Archive for October, 2008
Penn Station LIRR Waiting Room Closed This Weekend
The Long Island Rail Road has sent out a press release to announce to customers that its waiting room in Penn Station will be closed this weekend. The closure is due to work on restroom renovations. Here are the complete details:
The Penn Station customer waiting room will be closed this coming weekend from 3 AM, [...]
MTA Service Advisory
The MTA sent me a press release earlier with a service advisory. I apologize for not getting it out sooner:
The aftermath of a building fire in Downtown Flushing will continue to cause transit problems on area buses through this evening’s rush period. Subway service on the 7 Flushing Line will also be subject to [...]
NYC Transit Recognizes Bus Operators With New Award
MTA’s New York City Transit division has unveiled a new award to recognize bus operators who provide exemplary service. The award which is called the Govan Brown Presidential Award was presented for the first time to 4 bus operators earlier today during a ceremony held at the New York City Transit Headquarters. Here are more [...]
100th Street Bus Depot Is Already Crumbling Apart
When it rains it pours when it comes to the MTA. The agency spent $93 million dollars to build the “100th Street Bus Depot” located on you guessed it, 100th Street between Park & Madison Avenues. The depot was “substantially” completed in 2003 & opened for service in 2004. Now in under 5 short years [...]
MTA Schedules A Special Meeting
We all know by now that the MTA is in the midst of a huge financial crisis. Just how crazy have things been for the agency in terms of finances? Well chew on this, in February they projected the 2009 budget deficit to be $216 million. Then in July when MTA CEO/Executive Director Elliot Sander [...]
NY Times Looks Into The Tenure Of Elliot Sander
MTA Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Elliot G. Sander; Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon Inquirer
William Neuman of the New York Times has written many transit related pieces which I thought were well done. He once again does what is expected & has penned a nice piece looking into what has been quite a tenure [...]
Doctors Made It Easy For Retired LIRR Employees To Claim Disability
The investigations into possible disability benefits fraud by career LIRR employees continues on to this very day. The New York Times which broke the original story continues to keep track as events unfold. The latest piece was written by Walt Bogdanich (with contributed reporting by Nicholas Phillips, Duff Wilson, & Andrew W. Lehren) & looks [...]
NYC Transit To Distribute Rider Report Cards On The M
Once again I apologize for not getting this press release up sooner. Yesterday afternoon, MTA’s New York City Transit issued a press release to announce the distribution of the 2008 Rider Report Cards on the . Here are the complete details:
In our continuing effort to solicit feedback from our customers, MTA New York City Transit [...]
