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October 4, 2011
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Source: Mobilizing the RegionAccording to the NY State Comptroller's office projects, debt service on the MTA's bonds will top $3 billion a year by 2018.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe MTA said the increase could come by next year after an inquiry into weekend service by State Sen. Daniel Squadron.
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Source: Transportation NationTransit ridership increased by 85.7 million trips, or 1.7 percent nationwide, in the first six months of 2011, according to a report released today by the American Public Transit Association, the pro-transit lobbying group.
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Source: DNAinfo.comBoltBus is planning to shift some of its routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal to ease sidewalk congestion.
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Source:The UAW and Ford will hold separate news conferences this morning to discuss a tentative agreement, making Ford the second automaker to reach a new deal with the union.
October 3, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Transport Workers Union will go to court Monday to try to stop the city from forcing bus drivers to transport Wall Street protesters arrested by the NYPD, the Daily News has learned.
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Source: Fox 5 NYFederal transit officials have reached an agreement with New Jersey, allowing the state to pay $95 million of a $271 million bill for a railroad tunnel project that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped nearly a year ago.
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Source: NY TimesPassengers learned Thursday that even the miracles of modern technology are no match for the ancient woes of the Long Island Rail Road.
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Source: WPIXIn the wake of Thursday evening's commuter mess, most passengers say 'yes', and LIRR worker agrees.
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Source: NBC New York
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Source: NY Daily NewsWhile voicing strong support for authorizing livery cars to pick up street hails virtually everywhere but in the heart of Manhattan, Gov. Cuomo sees the need to tinker with Mayor Bloomberg's proposed taxi reform bill.
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Source: WNYCThis year, the annual budget fight has become especially muddled. That's because Congress and the White House are actually engaged in three different, but related, budget debates that are going on simultaneously.
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Source: NY TimesThe young and old on what they hope to accomplish by joining the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Zuccotti Park.
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Source: amNYB train riders rejoice — your commute gets a whole lot better starting Monday.
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Source: ReutersAFTRA's national board has given the negotators for the labor group's sound recording contract authorization to strike, the organization announced Saturday.
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Source: NY Daily NewsFrom where Jesus Guadalupe sits - an upside down milk crate in the Union Square subway station - anything is possible.
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Source: amNYA man was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a northbound Q train in Union Square early Sunday morning, according to MTA officials.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe quote from Brendan Burke of Sunset Park about somebody finally making Wall Street pay, that is the money quote down here. In all ways.
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Source: NY PostCommuters thinking they could escape the latest Port Authority toll hike by busing in to work had better think again.
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Source: Working AmericaWorking America continues to offer its support and encouragement to the growing protest movement that began in New York’s Zuccotti Park.
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