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February 16, 2012
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Source: NY PostThe MTA confirmed it cited no smokers yesterday.
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Source: Second Avenue SagasWe’ll have Phase 1 at least, and Phase 2, while also expensive, should see the light of day. Beyond that, it’s anyone’s guess.
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Source: AFSCME Greenline blogYou’ve probably seen the new What People Think I Do/What I Really Do internet meme making the rounds this week. It’s a distinctive black chart with six pictures in which people depict how others view their profession. There’s one for journalists, teachers, graphic designers, grad students, stay-at-home moms and a host of other careers. Now there’s one just for public service workers.
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Source: Albany WatchState Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced this afternoon that the New York State Common Retirement Fund had an estimated rate of return of 4.83 percent for the third quarter of the fiscal year, which ended Dec. 31. The fund was valued at $140.3 billion at that time.
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Source: CBS New YorkTwo 18-year-old women struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train Tuesday night have been identified.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceStaten Islanders who commute by bus would be placed in jeopardy under a proposal to junk the way mass transit funds are allocated by the federal government. Critics say the measure could even lead to service cuts, fare hikes and breakdowns.
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Source: Streetsblog New York CityAs part of an application for a $2 billion federal loan to help pay for a replacement Tappan Zee Bridge that would double the width of the current bridge, the Cuomo administration has put forward a new and much-higher estimate of the project’s cost: $6 billion. That’s $800 million higher than previous press reports had stated, and $1.4 billion more than the state put forward in its draft environmental impact statement. The loan application also suggests that the administration will use toll revenues to repay the feds, meaning potentially huge toll hikes for Tappan Zee drivers without providing any effective transit option as an alternative.
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Source: Queens GazetteMTA officials and city Transit cops have a message for fare beaters and turnstile jumpers who believe the cost of an occasional fine is worth the cash they save by habitually beating the system.
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Source: Washington PostThis week, two bills that address safety are expected to go before the House and Senate for debate. One of the proposals would give the Federal Transit Administration oversight and the authority to set standards.
February 15, 2012
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Source: Transportation NationThe state benefit was tied to a similar federal one that was cut last year after federal lawmakers failed to extend it before an end of year deadline. That benefit allowed commuters to deduct up to $230 dollars each month from their federal taxes to offset mass transit or parking costs. But because Congress didn’t act on the federal tax break, the state one got cut too.
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Source: DNAInfo.comA coalition of bus companies operating out of Port Authority Bus Terminal have sued the city's Department of Transportation for giving Megabus a free spot outside the station, claiming it fosters a non-competitive environment and breaks city and state environmental and safety regulations.
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Source: NY TimesUnder the rubric of “Be Careful What You Wish For,” we can now include audible, intelligible public announcements on the subway. Though fundamentally helpful, they have also become a bit deadening in their monotony. After all, how much is there to announce?
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Source: The Brooklyn PaperFour hooligans attacked a man on the Bedford Avenue L train platform on Feb. 11. The victim told police he waiting for a train at the station near N. Seventh Street at 6 am when the men approached him. One spray-painted him in the face, another bit his fingers, and the others threw him against a pillar and punched him in the face. They then ripped his jacket, took $83, and ran out of the station toward N. Seventh Street.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSubway riders are getting new furniture — stainless steel benches to replace the iconic wooden behemoths now in stations, the Daily News has learned.
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Source: NY PostHer impact with a subway car’s front right edge was so hard it broke her shoulder, jaw, cheekbone, forearm, several teeth, and eight ribs.
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Source: TimesLedgerPresident Obama has set aside $215 million for the Second Avenue subway and the East Side Access in his proposed budget, which U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) said would keep both projects going for another year.
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Source: NY PostThe victims, whose names were withheld pending family notification, were struck about a half-mile west of the Copiague station by an eastbound train that was carrying no passengers.
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Source: NY Daily NewsMetropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota issued two statements about state Sen. Bill Perkins’ involvement in rat control when Lhota was a deputy mayor to Rudy Giuliani and Perkins was on the City Council. Only one can be true.
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Source: NY PostThe New York Racing Association is pushing to slow galloping pension costs — by putting newly hired unionized racetrack workers into less costly 401(k) plans.
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Source: AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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