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November 22, 2011
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Source: NY Daily News"With winter fast approaching, some Bedford Park residents who rely on the Bx10 and Bx28 buses are worried they’ll be left out in the cold. Last May, the city took down the bus shelter at Paul Ave. and W. 205th St. and relocated the bus stop to accomodate nearby construction by the MTA. Later in the summer, the city moved the bus stop back to its original location. But the shelter isn’t slated to return until May 2012."
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Source: Transportation NationConnecticut is on the road to building a bus rapid transit system. On Monday, the Federal Transit Administration announced $275 million in financial support for the 9.4 mile New Britain-Hartford Busway, which is set to launch in 2014 and carry 16,000 passengers a day between the two cities. The project is expected to be completed in two years at a total cost of $567 million.
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Source: Star-LedgerHad New Jersey not pulled the plug on it, the ARC commuter train tunnel to New York City would have been a transportation Frankenstein that crippled the state with debt, siphoned money intended for crumbling roads and bridges, and failed to take riders where they wanted to go.
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Source: WSJNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state organized-labor leaders are exploring the idea of tapping private and public pension funds to help pay for an array of construction projects, including the overhaul of the Tappan Zee Bridge, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Source: NewsdayA new televised ad campaign from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has drawn notice among New York political insiders for two key reasons. First, the ads seem so mom-and-apple pie as to convey a remarkably nonconfrontational message. Against an audio backdrop of poignant piano and strings, with brief cuts of sirens and hard rain falling, eight public employees who performed emergency tasks during Tropical Storm Irene do the talking over a 30-second span. Second, the ads, reported to have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, were made for broadcast in New York State -- not, say, Wisconsin or Ohio , where battles over the organizing rights of public employees have been joined, but in a blue state where Democrats dominate. That second fact stirs political speculation. As much as the campaign is meant to say, as AFSME put it in a news release, that "public employees . . . serve communities across the state every day, even in life-threatening conditions," at least one news blogger, for example, interpreted the ads as a "warning shot" targeting Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo 's drive for union concessions and pension changes.
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Source: NBC New YorkMonsignor Kevin Sullivan says the Catholic Church backs the bill to require large businesses that beneft from taxpayer subsidies to pay employees at least $10 an hour
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Source: WABC, NY PostPolice say the 30-year-old man was attacked while on the G train platform with his brother just before 10 p.m.
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Source: DNAInfo.comA group of students escaped a school bus that caught fire on Seventh Avenue near Penn Station Tuesday morning, authorities and witnesses said.
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Source: NY1Some Second Avenue Merchants on Monday celebrated what they call a near-miracle with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. NY1's Transit reporter Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: NY1The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it has put new safety procedures in place for contractors building subways following last week's death of a tunnel worker.
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Source: NY PostAn alleged subway sex attacker has been busted in the assault of a woman at a Broadway and Houston train station earlier this month, cops said.
November 21, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsA HEARTBROKEN construction foreman who tried valiantly to save his 26-year-old son broke down Friday as he recounted the fatal accident in a railroad tunnel 120 feet below Manhattan.
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Source: Press Releaseublic transit professionals met November 9-11 in Saratoga Springs for an industry conference on Doing Business Differently: A Summit on the Future of the New York Public Transit Industry. Educational sessions focused on leadership, technology, and maintenance & operations-related topics, and included specially-focused sessions for Rural Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) recipients and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – Region II training.
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Source: Second Avenue SagasOn transit improvements at Atlantic Yards
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Source: NY TimesSupporters of a bill that would raise wages at city-subsidized projects are celebrating the introduction of a formidable voice to the debate: the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
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Source: NY Daily NewsEven if I had the time, the camping gear and more ability to tolerate bongo drums, I wouldn't Occupy Wall St. or Zuccotti Park. I'd occupy a token booth.
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Source: NY1Staten Island residents rallied in Port Richmond Saturday against what they call unfair tolls, and a petition seeking a fixed rate for residents has already reached over 1,000 signatures. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report.
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Source: Brooklyn PaperMTA officials made good on their promise to remove the token booth clerk at the Carroll Street station’s President Street entrance, angering locals who fear for their security, but not moving their elected officials to action.
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Source: NY Daily NewsWhile downplaying the possibility of a January subway and bus strike, transit union chief John Samuelsen says many New Yorkers — straphangers included — would back another labor walkout.
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Source: Bronx TimesBetter transportation options may lie ahead in a plan that will likely introduce Metro North rail service to Penn Station by 2016 that could include the construction of four new stations in the borough.
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