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May 13, 2011
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Source: NY TimesTo promote pedestrian safety, New York City will introduce LED warning signs that feature a skeletal figure and warn drivers how fast they are going.
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Source: Regional Plan AssociationA report released today by the Brookings Institution shows the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region ranks 13th out of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the nation in providing its residents with transit access to jobs. The report, Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America, found that while 70 percent of all residents in the largest metro areas can get to public transit, the typical resident can reach only 30 percent of the region's jobs by transit.
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Source: NY Daily News
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Source:The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for five alleged repeat violations of safety standards following an inspection of the Morgan Processing and Distribution Center, located at 341 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan. The Postal Service faces a total of $93,500 in proposed fines following an OSHA inspection prompted by complaints.
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Source: YourNabeThe most improved subway line was the M, rising from 32 percent clean in 2009 to 61 percent in 2010. The N was 56 percent clean, the Q 50 percent, the F 46 percent, the J 40 percent, the B 37 percent, the D 37 percent, the E 36 percent and the G 36 percent.
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Source: Second Ave. SagasOver the past few years, I’ve often examined the debate surrounding the New York City subway map. The map is far from perfect, and functionality and form often fight it out with design and readability emerging as the losers. While recent redesigns have pared down the extraneous information, the subway map is an incomplete glimpse at the subway system as it runs during certain hours of the day. For all of that, the bus maps are even worse.
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Source: NY TimesTo thousands of protesters in Manhattan, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg seemed a fitting symbol of much that they found wrong with society.
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Source: Mocker Blog / WPIX 11
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Source: Fox 5 NY
The Long Island Rail Road says normal service is back for Friday's morning and evening rush.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
Unattended LIRR Trains in Queens: MyFoxNY.com
A Fox 5 News producer found an empty and unattended Long Island Rail Road with the doors wide open just sitting at the platform on the Long Island City station. He was able to walk right up the door and could have stepped right inside and into the driver's seat.
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Source: NY1Local bus riders often complaint about not knowing when the next bus is going to show up, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is working on a couple of pilot programs designed to make that complaint a thing of the past.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAn LIRR contractor used a high-powered hose to blast an unleashed dog, leaving the pooch with injuries to its eye, neck and face, the pup's owner said.
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Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal-News
New York State United Teachers is out with a radio advertising campaign encouraging people to vote on school budgets Tuesday. The ad uses people from three different generations to talk about the educational advantages they have had in their lives and urging voters to “pass it on.”
May 12, 2011
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Source: City RoomDissecting the sounds of the city's often-heard taxi horns, while a few New Yorkers with recognizable voices offer their own renditions.
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Source: Queens CourierAt least Met fans have a reason to celebrate; they ride the city’s cleanest train – the No. 7 – in an otherwise filthier system, a new report revealed.
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Source: NY TimesThe mayor was faulted by New Yorkers for his handling of the schools, in the poll by Quinnipiac University; they also said he had lost focus in his third term.
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Source:NJ Transit riders are pretty vocal about the "quiet commute'' program in which riders refrain from cellphone calls and mute their electronic devices.
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Source: DNAinfo.com
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Source: Gotham GazetteThe disputes between city government and cabbies continue as the City Council passed a bill raising fines for drivers who reject passengers on the basis of race or destination.
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Source: Fox 5 NYCommuters who rely on the Long Island Rail Road will be dealing with significant delays, cancelations and diversions through Friday, the MTA said.
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