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M II A II R II K

Oct 16, 2011 5:11 PM

One Day, Maybe, Artisanal Train Cars

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/ny...-new-york.html

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All employment is good employment, obviously — 5,800 people work at the Navy Yard today — but the transition carries a powerful symbolism. Before the decommissioning of the yard in 1966 by Robert McNamara, then the secretary of defense, it employed 9,000 workers and stood as the oldest continually active industrial plant in the state. In 1938, an even greater number, 10,000, were employed on its grounds, a third of them through the Works Progress Administration. Poignantly, the spirit of the W.P.A. hovered over a conference that took place at the Navy Yard a few weeks ago, one that sought to capitalize on the resonance of its location’s history and offer a vision of something new. It was called Building the Future and sponsored by a coalition of union interests, policy organizations and sustainable-living advocates. The participants called for a large-scale initiative to expand transit manufacturing in the state and city. Why couldn’t our brake parts and headlights and signal equipment, even our rail cars and buses, be made here?

- The argument forged was at once dreamy and entirely persuasive: From 2000 to 2009, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was responsible for nearly a third of all buses, subway cars and commuter trains bought in the United States. Its current $23 billion capital program involves the acquisition of more than $7 billion worth of train cars, buses and signaling and communications equipment. These are not indulgent expenses: The signal system at the West Fourth Street subway station, for example, has not been replaced since 1932. About a third of the city’s buses are at least 12 years old — their official life span — while others, as Gene Russianoff, staff lawyer for the Straphangers Campaign, told me, “are not in the greatest shape — they’ve stayed too long at the fair.” Economists say a healthy capacity for increased transit manufacturing exists across the state and in the city, including at repair facilities in Coney Island and at the 207th Street Yard in Manhattan (where subway cars were still being made in the early ’90s) and potentially amid the vast industrial shells at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. New York City Transit recently awarded a $115 million contract to New Flyer, a bus manufacturing company in Minnesota, for a series of compressed-natural-gas buses; only 13.8 percent of the materials used to produce them will have been made in New York State.

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NYC4Life

Oct 24, 2011 3:34 PM

9:51 AM
MTA: Attacks On City Bus Drivers Up 20 Percent
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stori...-up-20-percent

Quote:

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says passenger attacks on city bus drivers are on the rise.

According to agency statistics, attacks have spiked 20 percent this year.

There reportedly have been 69 physical assaults in the first nine months of
2011, compared to 57 during the same stretch last year.

This comes after two highly publicized attacks on female drivers.

The MTA installed barriers between drivers and passengers on some buses in response to the attacks.

NYC4Life

Oct 24, 2011 3:37 PM

UPDATED 10:40 AM
Service Resumes For 6 Trains After Early Morning Derailment
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stori...ing-derailment

Quote:

The 6 train is back on track after a subway car derailed earlier this morning in Lower Manhattan.

Police say two cars of an uptown 6 jumped the tracks just before 4 a.m. between the Brooklyn Bridge and Canal Street stations.

Nineteen passengers were safely removed from the train and taken to the Brooklyn Bridge Station.

The cause of the derailment is still under investigation.

For the latest service updates, visit mta.info.

M II A II R II K

Oct 26, 2011 3:27 PM

A Counterintuitive Trash Plan: Remove Bins in Subway Stations

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/ny...&adxnnlx=13195

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The idea is to reduce the load on the authority’s overtaxed garbage crew, which is struggling to complete its daily rounds of clearing out 40 tons of trash from the system. But it also offers a novel experiment: will New Yorkers stop throwing things away in the subway if there is no place to put them?

- Officials are adding several runs of garbage trains in the middle of the day, to pick up leftover refuse bags that were missed during overnight collection. Refuse receptacles have been added to 18 stations, and, in some cases, late-night passenger trains may be delayed so that the system’s eight garbage trains can complete their runs. So far, the results are promising: the number of garbage bags still sitting on station platforms at 6 a.m. has been cut in half.

- The no-bin experiment is a more unusual approach, but it has precedent. In London, bins are banned from some Underground stations; in Washington, a similar program was abandoned because of riders’ complaints. The PATH train has had no bins since 2001 because of security concerns. Since the removal, “it seems there is less trash,” said Ron Marsico, a spokesman, although he noted that the PATH system was smaller and more easily cleaned than the subway.

