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April 19, 2011
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Source: Transit BloggerEarlier today, the MTA Bus Company announced that its QM24 express bus route would now operate on 6th Avenue instead of 8th Avenue. The 3rd Avenue portion of service remains unchanged. Here are details courtesy of a press release.
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Source: Gotham GazetteDespite New York state's open meetings law, city and state agencies vary widely over the kind of access and information they give citizens.
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Source:Arguing that "our property tax is not that high," Mayor Bloomberg yesterday shot down a proposal by the real-estate industry to cap taxes on apartment buildings once they are no longer eligible for lucrative breaks under a program aimed at creating affordable housing.
April 18, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsNew York became the sixth state to average $4 a gallon, joining Alaska, California, Connecticut, Hawaii and Illinois, according to AAA.
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Source: NY Daily NewsMembers of our now slightly less dysfunctional state Legislature have introduced bills requiring the MTA to give free or reduced-price travel to more than 1 million additional New Yorkers - without providing an extra dime to make up for the lost revenue.
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Source: WNYCThe value of lost, expired or unused Metrocards over the course of a year adds up to a hefty $52 million. To encourage riders to keep better track of cards, the MTA will start charging a $1 Metrocard replacement fee later this year.
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Source: NY1An off-duty MTA Bridges and Tunnels officer was recovering Sunday after he was shot the previous night during a gunfight inside an auto repair shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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Source: NY PostAn escalator malfunction at Penn Station sent three people to the hospital yesterday afternoon, said an MTA spokesperson.
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Source: WNBC
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Source: Albany Watch / Journal-NewsSenate Transportation Committee chairman Charles Fuschillo, R-Nassau County, said today that he’s introducing legislation to allow the state to more easily enter into private deals to fund infrastructure projects.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThose looking to hail a cab outside Manhattan may soon find a taxi with more ease - just don't expect it to be yellow. The Taxi and Limousine Commission is working with the City Council on a proposal to allow livery cars outside of Manhattan to accept street hails.
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Source: NY TimesAn investigation could have serious implications because of the large number of officers believed to have participated, either by asking for a ticket to be fixed or by doing the actual fixing.
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Source: NY PostA major overhaul of the Port Authority Police Department has left only four active captains to supervise its roughly 1,700 cops -- and none to oversee those at the World Trade Center.
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Source:Inspectors found no evidence that the tour bus that crashed last month, killing 15 people on their way home from a casino, was clipped by a tractor-trailer before it swerved and tipped over, federal regulators said Friday.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceStaten Island commuters could be doing what was thought to be no longer possible: Paying for a ride to work on the Staten Island Ferry.
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Source: NY TimesOpponents of the state’s new law restricting union rights won approval Friday to move forward with their effort to get a referendum on the ballot this November.
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Source: NY TimesThe 44,000 airport screeners of the Transportation Safety Administration are casting votes on whether to unionize.
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Source: WPIX 11Hear from State Senator Marty Golden about negotiating with the MTA to restore some bus cuts.
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Source: APNJ Transit says a train staffer was shaken up but not seriously injured Saturday by an electrical "flash" that occurred when he tried to remove a foreign object that was caught on an overhead power line.
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Source: NY Daily NewsYou've seen them: Ordinary white Americans from Wisconsin or Indiana, protest signs aimed at treasonous politicians.
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