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August 15, 2011
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Source: Fox 5 NYService was suspended until about 3:30 a.m. on several lines. Tracks had been flooded out following intense rain fall Sunday.
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Source: Transportation NationStanding outside the Penn Station of today is a somewhat depressing experience for a train geek. Sure there’s some functional enough Amtrak awnings — but they protrude from the corners of the somewhat drab, utilitarian 1960’s slab that replaced one of the architectural gems of the railway world – so it’s no great surprise I feel a little gutted looking up at the Madison Square Garden complex lamenting what once stood here.
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Source: NY TimesUnannounced, Popeye & Cloudy, a k a Fred Jones and Paul Marino, are performing Shakespeare on New York City subway cars.
August 12, 2011
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Source: amNYThe cash-strapped MTA canceled medical benefits for scores of its workers’ spouses and children without letting them know, angry transit employees told amNewYork.
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Source: Politics on the HudsonDespite all the complaints from businesses and opposition from some suburban lawmakers, voters would rather keep the payroll tax on businesses in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority region rather than dump it, a Quinnipiac University poll today found.
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Source: Washington PostThe financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its workforce by 20 percent and to withdraw from the federal health and retirement plans because it believes it could provide benefits at a lower cost.
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Source: Transit BloggerThis past Wednesday, MTA New YorK City Transit sent out word that the next phase of the multi-million dollar Dyckman Street station would continue.
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Source: NY PostNeither Gov. Cuomo nor New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has come off well in their “shocked” squawking over the Port Authority’s bid for huge fare and toll hikes. But Christie gave away what’s really
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Source: NY PostThe outrageous toll hikes pushed by the Port Authority's top brass are needed to cover their wild -- and hidden -- cost overruns at the World Trade Center, The Post has learned.
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Source: Transportation NationU.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg issued a statement that essentially said, this is why New Jersey Governor Chris Christie should never have canceled the ARC Tunnel last fall. The project would have doubled the train lines under the Hudson from two to four. With an ARC Tunnel, a derailment blocking one track would leave three tracks running.
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Source: NY PostFormer Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, just appointed to a gubernatorial task force to find a replacement for MTA boss Jay Walder, says the job is so unappealing, he wouldn't take it himself. "There's no way in hell that I would ever consider doing that [job] again," Ravitch said when asked if he would.
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Source: Detroit Free PressChrysler is marching forward with plans to add more than 1,100 jobs at a Toledo assembly plant by 2013 despite a rocky U.S. economy that has whipsawed investors this past week.
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Source: NY PostA 22-year-old woman visiting New York told police she was raped yesterday in an apartment just a few blocks from Columbia University. A suspect from Sunnyside, Queens, was arrested at about 5:15 a.m., a half-hour after the alleged attack, as he rode a No. 1 train in Harlem.
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Source: AlternetIt might be too early to call it a resurgence, but organized labor has been marking some big victories lately.
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Source:This morning's commute was much smoother, with NJ Transit having recovered from this week's derailment. But it might not be smooth for much longer.
August 11, 2011
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Source: DNAinfo.comSlice, the Perfect Food, an organic pizza shop at 1413 Second Ave., says subway construction forced it to close.
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Source: BloombergThe intelligent transportation system industry, the information and communication technologies that reduce traffic congestion and improve safety, may expand U.S. employment by as many as 6,400 jobs annually through 2015, an industry group said.
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Source: NY TimesOfficials argued that the official 2010 count overlooked residents of homes and apartments that the bureau incorrectly concluded were vacant.
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Source: In These TimesAfter being locked out of their jobs for the last thirteen months, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7-699, which represents 228 workers at Honeywell’s uranium enrichment facility in Metropolis, Illinois, agreed to a three-year contract that would return them to work. The contract was ratified by a vote of 113-75 last week.
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Source: NY TimesOfficials with the striking unions — the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — insist that the landline division is doing just fine. They note that its profit margins have increased over the last five quarters and that its FiOS TV and Internet service is growing strongly.
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