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January 23, 2012
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Source: amNYAdvocacy group Transportation Alternatives wants straphangers to rate their ride over the last few years.
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Source: Our Town NYFor the past few years, residents and businesses on the Upper East Side have been victim to heavy-duty construction on the Second Avenue subway line. The construction, expected to be completed in 2016, will make Second Avenue a new hub of transportation in the city. In the meantime, it’s a nightmare for proprietors, residents and business owners and a godsend for realtors and young professionals willing to tackle the dirt, dust, construction noise and grit in return for cheap rent in a great location.
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Source: NY PostNicole Gelinas says: "Tourist season is over — so Broadway has cut-rate specials to attract locals. But the best free show is the over-the-top opera now being staged by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Transport Workers Union."
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Source: amNYA Transport Workers Union spokesman said contract negotiations would likely resume on Thursday because MTA officials will be busy at the agency's monthly committee and board meetings Monday and Wednesday.
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Source: Fox 5 NYFour men have died in New York's subway in less than 24 hours. Police say the mishaps — all on Saturday — are unrelated.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA PROMISING young financial analyst from Long Island was among four people killed in separate subway accidents over the weekend, colleagues and officials said.
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Source: NY TimesAt the Broadway subway stop on the G line in Brooklyn, the water visible in the track bed fell as rain six months to two years ago and has become a home for coins and dreams.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority has proposed restoring bus service from the isolated East Bronx neighborhood to a local shopping hub - two years after slashing service there. The MTA will next Monday request board approval to extend the Bx24 bus route that serves the neighborhood all the way to Westchester Square, according to a letter from New York City Transit President Thomas Prendergast to City Councilman James Vacca.
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Source: VariousOne week after the expiration of a labor contract between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union Local 100, there is no shortage of evidence that the two sides are far apart on a new deal.
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Source: NY PostThe MTA canceled nearly all weekend construction work in advance of today’s predicted snowstorm, which is expected to leave up to five inches by mid-afternoon. But the change of plans did not stop scheduled capital work on the problem-plagued 7 line.
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Source: NY PostThe MTA unleashed its shake-and-awe campaign yesterday. The agency ushered dozens of urban spelunkers 70 feet below Second Avenue for a glimpse of the under-construction $4.5 billion subway line that’s been rattling their homes and businesses. The rare public tour thrilled some but did little to pacify those who feel that their daily lives have been railroaded by the project.
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Source: Transportation NationIn advance of the first biggish storm of the season in NYC, a predicted 2-6 inches, the MTA is showing off its snow-removal equipment this time around.
January 18, 2012
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Source: NY Daily NewsLabor leaders and public health advocates are hoping a retooled paid sick days bill will make it through the City Council with a clean bill of health.
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Source: NY TimesLast Friday — yes, it happened to be the 13th — the straphangers on a late-night D train were startled to discover that a nonhuman creature was in their midst. An opossum, to be precise.
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Source: Streetsblog New York CityThe budget breaks the three-year streak of raiding dedicated transit funds to patch up the state’s deficit, and it restores the hundreds of millions of dollars that Albany cut from the MTA’s payroll mobility tax, for the time being. This budget also adds $770 million in badly needed but expected funding for the next three years of the MTA capital plan (only the first $150 million will be disbursed this year).
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Source: NY PostUnder the proposal, Cuomo would add a new pension tier for new employees that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 65 and increase worker contributions from the current 3 percent to 4 percent for lower wage earners and as much as 6 percent for higher wage earners.
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Source: NY Daily NewsUnion local head counters Newt’s proposal to hire students instead of costly unionized cleaners.
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Source: NY TimesThe New York City Opera and its orchestra union have reached a tentative agreement on a contract, a step forward in the company’s effort to put on a season, officials said Tuesday. Management and the other major union, the American Guild of Musical Artists, were still in talks but reportedly making progress.
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Source: NY TimesIt was a few minutes before 4:30 a.m. when the call came in: a suspicious passenger was aboard a Manhattan-bound subway train. Other riders were alarmed. The suspect was said to be making furtive movements.
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Source: Associated PressThe two sides are trying to find common ground for a new three-year collective bargaining agreement covering subway and bus workers.
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