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July 14, 2011
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Source: NY PostFacing an economic downturn and soaring tolls, thousands of motorists intent on saving a few bucks went "bridge shopping" and switched to Manhattan's free spans to avoid the pricey MTA crossings, according to a new report.
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Source: NY TimesThe governor praised the state’s largest public employee union for agreeing to wage and benefits concessions this year, but also criticized unions for resisting lower retirement benefits for what he described as “the unborn” — future state workers for whom he wants to reduce pensions.
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Source: Greg Mocker
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Source: NY 1After a recent attack on an MTA bus driver, more security cameras are being installed in city buses.
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Source: Gotham GazetteToday Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn announced that state Supreme Court Judge Marcy Friedman has ordered the Empire State Development Corp. to conduct additional environmental review of the project, including a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. (The ruling is available here.)
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Source: Fox 5 NY
NJ Transit has approved a 2012 operating budget that holds the line on fares.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now BlogThe nearly 400 members of Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 212 in Buffalo, N.Y., who were locked out by BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York since April 26, will be going back to work after ratifying a new contract today.
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Source: Transportation Nationt one time it was hoped that the $1.4 billion expansion and reconstruction of the Fulton Street Transit Center, partly damaged in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, would be done by the tenth anniversary of that day. That won’t happen. But steady progress is being made on the much-delayed project, including the scheduled opening in the next two months of a new entrance and restoration of service to a closed portion of the Cortlandt Street station next to Ground Zero.
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Source: Transportation Nation
A car-free Central Park is not a new idea, but it’s been gathering momentum in recent months. TN’s Andrea Bernstein talks to WNYC’s Brian Lehrer about a host of city transit issues: cars in parks, urban transit policy in other countries, New York”s upcoming bike share program, the boom in weekend subway ridership — and takes calls from listeners.
July 13, 2011
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Source:Connecticut starts sending layoff notices to state workers after union members reject plan to save $1.6 billion in concessions and savings.
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Source: CBS New YorkNJ Transit riders are not thrilled about the price of a ride, late trains and buses and service interruptions, and they give the sprawling statewide system mediocre marks in a new customer satisfaction survey.
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Source: NY PostThe MTA is paying out more money to fewer employees, according to a study released yesterday.
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Source: NBC New YorkProsecutors say a 26-year-old employee of the Fresh Direct grocery service is responsible for a string of lewd sex acts that terrorized female subway riders over a period of three years.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now BlogWisconsin voters saw through Republican trickery and voted for the real candidates in six state Senate Democratic primaries yesterday. The balloting was the first round of elections to recall six Republican state senators who were instrumental in ramming through Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) bill that eliminates the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
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Source: Second Ave. SagasAs this site nears its fifth birthday — I’ll reach the half-decade mark in late November — my thoughts have often turned toward the Second Ave. Subway. I started this site in 2006 when it became clear that Sen. Chuck Schumer and the then-newly empowered Senate Democrats would offer substantial funding to New York City for the completion of the first phase of the Second Ave. Subway. After 70 years of planning and numerous starts and stops, a salvation for the congesting East Side IRT and access for those who live on the far East Side was on the horizon.
Of course, that was before the market went south, before Lehman Brothers collapsed, before the state only guaranteed funding for two years of the MTA’s key 2010-2014 capital plan that would have all but guaranteed enough money to cover Second Ave. Subway construction. Economically and politically, things are much different than they were five years ago.
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Source: NY1Officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Department of Transportation are looking to ease traffic on Hylan Boulevard by creating bus-only lanes on both sides of the boulevard for faster bus service and more room for cars.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe cash-strapped city blew more than $3.8 million on 1,600 palm scanners that may soon be rendered useless, the Daily News has learned.
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Source: NY Daily NewsCompared with the hundreds of millions of dollars ripped off from taxpayers in the CityTime scandal, another $3.8 million wasted on biometric hand scanners might seem like a minor problem.
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Source: Second Ave. SagasNearly 33 percent of subway payphones at the system’s 40 busiest stations are not in working order, according to a report released today the Straphangers Campaign. With subway cell service still a work in progress and years away from becoming a system-wide reality, these numbers do not bode well for emergency communications or response efforts.
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Source: WNYCThe Cortland Street subway station near Ground Zero has been under construction since 9/11, but it is expected to be fully operational by the 10th anniversary in two months. A half-mile long connection hub, known as the Fulton Street Transit Center, is also still under construction, but WNYC got to take a sneak peak of it and the William Street station, which is expected to open on July 31.
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