Transit News
Subway Supervisor Had A Role In Transit Worker Death
A recent investigation has led to the demotion of superintendent Lloyd London. His demotion comes as the result of his actions which investigators feel led to the death of track worker Marvin Franklin. If you do not recall the tragic death, you can read about it here. Here is a story about the investigation courtesy […]
Google Transit Coming Soon…..?
So Google Transit will soon be mapping the entire New York City Transit system. Here is an article about it courtesy of Bloomberg: Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, provides online transit guides for more than a dozen U.S. cities including Dallas and San Diego. Now it […]
Subway Elevator & Escalator Status Available Online
The MTA had an early Christmas present for straphangers, a new feature on their website. As of August 1st, straphangers can get updated subway elevator & escalator status online. The pages are still a work in progress. However at this present time, data is updated three times daily: 6 a.m., 3 p.m., and 10 p.m. […]
Sure…………….
Towards the end of July, The Straphangers Campaign released their annual “State of the Subways” report card. Just a quick question, why release a 2007 report when only a little over half the year has gone by? Anyhow, I call bullshit on their report card. There is no way, the 1 is the best rated […]
Will The Hemmerdinger Era Ever Come To Be?
Joseph N. Mondello came out on June 19th, & pretty much said not so fast! The State GOP Chairman threatened to start a through investigation into Gov. Spitzer’s nomination for MTA Chairman. Here is a press release about it courtesy of the New York Republican State Committee: ALBANY, NY (06/19/07; 1551)(readMedia)– Republican State Chairman Joseph […]
