Transit News
7 Train Straphangers Celebrate!
The 7 train straphangers spoke & the MTA (New York City Transit) was listening! According to reports, the MTA plans on providing more service on the 7 starting this winter holiday season. Allegedly this is one of many gifts that are in store for straphangers in response to the C- grade they gave the 7. […]
London: It’s Your Turn….
I’m sure many remember the torture that was commuting in & around NYC when the transit strike occurred. Well Londoners are now experiencing what we went through. Unfortunately for them, their experience will be arguably more painful. As of 6pm British Standard Time, 2300 maintenance workers employed by Metronet went on strike. Metronet is the bankrupt public-private […]
New Ferry Service
Starting today, a new ferry service run by New York Water Taxi takes to the water. The commuter ferry will provide service between Rockland County & Lower Manhattan. The ferry will start from the pier at Haverstraw Village & make stops in Yonkers, The World Financial Center, & end at Pier 11, near Wall St. […]
Gov. Spitzer Says Not So Fast…..
Well he didn’t actually say that but you get the point. In today’s AMNY, the front page headline is about Gov. Spitzer challenging state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s report on the MTA’s proposed fare hike. One of Gov. Spitzer’s comments included “So simply saying, Aha! We got congestion pricing, therefore, no fare increase: bad logic, bad […]
Fare Hike Saviors?
First, we had the New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. strongly appose the MTA’s proposed fare hike. Now we have a second strong opposition of it coming from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. Napoli. Here is a press release courtesy of Mr. Napoli: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) should hold off on […]
