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April 6, 2011
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Source: NY PostThe Port Authority paid at least $8 million for vehicles and equipment without justifying the need, a new report claims.
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Source: Fox5NY
Subway Robber Steals iPods, Gadgets: MyFoxNY.com
A robber targeting people with iPods and other devices in subways and on the street has struck seven times in New York City.
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Source: RTT NewsVolvo, a Swedish maker of trucks, buses and commercial vehicles, Wednesday said it has received an order for 180 buses from MTA New York City Transit for public transport in New York City.
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Source: Associated PressA joint venture between three of the nation's four largest cell phone carriers will soon offer the United States' first commercially available mobile fare payment program to a public transportation system.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe M42 bus is so slow, a grown man on a child's Big Wheel-like trike can beat it across midtown.
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Source: NY TimesA new long-term transportation bill is dearly sought by many in the capital -- Democrats, Republicans, business and labor -- but the Hill's spending stalemate is laying bare the political challenge of selling significant new infrastructure investment to a Congress consumed by thrift.
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Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal-NewsU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said this morning that the agency has received 90 applications from 24 states eager to get a piece of the $2.4 billion in federal high-speed rail money that Florida has declined to accept.
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Source:A new video surfaced Tuesday that shows a brazen rat scaring riders on a crowded subway car, who scream and leap up onto the seats to get away from the rodent.
April 5, 2011
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Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal-NewsAssembly Governmental Employees Committee chairman Peter Abbate, D-Brooklyn, has introduced legislation that would bar the state from lowering health insurance benefits of retired public employees or prevent “unilateral changes” in health insurance premiums.
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Source: ObserverLast month, we posted a video of Rent Stabilization Association head Joe Strasburg bragging about his landlord group helped elect a Republican majority in the State Senate, since, despite his dependence on developer donations, Andrew Cuomo is still seen as trying to split the difference between landlord and tenant groups.
Today, the Working Families Party has begun a push to use the video in order to call for clean elections.
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Source: NY TimesThe Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that it would require extensive inspections of some older-model Boeing 737s for cracks in the planes’ fragile skin that can be caused by pressurization and depressurization of the cabin over tens of thousands of takeoffs and landings.
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Source: Transportation NationGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced he is seeking approximately $517 million in federal funding for eight projects that advance New York’s high-speed rail plans.
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Source: AFL-CIO NOW BlogWe know it. Now yet another study proves it: Unions are essential for building a strong middle class–and rebuilding the middle class is key to restoring the U.S. economy.
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Source: The Transit WireSEPTA presented plans for its new fare system which will accept payment by credit or debit cards, cell phones, or electronic SEPTA cards.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA recent review of expenses at the transit workers union concluded there wasn't sufficiently detailed documentation for credit card purchases last year, Local 100 President John Samuelsen wrote to members Monday.
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Source: Second Avenue SagasThe MTA has frequently come under fire for its real estate holdings. Politicians and advocates believe that the authority doesn’t make proper use of the space it both rents and owns, and underground, commercial opportunities are decidedly low rent. It is a problem the MTA is trying to solve in order to generate more money.
In Chicago, the CTA is engaged in a similar process, and the Windy City’s Tribune profiled that authority’s real estate overhaul.
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Source: AFSCME
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Source: NY TimesA state task force Monday released a blueprint for evaluating teachers that could make getting tenure more rigorous and less arbitrary.
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Source: Mobilizing the Region / Tri-State Transportation CampaignGovernor Malloy has just signed off on a brighter future for Central Connecticut. His support for the New Britain-Hartford Bus Rapid Transit project, and a study of the Waterbury and Bristol rail lines, is just the most recent example of the Governor’s leadership on sustainable transportation and land use issues.
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Source: Second Ave. Sagas
Over the last few days, however, I’ve seen the ads creep southward. Last week, when I arrived at West 4th St., I noticed blue wraps on the southern turnstiles. The ads — supporting New York’s anti-smoking campaign — are on the three turnstile arms on each of the entry gates at the West 3rd St. entrance to the station, and it’s a part of the MTA’s attempts to squeeze dry its advertising potential.
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