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February 8, 2011
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Source: WABC 7A noose was found outside the locker of an FDNY employee in Brooklyn.
February 7, 2011
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Source: UPITransport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samuelsen said the incident points up the need for platform screen doors.
See also: NY Daily News
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Source: Washington PostThe Obama administration has decided to allow limited collective bargaining rights for transportation security officers.
See also: AFL-CIO Now Blog
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Source: Economix - NY TimesBy DAVID LEONHARDT - They're also the breaks that politicians seem to like best.
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Source: NY TimesBy PATRICK McGEEHAN - Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez are planning to study the feasibility of building a tunnel that could carry trains in and out of Manhattan.
See also: Transportation Nation, Wall Street Journal, WNYC
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Source: NY Daily NewsPete Donohue - For those MTA board members who don't seem to fully understand why riders gripe so much, here's a scene from the Manhattan underground.
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Source: NY PostBy DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called on Gov. Cuomo to push the state Legislature to include the mayor's proposals for a pension overhaul as part of a new state-budget package. Related: "Dean Baker: Debts Should Be Honored, Except for Working People"
February 4, 2011
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Source: NY PostBy Natalie O'Neill - Phone-wielding B63 straphangers can now track their snail-like bus along its Bay Ridge-to-Brooklyn Heights route, thanks to a satellite-guided system unveiled on Wednesday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
See also: Brooklyn Eagle
Related story: "Staten Island to Get Realtime Bus Info by the End of the Year." (Transportation Nation)
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Source: NY TimesBy PATRICK MCGEEHAN - New York and New Jersey may have stopped shedding jobs in 2010, but union membership continued to decline, though New York remains the most unionized state in the nation. See also: NY Post
Related story: Unemployment falls to 9%, but only 36,000 new jobs added (NY Daily News)
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Source: NY Post
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Source: Fox 5The sidewalks outside the Pelham Bay Park subway terminal and bus stop in the Bronx is covered in a sheet of ice. But no one agrees on whose job it is to clear it.
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Source: NY TimesBy MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM - A bill to be introduced on Friday aims to end complaints by seeking stricter regulation of discount bus companies operating on New York City streets.
See also: NY Post
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Source: NY Daily News
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Source: Queens GazetteState Senator Michael Gianaris and Assemblymember Aravella Simotas sent a letter to Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Jay Walder responding to the MTA announcement of a major, month-long construction project on the N and Q subway lines in Astoria. The legislators noted that while the project (which will include track panel removal and installation) will increase train performance, it would severely inconvenience commuters.
See also: Your Nabe
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Source: Downtown DigestSpeaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver is urging the MTA to reconsider proposed service cuts to the M22 bus line that runs through Lower Manhattan.
February 3, 2011
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Source: Digital TransactionsAfter about four years of testing, the New York City area’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is beginning the process of building a fare-payment system based on general-purpose contactless cards. MTA officials tell Digital Transactions News that they plan to publish a so-called Concept of Operations, a document outlining the agency’s broad plans that would help vendors develop formal proposals. That document is expected to be available for review soon, though the agency hasn’t given an exact date. See also: Transit Blogger
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Source: Transportation NationBy Alex Goldmark: Today, one State Senator is criticizing the idea in a sharply worded statement and letter to MTA Chairman Jay Walder. […] “Much to my surprise the MTA found the notion [of platform barriers] intriguing. To even contemplate this nonsense is self-evidently a waste of time, effort, energy and yes – money; money the MTA does not have. The cost to install the barriers would be astronomical. The cost to maintain the doors in good operating condition would be even higher,” Savino said. See also: Metro
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Source: NY TimesBy DAVID W. CHEN - The mayor wants to require most new municipal workers to work at least 10 years, or double the current amount, to qualify for a pension, and bar them from receiving pension checks until age 65. Now most nonuniformed workers, including teachers, can get pension checks at age 57, and some police officers and firefighters can receive full pension checks after working 20 years, no matter their age. See also: NY Post, NY Daily News,
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Source: NY PostBy BILL SANDERSON - Transportation projects were anything but stimulated in the federal government's job-growth package, a new report says. Just $700 million of the Obama administration's federal stimulus money was spent between February 2009 and September 2010 on highway, bridge, mass transit and other projects in New York. See also: NY Building Congress report
February 2, 2011
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Source: WNYCThe MTA said Governor Andrew Cuomo's call on Tuesday for a $100 million cut from its already squeezed budget will be painful but can be done without additional fare hikes or service cuts. Still, riders may see dirtier buses and trains. […] The MTA went on to adopt a we're-all-in-it-together tone when raising the subject of what are sure to be contentious negotiations with its unions: "We are hopeful that this year we can work with our labor unions to find productivity improvements that protect jobs even as we reduce costs."
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