Crime
MTA Touts Employee Protection Program
Over the years, I have covered numerous stories involving the assault of transit employees. The majority of these stories centered around bus drivers who have little protection against the riding public. Unfortunately some have even lost their life due to the lack of protection. The MTA is hoping a new ad campaign will bring awareness [...]
10 MTA Workers Charged With False Reports
In what is a highly disturbing story if true, 10 MTA workers have been charged with allegedly filing false reports. The false reports were for completed or supervised safety inspections. Ted Mann of the Wall Street Journal has more: Prosecutors charged 10 Metropolitan Transit Authority employees with falsifying reports to suggest they had completed or [...]
Bartender Beaten Inside A PATH Train
One of the biggest fears of anyone who rides mass transit is to be attacked randomly during the trip. Unfortunately this nightmare scenario played out for a Christopher Street bartender who was not only attacked on a PATH train on his way home from work, but claims the Port Authority Police Department is not actively [...]
Teen Attacks Bronx Bus Driver
MTA NYC Transit bus driver Marlene Bien-Aime showing a bruise resulting from an attack by 17 tear old Steangeli Medina. Photo courtesy of Richard Harbus for the NY Daily News. It seems every couple of months, I am writing an entry about a MTA bus driver being attacked. Every time I do so, it always [...]
MTA Worker Loses 3 Teeth In Bias Attack
Since 9/11, those of or look to be of Muslim descent have had to deal with idiots around the country comparing them to Osama Bin Laden. While those of us who actually know what really happened that day & understand who was really behind it, would never foolishly compare innocent people to him. Unfortunately our [...]
