Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Expo Line Landscaping Lunacy

Lisa Novick | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Energy, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Drought, Invasive Non-Native Plants, Bird Populations, E. O. Wilson, Pollinators, Build Expo, Native Plant Landscaping, California Native Plants, Light-Rail Lines, Native Plants, Los Angeles, Expo Line, Los Angeles News
Lisa Novick

Many people, including those at the MTA, seem to think that native landscaping is a small cosmetic issue. It is not. Like recycling, landscaping with native plants is at the heart of sustainable living and nature conservation.

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WATCH: Murder On A Bus Stuns LA Metro

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Anthony Craig Chambers Arrested, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Video, Mta Bus Driver Murdered, Anthony Chambers, Anthony Chambers Shooter, Mta Bus Driver Shot, Allen Thomas Murdered, Mta Bus Driver Killed, Allen Thomas Dead, Alan Thomas Shot, Allen Thomas Death, Mta Bus Driver West Hollywood, Los Angeles News

Friends, family and the MTA community are mourning the loss of Alan Thomas, a 51-year-old Metro bus driver shot dead on the job Sunday morning in Wes...

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#Occupy Gives Out Free Subway Rides

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nypd, New York City Subway, Ny News, Occupy Wall Street, Transport-Workers-Union-Local-100, Occupy Wall Street New York, Transport Workers Union, Mta, New York News, Free Subway Rides, New York News

Morning commuters were treated to free train rides Wednesday morning courtesy of the 99 percent. "Free entry, no fares collected," read official-looki...

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With New Exhibit, Subway Artist Takes Stock of His Success

Vera Haller | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Pratt Institute, Williamsburg, Artist, Art, Mta, Subway, Transportation, Subway Artist, Subway Art, My Ny, Enrico Miguel Thomas, New York News
Vera Haller

Enrico Miguel Thomas takes his moniker, "The Subway Artist of New York," seriously. He sets his easel on platforms and draws as people rush by and the wind from arriving trains whips his canvas.

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Fault-y Towers: Don't Mention the Core!

John Mirisch | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Overdevelopment, Beverly Hills, Puente Hills Fault, Century City, Westside Subway, Alquist-Priolo, Los Angeles Faults, Santa Monica Fault Line, Los Angeles News
John Mirisch

The initial Metro Century City seismological studies were released in October. To nobody's surprise, they showed that it would be "impossible" for Metro to build a station along Santa Monica Boulevard.

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Entire NYC Transit System Shut Down For Irene

AP | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Irene, Irene Subway, Irene New York, Subway, Irene, Hurricane Irene, New York Subway, Mta, New York News

NEW YORK -- New York City transit officials say they've finished an unprecedented shutdown of the nation's biggest system of subways, buses and commut...

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Children Make Up 43 Percent of Subway-Fare Dodgers Says Report

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Fare Beaters, Subway Fare, Children, Subway, Kids Fare Beaters, NYC Transit, Fare Dodgers, Mta, New York News

Height matters, especially when you are small enough to duck the turnstiles in the subway. According to a new report from the MTA, children taller...

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Michael McLaughlin

Keep Your Filthy Hands Off The Subway: Will Tomorrow's Commuters Wear Plastic Mitts?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Subway, Subway, Jason Lipton, New York Subway, Laura Baumgartner, Gene Russianoff, Bacteria, Germs, Metromitt, New York City, Weird News News

Step into a New York City subway and it can seem like you're witnessing biological warfare. Riders cough and sneeze all over the place, nauseating sme...

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Subway Harassment: When It Happens to You

Lilit Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mass-Transit, Public Transportation, Sexual Harassment, New York Subway, Lilit Marcus, New York City, Harassment, New York News
Lilit Marcus

This morning, like most mornings, I took the M subway train from my neighborhood in Brooklyn to the office. At my subway stop, a man came and sat dow...

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Albany Fails to Prevent Fare Hike, Riders Stuck Wtih the Bill

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Albany, New York City, New York Subway, Subway Fares, New York News
John Petro

Every 40 cents of your subway fare is being used to pay for past borrowing, a result of the poor decisions of Albany lawmakers. Now these poor decisions have resulted in the worst service cuts in a generation.

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10 Better Things To Spend $130 On Instead Of A MetroCard

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey Nets, Mta Rate Hike, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Mta Rate Increases, Steak Every Month, Mta Monthly Metrocard, Mta, Flowers Every Month, Slidepollajax, Mta Monthly Card, New York News

When we heard the MTA is considering raising monthly MetroCard prices to $130, that got us thinking: What would you be better off spending that hard-e...

