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February 3, 2012
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Source: DNAinfo.com
The faux ceremony…[was] staged by the UP Theater Company at the Washington Heights stations as a demonstration against the removal of the staffed token booths by the MTA late last year.
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Source: PolitickerMayor Michael Bloomberg revealed his preliminary budget plan for the final months of the current fiscal year and fiscal year 2013, which begins in July at City Hall today. While he touted the balanced 2013 budget that closed a $2 billion gap without tax increases, the mayor also warned of potential problems down the road if the pension system, which is not under city control, is not reformed.
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Source: VariousThe MTA announced the winners of its smartphone app contest. Press release and reaction.
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Source: Loyal Opposition / NY TimesSlowly but surely, across the country, Republican governors and state legislatures are making progress in their war against labor unions, especially ones that represent public employees. Just yesterday, there was bad news from two states.
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Source: Wichita EagleBombardier Learjet is cutting 23 jobs in its service center and outsourcing the work elsewhere, and the Machinists union is crying foul.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe victim, who was not identified, was hit by the train at the Cathedral Parkway station, at W. 110th Street and Broadway, about 2:10 a.m., transit officials said. A spokesman said the man walked into the side of the southbound train.
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Source: CBS New York
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting the word out to straphangers to stay alert and keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight when riding the subway.
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Source: AP / CBS New YorkPort Authority Police spokesman Al Della Fave says the woman landed in the middle of the track as a PATH train rolled over her near the Grove Street station in Jersey City Thursday.
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Source: Transportation NationIt’s not just the advocates who hate the new transpo bill. So does Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former Republican Congressman from Illinois.
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Source: NY TimesThe airline, which filed for bankruptcy in November, said it wanted to get rid of 13,000 workers, or 16 percent of its work force. It plans to terminate its pension plans. It wants to cut back health benefits for current employees and retirees. Over all, it said, it seeks to cut employee costs by 20 percent.
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Source: Queens GazetteAccording to QICA, New York City Transit is strictly enforcing misguided eligibility rules for Access-a-Ride customers to meet Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements that were designed years ago without understanding the transportation challenges of large cities like New York. QICA states that, “We need elected officials to advocate for a rational paratransit system for the elderly and all persons with disabilities that recognizes the complexity of a large metropolitan area. The failure to address this issue will contribute to increased isolation and premature institutionalization of seniors who could become trapped in their homes. Access to all modes of transportation services must be provided to all New Yorkers, whether they are on two feet or four wheels.”
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Source: VariousFrom the Times-Ledger: Flushing lawmakers want full service restored to the No. 7 train for the neighborhood's Lunar New Year celebrations set for this weekend. The train, which runs through downtown Flushing, is scheduled to be shut down Saturday and Sunday between Long Island City and Manhattan as part of 11 weeks of maintenance by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Source: CBS New YorkOfficials are trying to figure out what caused a freight train to derail near Wyandanch late Thursday night.
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Source: Mobilizing the RegionLove transit? This Valentine’s Day, join Tri-State Transportation Campaign as we lobby in Albany. On February 13th, we’ll be rallying at Transit Awareness Day, and the New York State Transportation Equity Alliance’s first annual conference will be held on the 13th and 14th.
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Source: Brooklyn DailyBorough President Markowitz wants the city to open up ferry service routes to Canarsie, Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island and Bay Ridge — but the city’s Economic Development Corporation isn’t on board with his ambitious proposal.
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Source: NY Daily NewsLetter from Kevin Harrington, vice president TWU Local 100, Rapid Transit Operations: Manhattan: Re your Jan. 31 editorial “Working on the railroad”: The Daily News has taken a callous and most cynical attitude toward my union’s call for train operators to take extra care entering stations in the interest of public safety. In addition to the three fatalities over the Jan. 21-22 weekend, there were 58 passengers killed on the tracks in 2011. That also means 58 train crews scarred for life by the experience. As a train operator, who has been involved in such incidents, I know it is the most gruesome of scenes and is life-altering. As a union officer, I deal weekly with train operators and conductors who are trying to cope with the mental anguish of a fatal 12-9 (the code for a person struck by train). Many train operators involved in such incidents are so traumatized that they are unable to continue in the job. Others bid into yards so they don’t have to go back out onto the road. Our contract is important, yes, but public safety trumps all.
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Source: NY PostA new analysis of Gov. Cuomo’s proposal for a less expensive pension system for future hires shows it can’t be in place by April 1 as planned, would cost up to $16 million to implement and would restrict salary calculations to the level of the governor’s pay.
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Source: Anton NewsAbraham’s also took issue with payments that Nassau County makes to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to maintain the stations. The legislator said that the stations are not being maintained and therefore, the MTA has not held up their part of the agreement and in turn, the county should renegotiate with the MTA or withhold these payments. The proposed Democratic budget proposal attributes about $28 million in savings by doing so.
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Source: NY PostA mere 25 percent of all underground wireless usage — introduced last fall — is from voice phone calls.
February 2, 2012
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Source: Hotel Workers RisingWill 20 subcontracted Hyatt workers be tossed onto streets days after the Super Bowl?
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