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October 15, 2010

LIA To Host MTA Chair At Nov. Breakfast

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Walder is likely to be met by a lukewarm response, considering the vast majority of LIA members consist of business owners who have had the MTA's payroll [...]
October 11, 2010

Only Token Resistance To MTA

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The slight new musical "In Transit" is best appreciated on an autumn week end, when the MTA is so plagued by disruptions that any trip can [...]
October 20, 2010

Sympathy Cards For Slain Driver

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Tragic MTA bus driver and beloved dad Edwin Thomas "lost his life over a simple piece of paper," said an emotional John Samuelsen, president of the transit [...]
October 19, 2010

Are Express Bus Blue Lights Illegal?

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The MTA's newish Select Buses may be illegal because they use flashing blue lights which, according to state law, are only supposed to be used by emergency [...]
October 11, 2010

Cab Company Putting Heat On MTA To Authorize AT&T Park Cab Stand

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by Bay City News In order to accommodate numerous Giants fans, drivers at a local cab company are asking San Francisco officials to authorize a temporary [...]
October 14, 2010

Disability Advocate Sues MTA For Failing To Put Elevators At Dyckman St. Station

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The suit alleges the MTA ignored a regulation requiring they make the station accessible to the disabled. A disability advocate filed a class action suit [...]
October 08, 2010

MTA Raises Fares 7.5 Percent To Offset $900 Million Budget Gap

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Yesterday, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board approved a series of fare policy changes that are expected to generate a 7.5 [...]
October 15, 2010

Gunman Fires On MTA Bus, Fatally Wounding Passenger

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A gunman walked up to an MTA bus at an Inglewood street corner Wednesday afternoon and fired multiple shots, fatally wounding a male passenger, police said. [...]
October 08, 2010

Months After Cutbacks, MTA Approves Higher Fares

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“The business plan of the MTA today is a ticking time bomb,” said Andrew M. Saul, the board's vice chairman. He said the fare increases approved on Thursday [...]
October 14, 2010

Was Public Comment Period For Subway To Sea A Sham? MTA Staff Suggests Route ...

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Some communities will be less than pleased with MTA's suggestions -- West Hollywood may never get subway stops, for example -- but the public should be even [...]
October 07, 2010

Worst Subway Line: The C

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The C line is the dirtiest, slowest train in the city according to MTA "report cards" that were part of the Straphangers Campaign. As for the best train, [...]
October 14, 2010

Paladino Shifts His Focus To Blasting The MTA

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Paladino issued a statement Wednesday saying the MTA as we know it should be "abolished." Carl Paladino blasted the MTA as bloated and mismanaged Wednesday. [...]
October 08, 2010

Commuters To Shell Out More As MTA Board OKs Fare Hike

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STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Straphangers will be paying more for their bus, subway and Staten Island Railway trips as the MTA board approved its third fare hike in [...]
October 07, 2010

County's Privatization Of Long Island Bus Questioned

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Faced with a $800 million budget gap, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) announced plans in September to eliminate $26 million in funding for Long [...]
October 08, 2010

MTA Approves Latest Round Of Fare Hikes

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The changes are expected to yield a 7.5 percent increase in fare revenue for the MTA. "Last winter, after the passage of the rescue legislation, the MTA [...]
October 08, 2010

MTA Approves Fare Hikes, Again

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t is the third year in a row the agency has raised fare prices and the announcement came on the same day Westchester has decided to sue over the MTA payroll [...]
October 08, 2010

Faced With Budget Woes, MTA Approves New Fare Hikes

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The MTA board approved a series of fare hikes on Thursday that will go into effect at the end of the year and help the cash-strapped agency yield a 7.5 [...]
October 08, 2010

MTA Will Prevent Hoarding Of Metrocards Ahead Of Fare Hikes

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The MTA board voted to raise fares for subway and bus riders on Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) By Jill Colvin MIDTOWN — For cash-strapped [...]
October 08, 2010

Slain Brooklyn Bus Driver's Relatives Wish His Killer Could Be Executed

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Career criminal Horace Moore faces 25 years to life at his Oct. 19 sentencing for the December 2008 slaying of MTA employee Edwin Thomas, 46. "If it was me, [...]
October 11, 2010

MTA Debuts Faster Bus Service For First And Second Avenues

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runs in dedicated lanes along First and Second avenues was launched Sunday, which will slash rush-hour transit time by 20 percent, according to the MTA. [...]
October 15, 2010

Paladino Wants To Crash The MTA

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But the way he tells it to the Daily News, the guy's got a point: "The MTA is horribly mismanaged and it's a sinkhole of money," Paladino said. [...]
October 14, 2010

Select Bus Service Even Worse On Weekdays

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Reviews weren't great, with people complaining about ticket machines running out of paper, buses running late, and MTA workers being generally unhelpful. [...]
October 08, 2010

NY MTA Hikes Bus And Subway Fares Starting December 30

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The base fare for one ride will remain at $2.25, but the cost of a monthly pass will rise to $104 from $89, effective December 30, MTA Chairman Jay Walder [...]
October 19, 2010

MTA Begins Dyckman Street Station Rehab

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Uptown 1 trains are bypassing Dyckman Street until next August for the first phase of a station rehabilitation project. The northbound platform at Dyckman [...]
October 19, 2010

Kristin Davis Compares MTA To Escort Agency At Governors' Debate At Hofstra

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Davis also cited her own colorful past when talking about the MTA. She told the audience that “the only difference between the MTA and my former escort [...]

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