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June 28, 2011
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Source: ABC 7Starting Monday, the MTA is selling E-Z Pass "on-the-go" tags in the cash lanes of the Henry Hudson Bridge.
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Source: Transit BloggerThe MTA Metro-North Railroad is looking to spice things up in Harrison. Their goal is to create a transit oriented development project around the Harrison train station. Here are more details courtesy of a press release sent out earlier.
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Source: ABC 7The New York City Council is set to ratify Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest budget deal.
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Source: NY PostA woman's right arm and left hand were partially severed by a subway train on the Lower East Side yesterday morning after she accidentally fell onto the tracks, cops said.
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Source: NY PostThe city's ethics panel has cleared Comptroller John Liu to move ahead with an audit of the Central Park Boathouse, even though he delivered a blistering attack against the owner at a rally staged by a politically powerful union.
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Source: NY Daily NewsMayor Bloomberg admitted Monday that he deserves some of the blame for the scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project.
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Source: Second Ave SagasUrban life is more desirable than ever, and more of the U.S. population than ever before resides in cities. Still, the battle goes on between cars and pedestrians. The livable streets crowd say that cars are a drain on urban resources. They take up space and cause pollution and congestion. Our investment priorities should be in mass transit in order to free up road space for vital trips and discourage auto use. Others say the car is a personal choice and one that should not be taken away from Americans. Where I fall on this divide is obvious.
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Source: Brooklyn PaperBrooklynites cheered the state Senate’s passage on Friday of a Bloomberg Administration bill to put meters inside of livery cabs and allow them to make street pick-ups — a boon to black cab-catching Brooklynites who are fed up with rip-off fares quoted by unregulated drivers.
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Source: Fortune / CNNThe tumultuous scenes in Wisconsin's capital -- with public workers fiercely defending their collective bargaining rights and opponents calling for their curtailment -- might seem to come out of nowhere. But the recent events in Madison are part of a long, and rocky, history between public employees and the governments they serve -- a relationship that often turns especially sour during harsh economic times.
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Source: BBCPolice have fired tear gas in running battles with stone-throwing youths in Athens, where a 48-hour general strike is being held against a parliamentary vote on tough austerity measures.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe Long Island Rail Road is facing "scattered" 20 to 30 minute delays out of Penn Station "with some additional canceled/combined trains, due to a smoke condition in one of the East River Tunnels," the MTA reported on its website.
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Source: Fox 5 NYA bus carrying Asian tourists rear-ended a flatbed tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Monday, killing the bus driver and injuring two dozen passengers, officials said.
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Source: Mobilizing the Region / Tri-State Transportation CampaignOne positive highlight from the state’s budget was the shielding of more transportation revenue from being diverted to the State’s General Fund.
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Source: DNAinfo.comMANHATTAN — Fernando Ferrer, the one-time mayoral hopeful and former Bronx Borough President, is adding a new title: MTA board member.
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Source: ABC 7New York City is closely watching the East River Ferry.
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Source: NY TimesCities want to make car use expensive and just plain miserable enough to tilt drivers toward more environmentally friendly modes of transportation.
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Source: NY PostMotorists are steering clear of MTA bridges and tunnels following a series of massive toll hikes.
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Source: CBS New YorkThe effort includes developing a new intelligence unit with the FBI and working with detectives from the federal Transportation Security Administration.
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Source:The employee benefits bill requires more than 500,000 teachers, police and other public workers to pay part of their health care premiums based on their incomes. Their pension contributions also will also rise.
June 27, 2011
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe nearly two-week grace period for the popular, new East River Ferry service finished Friday, according to the company's website.
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