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January 31, 2012
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Source: Gadgetwise / NY TimesWhen will the New York City subway system have cellphone signals in all the stations? Will e-mail also work on the train?
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Source: NY1Contract negotiations between the MTA and its biggest union seem to be going slowly, and now the union says subway trains should too, but only to protect riders. NY1's Transit reporter Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: VariousBuilding off praise for its Weekender website, the MTA now has a blue-tinted map depicting service as happens in the overnight hours.
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Source: Runnin' Scared / Village VoiceIf you have been keeping up with the tabloids, you might think that contract negotiations between the MTA and the Transport Workers Union Local 100 have come to a screeching halt.
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Source: Streetsblog New York CityBrooklyn commuters — already some of the biggest transit riders in the country — are opting for transit at ever higher rates. New numbers from the Center for the Study of Brooklyn at Brooklyn College, first highlighted by City Limits’ Brooklyn Bureau, crunch Census data to reveal the evolving commuting patterns in the borough’s 18 community board districts. (To see the citywide breakdown of these numbers by state legislative district, check out Streetsblog’s prior coverage.)
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Source: Sheepshead BitesAs we already know, a huge portion of the MTA’s financial problems relate to the debt it has incurred over the years to finance its capital program. With interest rates at historic lows, the MTA can now reduce its debt by refinancing. The MTA’s current budget includes an $86 million deficit. Chairman Joe Lhota asked Governor Andrew Cuomo to waive the fee the state would charge the MTA if they were to refinance a portion of their old debt. That would save the MTA $54 million over the life of the bonds, according to Bloomberg News.
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Source: KRMG (Tulsa, OK)Local 514 President Sam Cirri says the union hopes the website, isupportamericanjobs.com, will "help bring attention to the larges concentration of middle-class jobs in Oklahoma."
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Source: VariousTransportation Alternatives recently took a survey of 700 people, asking them whether their commute is improving or getting worse. Here is coverage of the results.
January 30, 2012
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Source: NY PostDrivers traveling over the five Hudson River bridges operated by the New York State Bridge Authority started forking over at least 25 cents more for tolls this morning.
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Source: amNYOf the nearly 700 people surveyed last week, 61% said their subway or bus service has gotten worse since 2009; 13% said it had improved and the remaining 26% said it's stayed the same.
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Source: NY PostThe quota order is likely to rekindle the still-simmering tensions from the 2005 holiday-season transit strike — staged in large part because the union accused the MTA of a disciplinary crackdown.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSubway motormen told to be cautious for safety, the union says, but timing with contract talks stalled is questionable.
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Source: VariousProposal would raise minimum wage to $8.50/hour.
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Source: NY Daily NewsHigh-tech network's failure after Sept. 29 lightning strike stranded thousands of commuters for hours.
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Source: Wall Street JournalNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is quietly seeking more leeway to hire and transfer state employees outside of a competitive process, a move unions say would weaken civil service rules designed to prevent patronage.
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Source: VariousState Senator Bill Perkins wants to ban eating in the subways to reduce litter.
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Source: The HillA Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was not offered enticements to resign last year, according to a report from the agency’s inspector general.
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Source: Journal-NewsA key step in the march toward — finally — building a new Tappan Zee Bridge occurred on Tuesday, when the state issued what’s called a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on its newly downsized Tappan Zee Bridge Hudson River Crossing Project. How important is this report? Even after a decade-long process that included stacks of documents and scores of stakeholder meetings, the original bridge project — scrapped for a less-ambitious design — never made it to this stage.
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Source: NY TimesQ. I always wonder, when I see the sign “Do not lean on door” on the subway, how many times a year doors open on a moving train. I do not remember ever hearing of this happening.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
2nd Ave. Subway Work To Last Through 2012: MyFoxNY.com
According to MTA officials, the area around East 72nd Street will be much quieter and cleaner once work stops by the end of 2012.
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