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Discussions about transportation in NYC & its environs.
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Public employee mandatory union dues
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The NYT reported that "all public employees" must pay union dues even if they're not a member of the union. That's a bad idea. Does that include MTA subway, bus, and railroad employees?
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Report: Emergency plans should include more transit
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Report: Emergency plans should include more transit A new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board says that while millions of people each day rely on transit, few urban area emergency plans have focused on its role in an emergency evacuation. After reviewing 38 urban areas' emergency response and evacuation... more »
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Test run I guess?
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Tonight coming back from work between 9PM and 10PM I saw a brand new "W" train at 36th St. The terminal was King's Highway which of course would be on Sea Beach. (N) does anyone know anything about this possible future route?
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Article on troubles of the No. 4 train
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The NYT had a detailed article, plus charts, on the many troubles of the IRT Seventh Avenue Express (No. 4) train. Ain't doing too good. See: [link] Door holding was cited as one of the causes. For goodness sakes, they've known about this since August Belmont was in short pants and... more »
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Subway Mysteries
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[ [link] ] Spooky factoids ;-) o There is an unexplained 24 percent spike in the number of delays systemwide versus a year ago. o The MTA is considering a second consecutive year of fare increases to help close a budget gap of nearly $900 million. o Straphangers were upset when the MTA announced their train would be... more »
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NJ Transit reduces Raritan Valley Line Sunday service
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NJT announced Sunday morning service will be reduced to every two hours. They suggested this was done to make trains available for when they're most needed, such as Mon-Fri peak periods. I don't understand that since this is Sunday service. For full article See: [link]... more »
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Hardening NYS Driver's Licenses Into Cannuckistan Passports
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[link] Enhanced Empire State Jul 9, 2008 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will accept the enhanced drivers' licenses that New York is developing. Gov. David A. Paterson announced that the state's Department of Motor Vehicles is creating the license, which New Yorkers will show in place of passports at U.S.... more »
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(misc) regarding that question about the LIRR tunnel photo
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the NY Times has an article Sunday describing how these (or similar panoramas) are taken: [link] ______________________________ _______________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]... more »
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Reporting on the No-Fly list
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[link] [snipped] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A House representative said Thursday she is requesting an investigation after learning a CNN reporter was put on the federal no-fly list shortly after his investigation of the Transportation Security Administration. Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee demanded to know why a CNN reporter's... more »
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