source: NY PostThe 1990s and 2000s were record boom years. If we didn't put sufficient money into train cars then, when will we? The next few years look tougher -- with the MTA, for one, short billions of dollars for its capital-investment plan, even as it has to keep replacing old assets.
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Source: WABC 7Police have released a sketch of the man who pushed a subway worker onto the tracks on the Lower East Side.
See also: WPIX 11, NY Daily News, NY1
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Source: Transit Wirefew months after reporters identified a glitch in Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (CA) fare payment system, scammers continue to exploit the loophole. BART passengers using the regional Clipper card can run up a negative balance on their cards, traveling anywhere on the system for $2.
February 8, 2011
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Source: am New York
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Source: NYS AFL-CIOThe New York State AFL-CIO, representing over 2 million union members and their families, remains extremely concerned about the prospects of Walmart opening a facility in New York City.
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Source: Blueprint AmericaHow can we at once reduce our dependency on foreign oil, improve our environment, reduce the need to be at war in the Middle East, improve relations with the rest of the world and demonstrate our patriotism? The answer is simple: Freedom Fees.
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Source: WABC 7MTA says the excavation of the west tunnel for Phase I of the Second Avenue Subway is complete.
See also: MTA Press Release
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Source: Fox 5 NY
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Source: Transportation Nation(Albany, New York–Azi Paybarah, WNYC) New York City Mayor Bloomberg was once an advocate for congestion pricing in his city, but since his plan to ease city traffic was never approved by the state, he’s never formally tried again to pass it. (Though when asked, he’s consistently said he thinks its a good idea.)
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Source: NY ObserverMayor Mike Bloomberg testified in Albany today about Andrew Cuomo's budget and he urged lawmakers--especially those lawmakers who represent New York City--to do right by their constituents.
Related News: NYC Comptroller John Liu To Albany: Don't Balance State Budget On The City's Back, Megna: NYC Should Not Have Expected Aid Increase
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Source: NY TimesFrank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez presented a preliminary plan to have Amtrak pay $13.5 billion for a link between New York and New Jersey.
See also: MyCentralJersey.com, Infrastructurist, Transportation Nation
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Source: NY1The Long Island Rail Road was forced to cancel more than a dozen eastbound trains during the evening rush Monday after an Amtrak train derailed in Sunnyside, Queens.
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