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July 27, 2011
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Source: Mobilizing the RegionWestchester County’s Bee-Line bus system hit record ridership numbers last year (32.3 million), and a recent survey has revealed a transit-dependent and diverse ridership that relies on the system primarily to get to work. Unfortunately, at a time that riders’ incomes have taken a substantial hit, the bus they ride to work faces an uncertain future. The continuing local, state and federal budget battles could translate into service cuts and fare raises for a demographic, and community, that can hardly afford it.
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Source: NY Daily NewsPolice Commissioner Raymond Kelly called on Albany lawmakers on Tuesday to increase the fine for subway fare-beating after a Daily News report showed it's the cheapest way to travel - even if caught.
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Source: NY Daily NewsWhen Jay Walder presents his final budget for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority today, the departing chairman will be leaving a delicately balanced financial plan that avoids the twin evils of fare hikes and service cuts.
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Source: NewsdayThe MTA wants to borrow half of the roughly $14 billion needed to complete the plan -- with $3 billion of that coming through a federal loan. Some operating-budget funds usually earmarked to pay off new capital expenses instead would go toward paying the capital plan's debt service.The MTA hopes to partner with city, state and federal governments on strategies to cover the rest, officials said.One proposal involves sharing in property taxes on real estate purchases near the sites of the MTA's two so-called "megaprojects" -- the Second Avenue Subway and the LIRR 's East Side Access plan to Grand Central Terminal. Another would have the Port Authority buy rail cars, then lease them to the MTA.
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Source: ABC New YorkThe Metropolitan Opera has reached a contract agreement with a union representing singers, dancers and stage managers.
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Source: Bloomberg
N.Y.'s MTA Plugs Deficits by Raising Fares While Freezing Wages
Bloomberg
The fiscal road map was produced under Jay Walder, 52, the chairman and chief executive officer who plans to leave in October to head MTR Corp. (66), which runs the Hong Kong subway and trains in China. The Hong Kong-based company is more than 76 ...
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Source: NBC New YorkMan attacks an MTA driver with a screwdriver. Cellphone video captures it all.
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Source: NY1The New York City Police Department's Chief of Transit Raymond Diaz is retiring on Thursday after 41 years with the department and not one sick day, and he reflected on keeping the subways safe in an exclusive interview with NY1's Transit Reporter Tina Redwine.
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Source: WNYCOutdated technology along Metro-North’s New Haven Line in Connecticut led to multiple train breakdowns – including one last Friday when a train that stalled between Westport and Greens Farms because overhead power lines sagged and tangled, leaving passengers without air conditioning in the heat wave for nearly an hour.
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Source:The new fee was approved last year. It's designed to stop straphangers from tossing their cards as the MTA seeks to reduce manufacturing costs.
July 26, 2011
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Source: NY Daily News
A man wielding a screwdriver and screaming someone wanted to kill him tried to hijack a subway train by forcing his way into a motorman's cab, cops, a witness and the motorman said Monday.
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Source: ABC 7Subway stations in the Bronx are some of the busiest in the entire city. They are also the dirtiest and most dilapidated.
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Source: NY TimesEach company failed three or more roadside inspections of buses or drivers in the last six months.
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Source: amNYBronx subways need a visit from the “Extreme Home Makeover” crew, according to one MTA official.
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Source: NY TimesContract talks between Chrysler and the United Automobile Workers began Monday with promises by both sides to reach an agreement that benefits workers, the company and the American taxpayers who bailed out the nation’s third-largest automaker.
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Source: MetroThe MTA unveiled the first in a fleet of 90 new express buses Monday.
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Source: Contactless NewsJay Walder's recent departure as chairman of MTA could mean the end for a new open fare system.
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Source: NY PostThe sudden resignation of MTA Chair man Jay Walder gives Gov. Cuomo a tremendous chance to improve the agency. While the MTA has made much progress since Walder's arrival, much more work remains.
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Source:The MTA Tuesday will unveil a 2012 budget that doesn't cut service or hike fares - but riders may not escape completely unscathed.
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Source: NY Daily NewsMetropolitan Transportation Authority's subway division estimated fare-beaters entered without paying 18.5 million times in 2009 - an astounding average of 50,684 a day. Cops issued just 120,000 summonses that year.
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