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June 10, 2011
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe Department of Transportation plans to begin making changes to the highly-congested 181st Street corridor.
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Source: Wall Street JournalWith contracts for nearly two dozen unions set to expire June 30, contractors say they doubt agreements will be reached in many cases and that work stoppages are possible.
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Source: Journal-NewsWrangling in Congress over the federal budget has local transportation officials wringing their hands as they wait to see whether funds for construction projects, new buses and trains are slashed.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Franklin Ave. shuttle may be the hottest ride in town.
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Source: NBC New York
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A Great Neck man injured when he fall into a Long Island Rail Road gap was reunited Thursday with the veteran NYPD detective who stepped forward as his daring rescuer. -
Source: Public News ServiceNassau County Executive Edward Mangano is expected to announce this afternoon the choice from among three private bidders to take over running Long Island buses from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Critics of the move say whichever one he chooses will be a mistake.
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Source: NY Daily NewsRiders panicked when three shots erupted from the last cars of a Manhattan-bound A train at the Howard Beach station about 6:30 p.m.
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Source: NY1It may have been sweltering on the city sidewalks Thursday, but straphangers were pleasantly surprised to find the subway system was not an inferno.
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Source: Transportation NationThe U.S. Department of Transportation says it has caught a long-distance bus company operating illegally after being shut down for safety violations.
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Source: NY1Kevin Pimpinelli, a police officer at the Metropolitan Transit Authority, was awarded first place in the United States Police Canine Association 2011 trials today along with his pooch partner Mullen.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now BlogPhil Neuenfeldt, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO president, sends an update on the actions around Wisconsin’s Walkerville.
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Source: NY Daily NewsHere's the memo regarding a slew of coming layoffs. As first reported by the T-U's Jim Odato, "Gov. Cuomo's administration pushed forward Wednesday with its plan to lay off up to 9,800 state workers, setting July 15 as the date for the first wave of terminations." NYS Layoffs Memo
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Source: NY PostCity Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) has said he believes voters in his district continue to support his efforts to investigate the city’s handling of the Dec. 26 blizzard despite a new city report that effectively debunks his claims that a work slowdown among city workers took place.
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Source:To save about 700 jobs in the city, the Yonkers City Council voted to have an across-the-board wage freeze.
June 9, 2011
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Source:The company's contract with its workers is set to expire one week from today.
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Source: InfrastructuristOn Monday we explained why building new roads often does nothing to alleviate highway congestion. The University of Toronto economists who recently studied this phenomenon do offer an alternative solution to improving traffic flow: congestion pricing.
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Source: Second Ave. SagasJonathan Ballon, a public finance lawyer, is the newest MTA Board member. The New York State Senate confirmed Ballon yesterday to a six-year term. He was appointed to the board by Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the suggestion of Robert P. Astorino, the county executive of Westchester, and is likely replacing Donald Cecil, a holdover appointee whose term had expired in 2009.
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Source: Transit BloggerWith the Black Eyed Peas set to play a free concert in Great Lawn of Central Park, MTA NYC Transit has announced that they will extend service on the Brooklyn-bound & reroute Brooklyn-bound service to the local track.
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Source: Associated PressNew Jersey's Republican governor and Democratic Senate president have reached a deal to change pensions and health benefits for all public workers.
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Source: CBS New YorkNew Jersey Transit passengers can now send text messages to alert authorities about suspicious activity and get schedule information on their phones.
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