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May 26, 2011
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Source: WPIX
May 25, 2011
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Source: StreetsblogLusher Shute sounded optimistic about the lockbox’s chances. “There are tons of groups behind it,” she said, and legislators’ memories of recent fare hikes and service cuts are fresh. “It’s very possible that we could move that this session.”
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Source: NY PostBackshaft! Eight fire companies in Brooklyn — 40 percent of the proposed 20 citywide closures — could flame out under a controversial plan by the Bloomberg Administration to save $55 million.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA group of consultants billed taxpayers for full-time, six-figure salaries while spending big chunks of their time devising - along with their school system boss - plans for a new business enterprise, Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon reported.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe latest performance statistics published by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority showed that the city's numbered subway lines - the No. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 - suffered a sharp jump in late trains in March.
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Source: Second Avenue SagasFor the second time in two years, the MTA has redesigned its homepage. In an effort to simplify the amount of information on its public landing page and better present customers with directions, service alerts and useful transit apps, the authority has just flipped the switch on a simplified design that borrows from transit agencies across the country and world. For a peak at the new site, check out MTA.info.
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Source: NBC New YorkPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly warned transit and law enforcement officials Tuesday that they still must be extra vigilant along rail lines after documents were uncovered at Osama bin Laden's compound discussing train attacks on the 9/11 anniversary.
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Source: NY1Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said Tuesday that over 300 new low-floor buses will hit the streets near the end of this summer.
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Source: NY PostManhattan-bound commuters will get new express service — albeit on the river rather than under it — when the city implements new ferry service across the East River next month. On June 13, New York Waterway will launch service connecting Greenpoint, Williamsburg and DUMBO to Lower Manhattan and Midtown every 20 minutes...
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Source: WNYCA class action lawsuit that calls for the future taxi fleet to be fully wheelchair accessible is moving forward after a judge Tuesday denied the city's request to have it dismissed.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe odds of having to swipe a MetroCard more than once to get through the turnstile are one in five, Metropolitan Transportation Authority records show.
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Source: The AtlanticHow the press misrepresented a recent report—and why most city rankings are problematic in general
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Source: The HillThe ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Tuesday that an increase in the federal gas tax should be among the options to fund a long-term transportation spending bill. Congress is gearing up to begin work on the so-called Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, or SAFETEA-LU.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe city will not open the crosswalk at Vesey and West streets near the World Trade Center.
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Source: NY1A bill requiring large trucks to be equipped with mirrors to eliminate blind spots has cleared its final legislative hurdle.
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Source: Capitol Confidential / Albany Times UnionSenate passes gas tax holiday, likely to stall in Assembly
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Source: NY PostWOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Drivers who have E-ZPass accounts in other states soon won't get off-peak discounts when they pass through New Jersey.
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Source: DNAinfo.comFor nearly a month, the sidewalk around the subway entrance at the north-west corner of West 34th Street and Seventh Avenue has been covered by orange and white plastic traffic barriers and haphazardly stacked wooden planks.
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Source: NY TimesKathy Hochul’s victory in a conservative New York district deals a blow to the national Republican Party in a race that largely turned on the party’s plan to overhaul Medicare.
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Source: NY TimesA New York Times study of three blocks found more people and fewer vacant apartments than in the 2010 count.
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