Media Links - September 9, 2010
These links are provided for the information of Local 100 members. Local 100 does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in them.
MTA operations
- MTA to unveil clearer signs steering passengers through weekend, late night subway service changes - Daily News
- Making Subway Bad News Look Better (free registration required) - NY Times
MTA cutbacks and substitute services
Other MTA
- Long Island Pols Increase Pressure on MTA - Long Island Press
- [Poor planning] an [Expensive and Time-Consuming] Obstacle to 2nd Ave. Subway (free registration required) - NY Times
- Andy Morris survives 625-volt zap after being pushed onto live third rail in drunken brawl - Daily News
- MTA bigs squeal on panic gate - NY Post
- 8-page False Alarm: A Study of NYC Transit Emergency Exit Gates - New York City Transit Riders Council
- Alarms ineffective at emergency exits, says Riders’ Council report - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- [100 Years Ago,] The L.I.R.R. Reaches Manhattan (free registration required) - NY Times
Other metro NY transit
- DeCamp strike being felt by local commuters - South Bergenite
- DeCamp Workers, Management Remain at Odds: Strike continues as negotiations over wages and benefits fail to improve - Caldwells Patch blog
- Capital Region Transportation Forum is Sept. 21 - Tri-State Transportation Campaign
- No bus service for 3,000 SI students [links to 2.5-min video] - WABC-TV
- School Bus Battle On Staten Island: 7th, 8th Graders Left To Fend For Themselves [links to 2.75-min video] - WNYW-TV
- Budget Cuts Means Fewer Buses For School Year [links to 2-min video] - WCBS-TV
TWU international and other locals
- Transit unions intensify organizing in wake of crucial rule change - The (Capitol) Hill
- In California, PERB Denies TWU Request for Injunction Stopping Muni Service Restorations - Streetsblog
Safety and health
- U.S. Reps. Maloney and Nadler Announce New Vote on Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Bill Expected to Get House Vote Under Normal Rules Week of September 20th - Office of Jerrold Nadler
- 9/11 health bill expected to pass in House - Daily News
- Between Disasters, Workplace Safety Struggles for Attention: Despite worker interest, new report shows scarcity of serious, sustained media coverage - In These Times blog
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- RMT motion at TUC calls for co-ordinated strike action, national demonstration and link up with community groups in fight against the cuts - RMT
- Tube hit by overtime ban as strike ends - Agence France Presse
- 85,000 commuters in São Paulo benefit from the new BRT Corridor - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Transit policy
- Democrats Say Obama Transpo Plan a Surprise - Transportation Nation blog
- What does President Obama’s transportation initiative mean? - Smart Growth America
- The New Infrastructure Proposal: Could It Be Passed? [links to 4.5-min video] - Infrastructurist
- Rep. Blumenauer Responds to Obama’s Infrastructure Proposals - Infrastructurist
- Transit cutbacks target those hit most by recession - Vassar College Miscellany
Labor union policy and practice
Metro NY politics and economics
National politics and economics
- Unions will demand aggressive labor agenda even after midterm hit - The (Capitol) Hill
- Why Barack Is Behind - NY Observer
Etc.