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$130 Monthly MetroCards?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mta Monthly Metrocard, Mta Rate Hike, Mta, Mta Monthly Card, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Mta Rate Increases, New York News

What a difference a month makes. The MTA is mulling over a plan that would increase monthly MetroCard prices to $130. That's a $41 increase from th...

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Today's Front Pages: August 24

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Slidepollajax, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Tiger Woods, Mta, Lady GaGa, Tiger Woods Divorce, New York News

The top headlines. ...

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Jay Walder, MTA CEO, Ridiculed For Million Dollar Home, Country House In France

nydailynews.com | By Linda Hervieux in St. Antonin Noble Val, France and Pete Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit, Transport Workers Union Local 100, Mta, Jay Walder Mta Chief, NYC Transit, Jay Walder Mta Ceo, Jay Walder, New York News

The transit workers union is ratcheting up a class warfare campaign against MTA Chairman Jay Walder. In the wake of painful service cuts and layoffs,...

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Ground Zero Mosque Bus Ad Showing Plane, Burning Buildings Approved (PHOTO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Ground Zero Mosque, Wtc Mosque, American Freedom Defense Initiative, Mta, Twin Towers, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City's transit agency has approved a bus advertisement that depicts a plane flying toward the World Trade Center's towers as the...

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MTA Rolls Out New Subway Cars (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NYC Transit, NYC Subways, Mta, Subway Cars, New York Public Transit, Slidepollajax, New York News

New subway cars are coming to a station near you. The R160s were shipped from Brazil and will soon be appearing on N, Q, M, J, Z, L, E and F lines....

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Subway Cell Service On Its Way

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Cell Phones in Subways, NYC Subways, New York Subways, Transit Wireless, Wifi in Subways, Mta, Q-Wireless, New York News

You won't be able to use the "I was in the subway" excuse much longer when you miss a call. In the next couple years, New Yorkers will be able to mak...

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Today's Front Pages: July 30

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Pakistan Taliban, Ellen Degeneres, Slidepollajax, Charlie Rangel, Taliban, Mta, Charles Rangel, New York News

Top headlines. ...

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Jay Walder, MTA Chief Buys $1.6 Million Condo

The New York Observer | Chloe Malle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA CEO, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Susan, Jay Walder, Dan Adsit, Mta, Susan Cummings-Walder Facebook, Susan Cummings-Walder, Shares of New York, New York News

"65 W 95 is superbly situated one block from Central Park, B/C/1/2/3 trains and cross-town bus." This is, appropriately, the first line of the Shares...

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Near-Perfect Train Performance Questioned

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Subway Schedule, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Subway Delays, New York Subway Trains, Mta, New York Subways, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York News

By official accounts, 2009 was a banner year for the commuter railroads that serve New York City. Of all the trains that ran last year, the railroads ...

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The Tremendous Potential (and Ultimate Limitations) of Buses

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Manhattan, Fordham Road, Bus Rapid Transit, Brooklyn, New York Magazine, Robert Sullivan, Bill Thompson, Norstrand Avenue, New-York-City-Department-of-Transportation, Transit, The Bronx, New York City, Select Bus Service, New York News
John Petro

Improving bus service is the low-hanging fruit, the missing link in the city's transportation network. But there is still considerable opposition to Select Bus Service in New York City.

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Transit Workers Protest Layoffs And Service Cuts

ny1.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Transit Workers, Transit Workers, New York Mta, Mta, New York, New York City, MTA Cuts, New York News

About 1,000 members of the Transport Workers Union gathered for a rally Tuesday by Pennsylvania Station to denounce the Metropolitan Transportation Au...

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Subway F Line Track Fire Disrupts Morning Commute

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NYC Subways, New York Subway F Train Fire Causes Commute Delay, New York City Subway, New York Subway F Train, New York Subway, Mta, Subway F Train Fire, Subway F Train, New York News

A small track fire on the F line snarled the morning rush on Tuesday, forcing several subway lines to be diverted. The fire started at around 8 a.m.,...

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The United States of Transportation Inequity

Laura Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Bus, Social Justice, Subway, Public Transportation, Inequity, Transit, Civil Rights, Politics News
Laura Barrett

The overwhelming majority of Americans want more public transportation, not less. But if cuts are an inconvenience for Americans who have transportation options, they can be a disaster for Americans who don't.

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MTA Won't Cut Free Student MetroCards

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Student Metrocards Cut, Student Metrocards, Mta, Mta Budget Cuts, New York Mta, MTA Cuts, Student Metrocards Saved, New York News

NEW YORK — The agency that runs New York City's massive bus and subway system says it has decided to abandon a proposal to eliminate free transi...

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