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KVNBKLYN

Oct 27, 2011 4:37 AM

Bloomberg is moving forward with a study to build an extension of the 7 train to Secaucus in New Jersey. The idea is to increase trans-Hudson rail capacity without the Christie-killed ARC tunnel.

I figured this proposal would die a quiet death, but apparently I was wrong.

It's not the worst idea in the world, but of course the parochial cries of insular New Yorkers have already started (no subways to Jersey, build extensions in Brooklyn and Queens first, yadda, yadda, yadda). Unfortunately, just like with much of our transportation planning, the real questions won't get asked, such as how would such an extension affect the already cramped and overcrowded stations at Grand Central and Fifth Avenue.

A 7 train extension, while not providing the elusive one-seat ride to Midtown that the ARC would have provided, would instead get passengers closer to their final destinations throughout Midtown. The train would also most likely stop in Hoboken and/or Weehawken, increasing capacity to the dense and growing waterfront (which ARC wouldn't have). And if they really wanted to do it right, they could easily extend the train along current commuter rail routes, perhaps in several branches. I would think taking over the NJT Main Line to high-density, transit-dependent Paterson would make a lot of sense, for example. Or branch off onto the old CNJ railroad route parallel to the current Hudson Bergen Light Rail and take the 7 train all the way to Staten Island (a much more useful link than the currently proposed extension of the HBLR itself).

http://gothamist.com/2011/10/26/7_tr...priority_f.php

J. Will

Oct 27, 2011 5:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVNBKLYN (Post 5458241)

Unless there is AT LEAST one other stop in NJ besides Secaucus, I see no point to extending the subway there. There's almost nothing within walking distance of Sec. Junction, so very, very few people start or end their journey there. Almost everyone using it would be transferring. If they put a stop in say Weehawken and another in Northern Hoboken, it would be convenient. But only a stop in Secaucus would make no sense.

NYC4Life

Oct 27, 2011 12:32 PM

The Daily Greenburgh

Officials Outline New Tappan Zee Bridge Proposal
by Meredith Shamburger (email) Today

http://www.thedailygreenburgh.com/ne...ridge-proposal

http://cdn.mainstreetconnect.us/site...show/tzb_0.jpg
The proposed Tappan Zee Bridge would include two twin structures stretching over the Hudson River.

Quote:

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – A new Tappan Zee Bridge may be built sooner than previously planned, thanks to the project being put on the fast track by federal officials, but the new bridge may also be less ambitious than earlier proposals, with no mass transit included.

Transportation officials outlined the proposed options for a new bridge at the first of two public scoping briefings on Tuesday. They also addressed what had been eliminated from a previous proposal, known as the I-87/287 Corridor Plan.

Michael Anderson, project director at the New York State Department of Transportation, said the new Tappan Zee Bridge project would only include the bridge and less than one mile of roadway in Rockland County and Westchester County for a 4-mile span in total. The project will stretch from the South Broadway Bridge in Nyack to the South Broadway/Route 9 Bridge in Tarrytown.

Previous studies from the I-87/287 plan had considered improving 30 additional miles of highway. Anderson said officials will be drawing information from the studies done during the old I-87 project, noting “much of it remains valid.”

“Essentially the timeline was outdated for that project,” Anderson said. “The process for that project was complex and frankly unworkable. The economic and fiscal realities prevented financing of that corridor project.”

The proposed Tappan Zee Bridge replacement will feature two distinct spans across the Hudson River about 300 feet north of the current bridge. The north span of the new bridge would house westbound traffic. Eastbound traffic would use the south span of the bridge. The twin spans would “ensure service redundancy,” Anderson said, because one span could be used to carry two-way traffic if necessary.

Each span would include four lanes of traffic and dedicated shoulders. The north span would include a walkway for pedestrians and bicyclists. Officials are also proposing additional 12-foot areas for emergency services.

Anderson also noted that the South Broadway Bridge in Nyack would need to be replaced. The Interchange 10 west of that bridge, along with the South Broadway/Route 9 Bridge in Tarrytown, will remain intact.

The proposed bridge does not include a mass-transit system, although it doesn't preclude future mass-transit systems. Anderson outlined three ways mass-transit could be added to the bridge in the future: within the twin spans, on a third parallel bridge or running in-between the twin spans.

