New York City Transit

Matt Sledge

Transit Commuter Tax Benefit Will Be Slashed Almost In Half January 1

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Transitcheck, Mass Transit, The High Cost of Free Parking, Larry Hanley, Long Island Rail Road, Amalgamated Transit Union, Donald Shoup, Mta, Transitcenter, Lirr, Metro North, Charles Schumer, Parking, New York City Transit, Transit, Commuter Benefit, NYC Transit, Transit Commuter Tax Benefit, NJ Transit, New York News

NEW YORK -- Tax breaks used by 2.7 million subway, light rail and bus riders across the country will be slashed next year, dealing struggling mass tra...

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Matt Sledge

Andrew Cuomo's 'Public-Private Partnerships' Can't Save The MTA, Advocates Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: MTA Budget, Cuomo-Infrastructure-Fund, New York City Subway, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Tappan Zee Bridge, Public-Private Partnerships, New York Subway, New York City Transit, Mta, Mta Funding, New York News

NEW YORK -- When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a $320-million reduction in the downstate payroll tax on Monday, the MTA, which runs New York City's sub...

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A Thanksgiving Message to the Transit Workers of New York City

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Collective Bargaining, John Samuelsen, Twu Strike, Occupy Wall Street, New York City Transit, Mta Health Benefits, Mta, Mta News, Mta Wages, TWU Local 100, New York City, Public Transportation, Thanksgiving Commentary, Mta Contract Negotiations, TWU President John Samuelsen, New York News
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Dear Transit Workers of NYC: As you sit down to enjoy your Thanksgiving meal, I hope you will take a moment to think about the rest of us here in NYC who depend on public transportation to get to and from work.

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MTA's No Trash Can Policy A Success

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Subway Garbage Cans, Mta Garbage, Thomas Prendergast, Ny News, New York Rats, New York City Transit, Mta, Subway Rats, Subway Garbage, New York News

It's a hit! The MTA's unusual experiment to remove trash cans in order to lessen the amount of trash build up in subways seems to be working, accor...

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Joy Resmovits

Mayor Gray: D.C. 'Ready For Virtually Any Eventuality'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Pepco, Sand Bags, Hurricane Irene Dc, Evacuation Shelters, Mayor Vincent Gray, Power Outages, Tropical Storm, Hurricane Irene 2011, Washington Dc Metro, New York City Transit, Flash Flood, Storm Preparation, Wind Speed, Video, Green News

Washington, D.C., is bracing as Hurricane Irene reaches the nation's capital. Mayor Vincent Gray told reporters on a 9:15 p.m. conference call tha...

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Pee-Yew! MTA Looking To Solve Trash Troubles

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Rat Infestation, Thomas Prendergast, Ny News, New York Subway, Trash, New York City Transit, New York News, Mta, Mta-Garbage, Garbage, New York News

The MTA has had some trouble taking out the trash recently and Transit President Thomas Prendergast is fed up. Prendergast claims subway constructi...

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WATCH: NYC Intersection Filled WIth Reckless Commuters

Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: New York City Traffic, Ron Gabriel, Ny News, Bike-Wars, New York City Transit, Jaywalking, Three Way Street, East-River-Ferry, Nyc Goes Three Ways, New York News, New York News

Bike wars, road rage, jaywalking--it's no secret New Yorkers are aggressive and often reckless commuters. But we had no idea just how hazardous we wer...

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Contest Seeks Photos That Show Best And Worst Of NYC Subways, Buses

Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: New York City Subway, Straphangers Campaign, Ny News, New York City Transit, New-York-City-Buses, New York News, Mta, Rider's Rebellion, Photo Contest, New York News

Any New York commuter knows our subway and buses can be the setting for things both disgusting and beautiful. And with that in mind the NYPIRG Str...

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Good News For Commuters

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Avenue Subway, New York Subway, Metrocard, New York City Transit, Wireless Internet, Mta, Wifi, Metro, New York News

WiFi Coming To (Some) Subways It's been reported that the MTA is planning to bring Wi-Fi into six select stations. Plans are underway to have wirele...

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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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Fixing New York's Transit System

Gene Russianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: MTA Capital Program, New York City Transit, New York State Legislature, Mta, Transit, Subway, Albany, New York News
Gene Russianoff

The new MTA management must be able to come back to the legislature and to the riders and say, we did what we promised, on time and on budget.

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Weekend Subway Service Advisories

Second Avenue Sagas | Benjamin Kabak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trains, Subway Service, New York City Transit, Subway Delays, Weekend Subways Advisories, New York Subway, New York News

As people in Riverdale wonder what took so long for the MTA to fix known problems at 181st St. and bemoan the impact altered 1 train service has on th...

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Making the MTA More Accountable

Gene Russianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nypirg, Subways, Straphangers Campaign, Public Authorities, New York Subway, New York City Transit, Straphanging, Transit, Mta, New York, Jaywalder, Newspapers, New York News
Gene Russianoff

It's good news for subway riders that Governor Paterson has nominated Jay Walder as Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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New York City Council Races: Ignore at Your Peril

Gene Russianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York, Nypirg, Subways, Straphangers Campaign, New York Subway, New York City Transit, Straphanging, Transit, Mta, Election 08, New York City Council, New York News
Gene Russianoff

For many of the City's residents, paying attention to the upcoming New York City Council races is like drinking civic castor oil But the Council has a lot of say in many decisions that affect our lives.

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Bus Pull-Cords Are Back

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York City Transit, Nostalgia, Old New York, Living, Urban Improvement, Transportation, New York News
David Finkle

I, for one, was so annoyed by the placement of the yellow strips on city buses that I got in the habit of changing seats until I had a yellow strip just inches in front of me--if I was lucky enough to get a seat, that is.

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Bridging the Transportation Gap

Louise Nelson Dyble | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mass Transit, Shovel-Ready, New York City Subway, Subway, New York City Transit, Shovel Ready, Transportation, Bay Bridge, Politics News
Louise Nelson Dyble

When the government agency overseeing mass transit and the government agency building highways are distinct and uncoordinated, they compete for money, and the public loses.

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