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August 31, 2011
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Source: City Room / NY TimesAnother cosmic issue involves the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s decision to shut down mass transit for nearly the entire weekend. For some, here’s the crucial question: Shouldn’t holders of 7-day and 30-day unlimited MetroCards, which were in effect reduced to 5-day and 28-day passes, be compensated for the rides that they lost?
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Source:City Comptroller John Liu, one of the harshest and most public critics of the MTA, slammed outgoing MTA Chairman Jay Walder for not following through on his six-year commitment to the post.
August 30, 2011
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Source: ABC New YorkAmtrak service between New York City and Boston is planned to operate on Tuesday, including all Acela Express trains.
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Source: Mobilizing the RegionLong Island Bus riders, students, and various other groups are hosting a “People’s Hearing” on the privatization of Long Island Bus, since the county doesn’t appear to be holding hearings of its own and much of the plan remains unclear. The hearing will take place at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY on Wednesday, August 31st at 6:30 pm.
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Source: In These TimesAugust 30, a rule will be published in the federal register that mandates that almost all private employers must post a notice informing employees of their rights to organize under the National Labor Relations Act.
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Source:City commuters were split into two castes Monday, as what was left of Tropical Storm Irene sputtered out over Quebec and the sun shined on workers trying to put the New York region's roads and rails back together.
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Source: SF ChronicleMuni riders already can board through the back doors of trains on the six light-rail Metro lines if they want to use their Clipper fare card or can show proof they've already paid. Now city transit officials are looking at whether to expand all-door boarding to the bus fleet.
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Source: NY Daily NewsNot that we don't appreciate the wisdom of shutting down the subways and buses at noon Saturday through Monday morning, because we surely do. But there is the matter of all the New Yorkers who paid in advance for the privilege of riding on the days when service was suspended and who have lost out on the deal.
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Source: NY TimesThousands were still without power and coping with inland flooding, while more deaths were reported.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesThe second business day after Tropical Storm Irene, there is limited commuter train service, with some stations damaged in the storm.
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Source: NY TimesMichael R. Bloomberg, who mines minute data on his government, faces a challenge to his reputation for applying business skills to the public sector.
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Source: In These TimesOn Saturday, the term of National Labor Relations Board Chairwoman Wilma Liebman expired. Liebman, who had served on the NLRB for 14 years over three terms, left the independent federal agency, which enforces federal labor law and mediates disputes between unions and management, rather than seek another re-appointment.
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Source: amNYThe city that never sleeps woke up from an Irene-induced nap Monday and found that things were surprisingly normal.
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Source: NY1Despite concerns that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority wouldn’t have service up and running in time for the Monday morning commute following this weekend’s storm, subways and buses were back on track in the early hours. NY1’s Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: NY TimesContract talks between the United Automobile Workers and the Detroit carmakers are entering a more intense phase, with the union pressing for wage increases for entry-level workers as a critical part of a new national labor agreement.
August 29, 2011
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Source:Information on post-Irene subway, bus and train service, for your morning commute.
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Source: ABC New York
Subway service has been restored on all lines and limited bus service is running throughout New York City's five boroughs.
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Source: NY PostMillions of unsuspecting E-ZPass users are secretly getting slapped with the higher cash rate instead of receiving the electronic discount on a slew of costly local roads and crossings, including the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
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Source: NY Daily NewsTransit workers speculate the musky smell of death is from the few rodents an authority contractor actually managed to kill with poison. The odor emanates from the bottom of an elevator shaft, where some of the vermin took their last breath, the workers said.
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Source: Fox 5 NYThe Long Island Rail Road announced they are planning for a “near normal” Monday morning commute with six of 11 lines running as crews work overnight to assess damage and restore service after HUrricane Irene.
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