Manhattan
Good Samaritan Saves MTA Employee
A nightmare that many if not all subway riders have is to somehow end up on the tracks. This nightmare became a reality for a MTA employee who was knocked to the tracks by a lunatic who attacked her & a man who saved her. 39 year old Sabrina Scott was knocked to the tracks […]
MTA Addes Buses To M15 Select Bus Service
Unfortunately during the downtime, I missed writing about a number of stories. One of those stories was about the debut of the Select Bus Service (SBS) on 2nd Ave via the M15 route. I read the New York Daily News report shortly after the debut which shouted to the rooftops about how the service was […]
N.B. Dyckman St. Platform Closed For 10 Months
Back in mid July, the MTA announced a $47M renovation project that would affect service on the in Upper Manhattan & the Bronx until 2012. The center of the project involved a major renovation of the Dyckman Street station. A month ago today, work on the project started. This past Friday, MTA NYC Transit announced […]
NYC Transit Introduces Web Based Bus Locator
Let’s face it, at one time or another, we have all stared down a subway tunnel or street looking to see when the next train or bus would arrive. We all thought that if we stared hard enough, we could magically make it come faster or appear out of nowhere. Subway riders in some stations […]
$47M #1 Train Line Construction Project Begins
In the middle of July, I wrote an entry about the MTA’s announcement of a major renovation project on the 1 line that would affect 5 stations & last until 2012. Flash forward to today as work on that project has officially begun. A couple of days ago, MTA NYC Transit issued an updated press […]
