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May 11, 2011
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Source: CBS New YorkNJ Transit on Wednesday will unveil its first locomotive that can operate on diesel fuel and electricity. Spokesman Dan Stessel said it's the first of its kind on any railroad in North America.
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Source: CBS New YorkThe recent rash of bad behavior on New York City's subways that has been caught on tape seems to have found another new low. THE GRAPHIC VIDEO CONTAINS NUDITY AND HARSH LANGUAGE.
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Source: WABC 7New York City taxi drivers may soon be paying more for refusing to take passengers where they want to go.
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Source:Calls for airlines to hand their no-fly lists to the nation's largest rail carrier are not sitting well with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
May 10, 2011
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Source: NY PostA series of blunders allowed a man to sneak into a PATH tunnel Sunday and walk the two miles from the World Trade Center to New Jersey -- a harrowing security breach.
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Source:Long Island Rail Road commuters are looking at more delays Tuesday morning as workers try to unravel and repair 1,400 feet of damage from an Amtrak derailment.
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Source: StreetsblogIs increased highway spending a tradeoff that transit advocates must accept in exchange for higher levels of investment in rail and buses? This question has been ricocheting around the Streetsblog Network the past few days.
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Source: NY Daily NewsNew York has been awarded a total of $354.4 million in federal funding from the United States DOT for three projects to advance the state's high-speed rail plans. The Empire State is one of the beneficiaries of funds rejected by Florida and also by Wisconsin and Ohio. NYC will get the lion's share of the New York funding.
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Source: NY PostTwo security workers at LaGuardia Airport say supervisors have sexually harassed them and discriminated against them.
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Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal-NewsAn investigation conducted by the state has lead to 46 arrests of commercial drivers, five of whom are from Westchester County. The drivers, some of whom were employees of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, were arrested for fraudulently obtaining multiple driver licenses by using an alias.
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Source: Fox 5 NYA spokesman for Atlantic City's leading casino said Monday that the cuts are due to the continuing poor economy, fierce competition from casinos in neighboring states and new freedom granted by state regulators to more easily adjust staffing levels to changing business conditions.
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Human error eyed in PATH train crash at Hoboken station platform; commuter ... - New York Daily NewsSource: NY Daily NewsInvestigators are probing whether a PATH train operator is to blame for the derailment of a train in Hoboken that injured dozens, sources said. The Port Authority and National Transportation Safety Board haven't reached any conclusions about the Sunday morning mishap in Hoboken.
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Source: NY PostOYSTER BAY, N.Y. — A U.S. senator says the National Park Service should help renovate a Long Island Rail Road station once used by President Theodore Roosevelt. Sen. Charles Schumer says the Park Service should evaluate the Oyster Bay railroad station.
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Source:Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, will be the guest of honor at the annual Roosevelt Day Dinner of Americans for Democratic Action on May 25 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. Americans for Democratic Action is an independent progressive political organization founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthur Schlesinger, John Kenneth Galbraith and Walter Reuther.
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Source: CBS New York
Rail riders are now more on edge than ever after two major security breaches over the weekend which come just days after officials warned that al-Qaeda could be targeting trains across the nation.
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Source: CBS New York
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn insisted that the banks must take responsibility for the buildings, saying that officials will "hold the banks accountable."
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Source: DNAinfo.comStarting next month, the bus cavern on Eighth Avenue will be wrapped in a shell of 6,000 square feet of LED lights, turning it into a giant advertising video billboard, with moving lights and flashing colors.
May 9, 2011
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Source: Wall Street JournalFacing pressure from organized labor, key legislators and real-estate executives are signaling a new openness to an idea they have long resisted: a law requiring union wages for construction of apartment buildings.
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Source:A tour bus driver whose license had been suspended a whopping 16 times was collared in Queens on Sunday after he tried to run over a cop and then led police on a high-speed chase, authorities said.
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Source: WNBC 4
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