Opinions
A Fascinating 3 Part Series On MTA Bus Planning
I was browsing for transit related news when I happened to stumble on a fascinating 3 part look into MTA bus route planning which was written by former Director of MTA/NYC Transit Bus Planning (1981) Allan Rosen. The first part takes a look at the back story of the 1978 bus route changes in Southwest [...]
Opining On Jay’s Resignation
When I started the day, I figured it would be light on the transit news front. At most, I might post an entry or two but the main task of the day being updating the service diversions for the upcoming weekend. I never thought that plan would get blown out of the water by the [...]
Senator Says MTA Needs To Take Over
LIRR commuters need no reminder of the painful commutes they had to put up with for days to Amtrak’s recent derailment in one of the East River tunnels. All it did was highlight the sub par agreement between the LIRR & Amtrak in terms of control of operations. One of the first to criticize Amtrak [...]
MTA Releases Customer Survey Results
Yesterday afternoon, I received a press release from the MTA talking about the release of the customer satisfaction survey results. I did not have the time to open the e-mail & would get to it the next day. I did not think much of it until I was on my way home this morning around [...]
Most Riders Incorrectly Blame The MTA In Poll
Over the years I have hammered home many different points on this blog. Regular readers know that the biggest one was how our elected officials are the most responsible for the overall mess the MTA routinely finds itself in. While the MTA has made their share of mistakes, they were only a fraction of the [...]
