In a move that will hardly surprise anyone, the MTA has officially shelved the service upgrades we were promised back in December as a reward for the fare hike that we were to endure. Daily News Transit Reporter Pete Donohue along with Kenneth Lovett has more on this:
The cash-strapped will not launch a $60 million [...]

Should I be surprised about this story? (Matthew Sweeney;  AMNY):
A man who jumped in front of a southbound E train in Manhattan Tuesday morning was passed over by the cars and then yelled at the conductor for not killing him.
“He jumped. The train ran over him,” a police spokeswoman said.
“He wasn’t injured at all. He [...]

Lets face it, the economy for just about everyone is in the dumps right now. We will most likely face only the second ever back to back fare increase in MTA history (the only occurrence being in 1980 & 1981) next year. The MTA Is strapped for cash & is desperate for any sort of [...]

I applaud LIRR Commuters Campaign President Peter Haynes who I feel accurately called out The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in a letter he recently sent to Newsday:
LIRR’s inflated sense of service
When a self-grading organization like the LIRR continually gives itself an “A” at the same time most commuters give it less than a [...]

9 days ago Marlene Naanes of AMNY wrote an article about the MTA & other transit advocates having a wish list as the deadline approaches for the submission of the 5 year capital plan to the state. Here is the article courtesy of AMNY:
As New York barrels into 2008, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and [...]

In approximately 4.5 hours, the MTA will host the much talked about “Public Engagement” online seminar. The online seminar is billed as a chance for people to have a “real time” conversation with MTA leadership to discuss their financial situation, the capital plan, & their new fare & toll hike proposal. However thanks to William [...]

I am sure by now you have all heard of the operation being run by the NYPD called “Operation Lucky Bag”. The purpose of this operation is to catch people who would steal goods such as cell phones, an Ipod, or wallets after they were dropped by an innocent straphanger. The operation starts when an [...]

Sticking with news from over the weekend, riders have come out against the MTA’s proposal to eliminate elevator operators. Here is the article courtesy of the New York Daily News:
Straphangers said they feel shafted by the MTA’s proposal to remove operators from subway system elevators.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to transfer the workers from [...]

I sure think so in regards to the latest article in the New York Daily News’ “Halt The Hike” campaign. The article is about the MTA squandering the opportunity to buy much needed fuel at a substantially lower price before the price of fuel skyrocketed. Here is a brief part of the article courtesy of [...]

I usually try my best to ignore rants from clueless individuals but I could not do so at this time. Yesterday Benjamin Kubak of Second Avenue Sagas posted an entry about an article written in the New York Post in regards about high overtime pay for some MTA employees. My problem is not with him [...]

Today’s New York Daily News had an editorial piece about the new MTA Chairman Dale Hemmerdinger. The editorial was titled “Chip In, Dale”. I thought the editorial was worth sharing with my readers. Here is the full editorial by an unnamed individual:
New York’s subway and bus riders have a new man at the top. Real [...]

(Judy Jacobs; Photo courtesy of Nassau County Government Website )
Who is Judy you might ask? Judy Jacobs is the Presiding Officer of the Majority of the Nassau County Legislature. She represents district 16 which is made up of the communities of Bethpage, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Jericho, Laurel Hollow, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay Cove, [...]

I just stumbled upon a short editorial written in the Newsday relating to the Jamaica bottleneck that the Long Island Railroad plans to fix. No writer was listed but here is the short editorial anyway:
Jamaica sprint
Anybody who has crawled ever so slowly into the LIRR’s Jamaica station - especially after a speedy express from, [...]

As I wrote about here, we had one idiot lose their life due to their own stupidity. However not to be outdone, we have yet another idiot who has died at the hands of a rail or subway car. This time our idiot was a 23 year old man who was surfing an uptown C [...]

While I was on the 1010 Wins, I came across an article about an idiot who died at the Metro North’s Riverside station in Connecticut. While some might find it offensive, I am calling the man an idiot because that is what he clearly was. The man who has yet to be named while relatives [...]