Commuter rail, light rail and bus transit could all be considered in the future.
The environmental impact study will also consider a no build/no action course. Anderson said this would be a projection of current conditions in terms of traffic, air quality and noise if nothing were to be done.

“The reason we do this is to establish a baseline condition to compare the alternatives,” he said.

Officials expect the draft environmental impact statement to be completed by January and a decision on the project by August.

Two previous options that had been considered in the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project, a rehabilitation of the bridge and bridge tunnels, are not being considered this time around. Those options were studied extensively, Anderson said, that officials came to the same conclusions.

Rehabilitation of the existing bridge would require extensive new construction, a new parallel bridge for westbound traffic and significant foundation work, Anderson said. He also noted rehabilitating the bridge would cost similarly to replacing the bridge altogether, yet there would still be “serious vulnerabilities.”

A tunnel would require at least four tubes and would need to stretch seven miles long, which would negatively impact the surrounding environment and neighborhoods, Anderson said. Additionally, Anderson explained that the costs would be significantly higher for constructing the tunnels and considering the higher security that would be needed.

For more information on the Tappan Zee Bridge project, visit our Tappan Zee Bridge topics page.

Plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge are in the works after it was given expedited process approval, but first officials have to complete an Environmental Impact Study.

Bronxwood

Oct 27, 2011 12:43 PM

I can see the 7 line extension going in two different directions from Secaucus. It can either go down towards Harrison and the Metrocenter/red bull arena then onto Downtown Newark, Newark liberty int. and possibly towards Elizabeth. The other more likely scenario would have the 7 train going towards the Meadowlands Sports Complex/Xanadu, and as KVNBKLYN mentioned, onto Passaic and Downtown Paterson via NJtransit's Main line. This is actually not a bad idea.

If the 7 line went to Hoboken it'd be interesting to see if it can somehow share a Hudson tunnel with an extended L train as well. Before someone mentions it, I'm aware that both lines have completely different track gauge. I'm only dreaming here. ;)

Crawford

Oct 27, 2011 2:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J. Will (Post 5458262)

I agree that it needs stops in Hoboken and/or Weehawken, but the Secaucus station would be, by far, the most important destination.

The Secaucus Transfer station has enormous capacity, so you could run hundreds of additional NJ Transit trains without stressing current capacity.

The tunnel to Manhattan is at 100% capacity during peak times, so no trains can be added directly into Manhattan without a new tunnel (they are lengthening platforms and have already gone to double decker trains).

Crawford

Oct 27, 2011 2:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bronxwood (Post 5458408)

All these places already have heavy rail service and direct service into Manhattan. There would be no need to extend the 7 train to any of these places.

If the 7 train were to be extended beyond Secaucus, I would imagine it would go where there currently isn't any direct rail into Manhattan.

M II A II R II K

Oct 28, 2011 3:43 PM

Why the 7 to Secaucus Won’t Work

Read More: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpr...cus-wont-work/

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Bloomberg’s expressed support for the now $10-billion proposal to send the subway to Secaucus is generating buzz and speculation about the ability to secure funds. Missing from this discussion is any concern for whether more people would actually transfer at Secaucus than do today. The instinct is to say that this provides a better connection to most of Midtown, but the transfer penalty literature suggests otherwise.

- One important thing to note, writes Reinhard Clever, is that for commuter rail, downtown-side transfers are much more inconvenient than suburb-side transfers. Suburban commuters will drive to a park-and-ride, but balk at a transfer at the city end. Clever’s example is Toronto, where commuter rail riders tend not to transfer to the subway at Union Station but only take transit to jobs that can be reached from the station by walking. This problem is what doomed the Austin Red Line. For all its flaws, ARC offered a one-seat ride from the Erie lines to Penn Station.

- Another thing to note is that suburban commuters routinely change trains at Jamaica today, but not at Secaucus. I’m not aware of a study on the transfer experience, but I am fairly certain that the difference is that at Jamaica the transfers are timed and cross-platform whereas at Secaucus they are not. Transferring at Secaucus today involves going up steps, passing through faregates, and going down steps, with no guarantee of a connecting train. The literature is unanimous that passengers will spend more than one minute of in-vehicle time to avoid a minute of transfer or waiting time.

