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October 3, 2011
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Source:State Education Department bigs clearly knew for seven years that many teachers routinely boosted their failing students’ Regents scores -- yet did nothing to curb the rampant fraud, The Post has learned.
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Source: CBS New YorkWAYNE, NJ (CBSNewYork) – Police are looking into an accident that left two teens dead and one injured.
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Source: TheTransitWire.comThe Chicago Transit Authority (IL) has started to install electronic countdown signs at its busiest bus shelters. The agency expects to have 150 LED signs in place by March 2012; signs should be available at 400 shelters by the following September.
September 30, 2011
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Source: amNYThe MTA knows how to root for the home team.
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Source: Mobilizing the RegionCalling Summit, NJ “almost a poster for what a Transit Village is,” the Summit planning board recently approved a motion to recommend the City Council apply to NJDOT for Transit Village designation. Clearly, municipalities still see the benefit transit-oriented development can bring. But given the defunding of the Transit Village program in the state’s fiscal year 2012 budget, it’s not clear if the town will get any benefit from applying.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe leader of a state employee union facing thousands of layoffs pleaded for new contract negotiations with Gov. Cuomo Thursday.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Occupy Wall Street protesters have secured the backing of the Transport Workers Union Local 100. The union's executive board passed a resolution Wednesday night supporting the anti-corporate movement which has been camping out in a lower Manhattan plaza since September 17.
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Source: NY1More Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees could soon face charges in connection with a subway inspection scandal, as sources say prosecutors want to indict as many as 10 workers for allegedly tampering with inspection and maintenance reports.
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Source:The Long Island Rail Road is mostly back on track for the morning commute after a lightning strike at Jamaica Station Thursday caused massive service disruptions.
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Source: NY PostPhase two of Operation Underground annoyance was unveiled yesterday when the MTA identified the next 31 subway platforms that will be wired for cellphone service.
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Source: APFord's turnaround over the last five years has resulted in big profits and won its CEO a reputation for brilliant management. But those same achievements are stirring resentment among many of its factory workers. And that is complicating contract talks between the company and its union employees.
September 29, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsPEF Layoffs Summary
Arlea Igoe, the union’s secretary-treasurer, told reporters this afternoon that PEF would not rule out having another vote but also stressed it was not a likely scenario unless Gov. Cuomo agreed to “tweak” the deal in some fashion.
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Source: StreetsblogThe proposals he outlines probably go farther than what many Streetsblog readers would suggest, but there’s no doubt that the principles are sound and would save lives if applied. Keep in mind that driver error causes more than 78 percent of the thousands of crashes that kill or seriously injure New York City pedestrians each year, and that failure to yield contributes to 27 percent of those crashes, according to NYC DOT’s landmark pedestrian safety study.
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Source: RailwayAge MagazineMTA New York City Transit has unveiled a short list of three public transit alternatives for the North Shore rail line right-of-way, roughly paralleling the Kill Van Kull waterway. One of the three options is light rail transit, vocally supported by numerous political officials within New York’s “forgotten borough.”
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Source: Transportation NationIf spending on public transportation and on-time rates for buses had steadily increased in your city over the past ten years, you’d think that was a good thing, right? Not so fast.
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Source: The Empire / WNYCKate Hinds over at our sister blog Transportation Nation has a good piece up on some rumbling around the search for Jay Walder’s replacement. You may recall Walder resigned last month and is set to leave office on October 21–meaning Governor Cuomo has less than a month to find, hire and announce Walder’s replacement. That is, if Cuomo’s sticking to earlier statements that he wanted someone in the seat when Walder left.
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Source: Mobilizing the RegionLast week, advocates in New York City told state and federal lawmakers, “Don’t X Out Transit” at two events. That message is just as resonant when it comes to the transit systems in upstate New York. Officials at the Buffalo-area Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority outlined fare hike and service cut proposals on Monday. Earlier this year, the Central NY Regional Transportation Authority hiked bus fares in Syracuse by 75 cents (to $2 per ride, a 60% increase).
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Source: Journal-NewsArlea Igoe, secretary/treasurer for the Public Employees Federation, explained in a question-and-answer session with reporters today that the union believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a responsibility under state law to return to the bargaining table. PEF voted down its tentative five-year contract yesterday, and the governor has responded, as promised, with layoffs.
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Source: NY1Real-time commuter information is now easier to find at the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, now that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has installed its second "On the Go" touchscreen device.
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Source: NY1"We want someone who has operational experience and we want somebody who's going to stand up for New York's working communities, rather than stand up for the interests that are trying to build these big projects," said Transportation Workers Union President John Samuelsen.
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