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March 30, 2011
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Source: The Transit WireThe Capital District Transportation Authority (NY) is launching its new bus rapid transit service next week but, as the Times Union points out, “some whiz-bang features aren’t yet in place.” So while passengers will be able to ride the brand-new hybrid vehicles fare-free for the first two weeks, they will have to wait a little longer [...]
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Source: NY Daily NewsNew York City's parking meters have always been the gold mine that brings forth scandal.
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Source:Ohio moved closer to completing legislation to limit collective bargaining rights for public-sector workers on Tuesday while legislation in Wisconsin continued to be tied up in the courts.
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Source: RPA SpotlightIt looks like New York State will have an on-time budget this year. Once completed, hopefully on or before April 1, legislators will have to turn their attention to other sticky matters, including transportation funding.
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Source: WCBS 880[A] serious issue raised at the meeting was staffing aboard the airport’s AirTrain, which was used by over 5 million people last year to connect to the subway, Long Island Rail Road and parking lots.
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Source: City Hall NewsAt a recent meeting of the joint transportation conference committee in Albany, State Sen. Andrew Lanza called for a criminal investigation into the finances of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, claiming the debt-ridden agency might be cooking its books.
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Source: ReutersMADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge issued a revised order on Tuesday blocking implementation of a controversial state law curbing collective bargaining by public unions while she hears a
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Source: NY Daily NewsA beloved Bowery junk dealer who prosecutors once accused of stealing subway signs will get some of his MTA memorabilia back Wednesday.
March 28, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsWhen someone tosses fast food into a platform trash bin - or tosses a takeout carton of spaghetti at another rider, as one woman did recently - it winds up on The Southern, one of the eight MTA refuse rigs that is more freight train than subway.
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Source: NY TimesThe $132.5 billion budget would end an income tax surcharge on high earners and impose big spending cuts on education and health care.
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Source:Can Jay Walder channel Scott Walker when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority tries to wring concessions from its 70 unions?
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Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal-NewsSteve Romalewski, director of the CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research, analyzed it today, indicating that Long Island and New York City are just as probable as western New York to lose a seat because of population shifts. His analysis indicates that the downstate seat could come from around the Queens/Long Island area, while the 27th and 28th Districts in western New York could be eyed for downsizing.
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Source: State Sen. Golden (press release)Brooklyn- State Senator Martin J. Golden ( R-C, 22nd District ) will be hosting a series of community town hall meetings for the residents of his district throughout the month of April. The town hall meetings are scheduled for April 6th, 7th and 13th and all begin at 7:00 p.m. […] Senator Golden is encouraging the community to attend the meeting which will be an opportunity to discuss concerns related to the quality of life of the community and issues effected by the 2011-2012 New York State Budget. Senator Golden has invited the participation of the following agencies: the NYPD, the FDNY Fire Safety Unit, the NYC Department of Transportation, the NYC Department of Sanitation, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the New York City Transit Authority ( M.T.A. ), the Department of Buildings, and the Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Source:An examination of the events that led to the CityTime scandal revealed mismanagement and the determination of one powerful administration insider: the budget director, Mark Page.
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Source:Investigators have found the city bus that struck and killed a delivery man on the Upper East Side on Friday afternoon.
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Source: Albany Times UNionIt has been a long wait for BusPlus, the bus rapid transit line that's been in development for a decade. But a week from Monday, the first of a fleet of 15 red and silver hybrid vehicles will travel the 17-mile stretch along Route 5 between Albany and Schenectady, making just 18 stops instead of the nearly 90 the old Route 55 buses made.
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Source: ABC 7A new clock - well, an old clock, really - has been installed on the lower level of Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceI suppose I have trash on the brain because this year marks the 10th anniversary of the closing of the Fresh Kills landfill. Or maybe it’s because of the recent hoopla over the MTA considering whether to ban eating on the subway. As much as I loathe the government poking its nose into our eating habits, à la regulating the amount of salt chefs are allowed to include in their recipes, or taxing sugary drinks for our own good, I tend to lean in favor of the MTA clearing the table when it comes to dining on a moving subway car.
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Source: NY PostEleven bus drivers, including five working for New York City Transit, were busted yesterday for getting their commercial licenses using phony identification -- part of a sweeping state probe launched by Gov. Cuomo in response to the Bronx bus crash two weeks ago that killed 15 people.
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Source: Greg Mocker / WPIX 11
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