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Here are better candidate projects for adding a pair of tracks under the Hudson:

1. ARC Alt G. Despite the ARC cancellation, it reminds the best option.

2. Hoboken-Lower Manhattan. This doesn’t give Erie commuters a one-seat ride to Penn Station, but compensates with a one-seat ride to Lower Manhattan, and a two-seat ride from the Morris and Essex Lines to Lower Manhattan. The Manhattan terminal should not be more than a two-track stub-end with short tail tracks and the potential for a connection to the LIRR Atlantic Division. With about 50 meters of tail tracks and a platform with many escalators, the Chuo Line turns nearly 30 tph on two tracks at Tokyo Station. It’s an outlier, but given the extreme cost of building larger stations in Manhattan, the response should not be “They’re different, our special circumstances won’t let this happen,” but “how can we have what they have?”. Modern signaling and punctuality are critical, but, as the Germans say, organization before electronics before concrete.

2b. Jersey City-Lower Manhattan. The same as option 2, but with somewhat less tunneling in Manhattan and a lot more tunneling in Jersey. The main advantage is that new underground stations at Journal Square and Exchange Place would serve more jobs and residents than a station in Hoboken. It may be cheaper due to reduced Manhattan tunneling, or more expensive due to less maneuvering room coming into Lower Manhattan. It also forces the Manhattan platform to be east-west rather than north-south for a far-future cross-platform transfer with Grand Central and Staten Island.

3. The L to Secaucus, or to Hoboken. This has all the problems of the 7 to Secaucus plus more – 14th Street is at best a secondary CBD – but it conveniently replaces the L’s current low-throughput terminal with another. Ideally the L should only be extended a few hundred meters west, to the Meatpacking District, but if such an extension has large fixed costs, the incremental cost of extending the L all the way could be low enough to be justified by the benefits of a Secaucus extension, which are low but nonzero.

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Crawford

Oct 28, 2011 5:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M II A II R II K (Post 5459882)

Why the 7 to Secaucus Won’t Work

Read More: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpr...cus-wont-work/

This really is a silly article, and seems to be written by someone who doesn't understand commuting patterns in the NYC area.

No, a subway tunnel to/from Lower Manhattan wouldn't make more sense. There are already two subway lines heading from NJ to Lower Manhattan. It's called PATH.

And Midtown has more than three times the employment and visitor base. Obviously it makes more sense to bring commuters to Midtown.

As for Jamaica Station vs. Secaucus Station, folks transfer at Jamaica because they have to! Many trains terminate at Jamaica, and many trips require a transfer. Not a single train terminates at Secaucus, so obviously there are fewer transfers.

And Jamaica runs an underground LIRR line to downtown Brooklyn (Atlantic Avenue terminal), so there's a second major endpoint destination. There is only one major endpoint option from Secaucus (yes, there's Hoboken terminal, but it's a somewhat smaller jobs hub).

k1052

Oct 28, 2011 7:32 PM

It would also make an extension to EWR (and perhaps Staten Island) possible. A one seat ride from EWR right into Times Square would be a tourism dream for the city.

Crawford

Oct 28, 2011 8:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k1052 (Post 5460236)

It would also make an extension to EWR (and perhaps Staten Island) possible. A one seat ride from EWR right into Times Square would be a tourism dream for the city.

There already is a one-seat ride from EWR to Penn Station.

I suppose it would be nice to have a one-seat to Times Square too, but I doubt it would be a priority. There are plenty of bigger needs, IMO.

k1052

Oct 28, 2011 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crawford (Post 5460298)

As is the issue now, most people (business and tourism) want to go into the arc north and east of Penn, in the 40s through low 50s. It would also create a redundant link into Manhattan in case something were to happen to the north river tunnels.

Roadcruiser1

Oct 28, 2011 11:12 PM

The 7 Line uses 42nd Street so it isn't as redundant as you think. It would link Jersey residents to Grand Central Terminal in a way that would be beneficial to them.

J. Will

Oct 29, 2011 2:18 AM

Quote:

Clever’s example is Toronto, where commuter rail riders tend not to transfer to the subway at Union Station but only take transit to jobs that can be reached from the station by walking.

