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February 1, 2012
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Source: NY Daily NewsTransit advocates say LIRR Rockaway line would give commuters better access to Aqueduct, Long Island, Manhattan.
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Source: NY PostThe drivers say they’ve gotten $45 tickets for parking their cars outside allotted slots in the Eltingville Transit Center, a major commuter hub for express buses to Manhattan.
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Source: NBC New YorkA Queens man suspected of stealing from passengers aboard the Long Island Rail Road was apprehended Monday by MTA Police and train crew members, the MTA said.
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Source: Streetsblog Capitol HillJohn Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, officially unveiled his committee’s transportation bill, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act,” at a press conference outside the House wing of the Capitol this afternoon.
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Source: Economix / NY TimesThe number of public sector workers in unions dropped only 61,000 from 2010 to 2011, to 7.56 million. With so many states and municipalities shedding workers over the last year, I would have guessed that the number would be higher. A closer look at the numbers, though, shows that it was disproportionately government workers without union representation who lost their jobs.
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City officials lobby Albany to intervene in stalled talks with teachers union over evaluation systemSource: NY Daily NewsSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott asks for changes to state law.
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Source: VariousAfter this Wednesday, riders will be able to refill monthly and weekly unlimited MetroCards.
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Source: VariousTwo workers for MTA contractor Fox Industries were injured by falling concrete at Smith-9th Sts. Station in Carroll Gardens.
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Source: Mobilizing the Region / Tri-State Transportation CampaignFour public hearings were held last week on the long-awaited draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for a proposed Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) extension.
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Source: Streetsblog Capitol HillAll eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans’ grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate’s transportation bill finally got some answers. Senators Tim Johnson and Richard Shelby, respectively the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, released a summary of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012, providing a preliminary guide to how the Senate will treat transit.
January 31, 2012
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Source: Metropolis / Wall Street JournalNegotiators for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its largest employee union will meet Thursday to resume talks on a new contract, two weeks after union officials shut off negotiations over leaks to the press.
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Source: NY TimesUrban congestion exemplifies the larger problem of effectively coordinating individual decisions to use largely unpriced goods like roads. Drivers are adept at anticipating delays and factoring them into decisions on whether and when to hit the road. But, absent tolls, they are not compelled to factor in the delays their driving imposes on others.
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Source: NY PostThree weeks ago, in his State of the State Address, Cuomo vowed to “improve or replace more than 100 bridges.” The marquee project is a new Tappan Zee Bridge, to replace the one that’s falling down. It could cost from $5 billion to more than twice that.
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Source: NY PostIn the latest court ruling over how much the agency owes for evicting him from downtown buildings to make room for the Fulton Street Transit Center, a judge yesterday found that Riese’s DLR Properties is entitled to about $15 million from the MTA for the value of restaurant contents lost in the condemnation of 194-196 Broadway.
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Source: PoliticoWith two months remaining to get a long-term surface transportation bill done, the House and Senate are racing this week to mark up several portions of their dueling legislation. And though the process is just beginning, there are already major rifts between the chambers.
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Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeekThe Infrastructure Investment Act, passed by the Legislature in a special session with little fanfare, allows the departments of Transportation and Environmental Conservation as well as the Thruway Authority to contract with a single entity to design and build bridges, roads and dams. Previously, with limited exceptions, New York could use only a process whereby state engineers would design a project and then put it out for bids by construction companies.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Citizens Budget Commission said in a report that no raises would be appropriate for TWU Local 100 workers, given the economic climate, the MTA’s strained finances, recent fare hikes and the overall compensation workers already receive.
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Source: Associated PressThe Long Island Rail Road plans $500,000 in upgrades to its signal system at Jamaica station that was seriously damaged by a September lightning strike.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAmid contentious labor negotiations, Samuelsen called on subway drivers to enter stations “with extra care,” raising the possibility of slower trains and longer trips for riders. The union said it was handing out flyers only because three people had been killed on the tracks over a single weekend this month.
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Source: TheGrio.comThis is what Chinedu Echeruo encountered in 1995 when he moved to the Empire State. The Nigerian native, now 38, worked on Wall Street. Ten years after making his own way around the city, Echeruo created HopStop, an online city transit guide offering door-to-door directions from buses and subways.
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