Media Links - June 25, 2010
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Local 100 and members
MTA cutbacks and budget
- It's the end of the line for numerous bus routes as MTA prepares to slash service - Daily News
- MTA Service Changes: Reductions to subways, buses, trains [with link to 1.5-min video] - FOX5-TV
- End of the line for 2 NYC subway routes [with link to 2.5-min video] - Associated Press
- MTA Service Cut Leaves Swimmers Stranded - WNBC.com
- As Service Cuts Kick In, MTA Deficit Keeps Growing - Streetsblog
- MTA chief warns of difficult financial times ahead - Newsday
- In the Bronx, a Floating Pool but No Way to Get There - Wall Street Journal
- Service cuts come with shorter M train, less frequent G service - amNewYork
- Student MetroCards saved, but more cuts to MTA ahead - Amsterdam News
- Op-Ed: Thank Albany while you wait longer for that bus - Downtown Express
- Major Subway Changes Set for Monday: V and W Discontinued; M Rerouted to Midtown and Queens Blvd; Q Extended to Astoria - MTA Press Office
- MTA Proposal Would Save Over 700 Jobs [and some suggestions for the future] - Transit Blogger
- For the V and the W, a final day - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- Rally For The Final W Train - Transit Blogger
- "We Take The B 71": Local Residents Protest The MTA's Elimination Of Local Bus Route [with links to 2 short YouTube videos] - Pardon Me for Asking blog
Van network
- Up from Undergroud: Demand Drives Dollar Van Industry [with link to 3.75-min audio] - WNYC
- Questions Linger About Bloomberg’s New Livery Van Service - Streetsblog
Other MTA
- Anti-terror cams on track for subway hubs - NY Post
- $800K MetroCard scammer gets a year in the clink - NY Post
- [Strong Negative Reaction to News that] MetroCard Scammer To Serve 1 Year In Jail - Transit Blogger
Other metro NY transit
- Staten Island's City Council delegation files lawsuit to prevent yellow bus disruption - Staten Island Advance
- NY Senate passes bill to create high-speed rail board - Albany Business Review
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- SEPTA's getting an AT&T Station - and $3.4M - Philadelphia Daily News
- D.C. Metro fare increases begin over the weekend - Washington Post
- Union anger in UK as Network Rail chief Iain Coucher takes home £1.25m - London Evening Standard
- £2m rail bonuses spark outrage - Press Association
NY public-sector workers
Public-sector workers outside metro NY
Metro NY private-sector workers
Metro NY politics and economics
- City Council and Mayor Reach Accord on a Budget - NY Times
- Mayor Bloomberg, Christine Quinn agree to $63B spending plan that will save 20 firehouses - Daily News
- Bloomberg and Council Shake on Budget - Gotham Gazette
- Details emerge on NY clothing sales tax proposal: Lawmakers mull ending the exemption for apparel priced under $110 for about six months and then reinstate it in 2012 - Crains NY Business
National politics and economics