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February 24, 2012
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Source: CBS New YorkThe MTA’s FASTRACK inspection and maintenance plan will be affecting the B, D, F, and M lines beginning next week. That means that trains on those lines will be shut down from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., suspending 6th Avenue service between 57th Street and West 4th Street in Manhattan in both directions from February 27 to March 2.
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Source: D.C. StreetsblogWhile there is no official statement yet, sources on the Hill (and CQ for subscribers) are saying that House Republicans are revamping their 5-year, $260 billion transportation bill and will discard their proposal to eradicate the dedicated transit funding mechanism enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1983. The bill is unlikely to see floor debate next week.
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Source: CBS New YorkWhen you drive by on the old Tappan Zee Bridge and see the barges out on the water you’re looking at the new bridge taking shape and the remarkable thing is work has begun even though the contract hasn’t been let yet. They don’t know precisely how much it’s going to cost, or exactly what it’ll look like when it’s finished.
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Source: NY1Replenishing an E-ZPass account with cash is getting easier, as MTA Bridges and Tunnels unveiled a pilot program Thursday that uses a reload card for cash-paying customers.
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Source: Various
From the MTA Press Release: "MTA New York City Transit… announced the reopening of the 4th Avenue-9th Street station house on the F G line at the east side of 4th Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets after being shuttered for more than 40 years. It is part of the station component work being done in conjunction with the massive Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation Project. The work was completed by in-house forces with part of the funding secured by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz ($2 million) and Assembly Member Joan Millman ($800,000)."
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Source: Capital New YorkAt one point during a public infrastructure forum today, M.T.A. chairman (and former deputy mayor) Joe Lhota said, "The city is a child of the state, and it’s sometimes very hard for children to accept it."
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Source: Transportation NationAbout a quarter of employees who work in New York area airports — including some who have jobs in security — make wages that are below the poverty line, according to a new study released this week.
February 23, 2012
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Source: NY TimesFederal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against Gary May, a superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion left 29 dead in 2010, continuing an emotional case that has been closely watched by the mining industry and the families of the dead miners.
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Source: NY1The future of federal mass-transit funding remains in limbo as Republicans in the House of Representatives try to move forward with a transportation bill that is getting becoming increasingly unpopular. NY1's Washington reporter Erin Billups filed the following report.
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Source: NY TimesThe voice is instantly recognizable on any numbered line but the No. 7. It is a chipper, crisp, slightly plummy tenor belonging to Bernie Wagenblast, 55, of Cranford, N.J. It may be too chipper for the morning rush, but usually it’s as welcoming as a disembodied, amplified, reverberating sound can be.
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Source: AFL-CIO NOW BLOGA proposed new pension system puts the retirement security of New York firefighters, teachers, police officers and other public employees at risk, and the New York State AFL-CIO is fighting back.
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Source: CBS New YorkThe NYPD needs help trying to find a man who they say is wanted for public lewdness on the subway in the Bronx.
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Source: DNAInfo.comWillie Gonzalez, 25, of West 111th Street, was walking south on St. Nicholas Avenue when he was hit by an M60 bus moving west on 125th Street at 1:15 a.m., police and transit officials said.
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Source: Times Herald-RecordThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority stands to lose $1 billion a year in federal transit money if the U.S. House of Representatives doesn't amend pending legislation.
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Source: MashableIf modern technology is a universal language, the world is getting schooled in innovation, especially in the public transportation sector.
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Source: NY PostCity officials are planning the mother of all illegal-cab crackdowns — and they’ll have the parking lot to prove it.
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Source: NY TimesState officials said Wednesday that they were exploring the possibility of turning the three-mile-long bridge into a route for pedestrians and bicyclists along the lines of the High Line on the West Side of Manhattan, or the equally successful Walkway Over the Hudson linking Poughkeepsie and Highland.
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Source: Fox New York
Port Authority Posts Toll Cheats: MyFoxNY.com
The names of the most egregious violators - both individuals and commercial drivers - will now appear on the Port Authority's website.
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Source: Wall St. JournalA new Tappan Zee bridge would be built with space for future bus lanes and even commuter trains, but a mass transit link across the Hudson River isn't a part of the state's immediate plans, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
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Source: NBC New York
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Andrew Wang of Brooklyn is recovering after two thieves grabbed his Iphone and then threw him onto the subway tracks. News4's John Noel has his story.
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