NYC Transit
NYCT Opens Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal
If you have ever tried transferring between different bus routes or to/from the bus & subway in Ridgewood, you know how much of a chore it is. However if MTA NYC Transit has its way, the debut of the Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal this past Friday will change all of that. The agency held a ribbon […]
Knell Family To Sue NYC For $50 Million
This unfortunate saga began on April 26, 2010 when at approximately 4:30 AM, 45 year old Track Supervisor James Knell died after he came into contact with the electrified third rail at the Beach 90th Street & Station in Queens. A couple of days later, a report in the New York Daily News claims the […]
State Appellate Division Overturns $2.3M Verdict
In February 2009, I wrote a scathing entry on how irresponsibility earned someone $2.3M. The someone in question was Dustin Dibble, an irresponsible drunk who fell to the tracks at the 14th St-Union Square station & subsequently got his right leg torn off by a N train. The verdict called into question personal responsibility & […]
Queens Art Express
Time to catch up on some transit news by starting with information on the Queens Art Express. This past Friday, MTA NYC Transit announced it was partnering with the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) in a campaign to promote the 7 train & the diversified neighborhoods it serves. Here is the press release they […]
NYC Transit Scraps General Line Manager Program
One thing was for sure, during the previous regime at the MTA, many different ideas were tossed around or implemented to achieve the same end goal, operating at top efficiency. One of those ideas was implemented in 2007 as NYC Transit underwent a massive reorganization of management for its subway operations via individual line general […]