This is what the paper says:

Quote:

Go Transit commuter
rail in Toronto provides a good example for Hutchinson’s findings. In spite of being directly connected to
one of the most efficient subway systems in North America, Go’s ridership potential is limited to the
number of work locations within an approximately 700 m radius around the main railroad station. Most
of the literature points to the fact that the ridership already drops off dramatically beyond 400 m. This
phenomenon is generally referred to as the “Quarter Mile Rule.”

Let's look at WHY that is. If you live North of downtown and work North of about Dundas Street, it is probably faster for you to take the subway to work. So people aren't avoid the commuter train because it imposes a transfer, but just because the subway is faster. Same thing if you live along the Bloor-Danforth line. Toronto's subway runs at about the same average speed as NYC's express trains. If one lives east or west of the city along the lakeshore, they are going to take the GO Train to Union Station and transfer to the subway to reach areas north of Dundas. I really doubt these people are actually "avoiding" the GO Train, though if there is evidence to the contrary I'd like to see it.

Toronto also has higher subway fares than NYC.

mrnyc

Oct 29, 2011 3:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crawford (Post 5460298)

well, i still say the 2nd avenue subway is a much bigger need for the majority of us cityfolk than the lirr eastside access project, the 7 train extension or the new fulton station. so people's transit upgrade priorities are pretty varied depending on where you are sitting!

Nexis4Jersey

Oct 29, 2011 1:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crawford (Post 5460081)

He does , he makes some great points. I think we need to enhance and expand our regional systems and improve there connectivity over expanding the subway which really doesn't add any capacity.... The Tunnels and regional network still become over stressed , we need more Regional / Intercity Capacity. I'm really starting to get pissed with politicians in this region cancelling one project to push another which costs just as much but benefits a tiny amount of the region. This really benefits the Real Estate developers and not the people of this region , same with the West side 7 train extension. Now Complete the Second Ave Subway , overhauling the system and fixing the bottlenecks and then after the Amtrak Gateway project which costs 10 billion $$ is completed , come back and revisit the 7 train extension. Its not like you can develop in Secaucus , its mostly protected wetlands , building the JCT and a few other things took decades to happen due to Environmental groups which due have a valid point about protecting the Meadowlands. The MTA , The PA , NJT are all opposed to this and I doubt that will change , and people are really starting to get pissed about paying higher tolls for Band Aid projects....

NYC4Life

Nov 7, 2011 5:30 PM

WCBS TV - NEW YORK

Man Dangles Off Tappan Zee Bridge With Large ‘Rockland Executive Legislature Coverup Retaliation’ Sign
November 7, 2011 12:23 PM

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/...ridge-incident

http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.co...sign.jpg?w=300

Quote:

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A bizarre incident is taking place on the Tappan Zee bridge.

An unidentified man is dangling from the middle of the span, sitting on top of a large, flapping sign. The man and the sign are dangling at the end of a long rope ladder. The man appears to be harnessed to the rope ladder.

The sign says “Rockland Executive Legislature Coverup Retaliation.”

The man is dangling roughly halfway between the water and the bridge.

The incident apparently began at around 10:45 a.m. Two lanes of the bridge are closed, and traffic is heavy in the area.

Check Traffic & Transit

Several boats are idling in the water below. Above, several people have responded to the site where the rope ladder is hooked to the bridge.

donoteat

Nov 8, 2011 12:50 AM

Terrifying. Is the Tappan Zee Bridge even capable of supporting that kind of weight?

NYC4Life

Nov 9, 2011 6:23 PM

News 12 The Bronx

MTA eyes new Bronx Metro-North stations

http://www.news12.com/articleDetail....news_type=news

Quote:

(11/08/11) THE BRONX - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is working on preliminary plans to expand Metro-North service to the east side of The Bronx.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., MTA officials and community leaders met yesterday to discuss the plan, which they say could become a reality by 2016.

The proposal could give residents more access to the railroad, with stations possibly coming to Co-op City, Parkchester, Hunts Point and Morris Park.

The Bronx Borough President's Office says since the tracks are already in place, they would only have to build stations. Some local politicians say it's a win-win situation.

"They don't need any variances and they project they don't need to interrupt any existing businesses," says Democratic state Assemblyman Marcos Crespo.

Community leaders say the only drawback is that the preliminary plans don't call for any new parking garages or lots, which may add more traffic to the area.

MTA board member and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer estimates that the project will cost about $300 million, with a third of the sum coming from Connecticut and the rest from New York.

NYC4Life

Nov 9, 2011 6:26 PM

NY1

10:36 AM
MTA Doing Away With "Please Be Patient" Announcements
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beat...-announcements

Quote:

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is scrapping subway announcements asking for patience when trains are delayed.

New automated announcements thank riders for their patience while apologizing for the inconvenience.

They're replacing announcements about delays that end with the phrase "please be patient."

Riders have complained about the old announcements since they first began running in the late 1990s.

The MTA says some riders intrerpreted the old announcements as an admonishment.

dchan

Nov 9, 2011 7:16 PM

^ My problem with the automated announcements is that they tell the riders nothing about what's going on. The announcements keep saying that there's "train traffic ahead of us", but when you've been sitting in a non-moving train between stations for 10 minutes, you clearly know that the announcement is complete bullshit and a catch-all reason to use for any sort of delay.

Tell us that there's a sick passenger in the next station, that the train needs to wait for some track workers to get out of the way, that the dispatcher is slowing down the express train in order to allow the local train to catch up at the next station to allow transfers, or anything that's more specific than "train traffic ahead of us". Just don't bullshit the passengers with fake excuses for why the train has suddenly stopped moving (unless, of course, the delay is actually due to real train traffic).

mrnyc

Nov 11, 2011 2:18 AM

^ thats not a problem anymore. the automated announcements come on and then the conductor comes on and explains. there was a concerted effort by the mta to do that a year or so ago and they have been doing a good job. much improved over the past.

nito	Nov 11, 2011 2:16 PM

New York Commuter Rail Map

This is something that I've been working on over the past few months. It is essentially a map illustrating the service frequencies along various commuter/intercity lines into Central New York (Manhattan) during the morning rush-hour (defined as 08:00 - 08:59).

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/...818aa6d8_b.jpg

Due to the complexity and limitations of Google Map, you will need to copy and paste the following url into the Google Map search bar to 'see' the entire map and avoid having to shift between the cumbersome map pages.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?vps...03e4fdf771def1

I also suggest switching to the terrain view to see the map in full clarity. Currently working on one for Toronto and London (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/...962d0129_b.jpg)

KVNBKLYN

Nov 11, 2011 6:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nito (Post 5476744)

Due to the complexity and limitations of Google Map, you will need to copy and paste the following url into the Google Map search bar to 'see' the entire map and avoid having to shift between the cumbersome map pages.

Neither the link nor copying-and-pasting the url work for me.

NYC4Life

Nov 13, 2011 6:38 AM

WABC-TV NEW YORK

All PATH trains temporarily suspended Sat. night
Updated at 11:25 PM today

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...fic&id=8429936

Quote:

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Due to a signal problem, all PATH trains were temporarily suspended Saturday night.

An electrical fire in a closet at Journal Square knocked out power to the signals, forcing service to be suspended at around 8 p.m.

The fire was put out and there were no injuries.

Port Authority is working to get power back but they are not sure when that will happen.
NJ Transit is cross honoring tickets.

For more information, visit the Port Authority website.

PATH ALERTS: CLICK HERE FOR PATH ALERTS

manchester united

Nov 13, 2011 8:20 PM

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beat...ts-for-repairs

Therefore some stations will be closed for some weeknights every three months. Bad news for the city that never sleeps !!!

NYC4Life

Nov 14, 2011 1:39 AM

NY1

UPDATED 4:48 PM
State Ban On Smoking At Outdoor Commuter Rail Platforms Takes Effect
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beat...s-takes-effect

Quote:

A new state law that bans smoking on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's outdoor commuter rail platforms, including Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road stations, took effect Sunday.

Smokers now face a $50 fine for breaking the rule.

MTA police officers will give out warnings before they start writing tickets.

The agency said the ban promotes a healthier, cleaner environment and reduces the chance of a track fire.

As it is only a statewide rule, Metro-North platforms in Connecticut will still allow smoking.

Rail passengers who spoke with NY1 at the Jamaica LIRR Station in Queens on Sunday had mixed reactions to the new law.

"It's good for the kids and it's probably for people who don't like people that smoke," said one rider.

"They should an area where you're able to smoke, and then they should have an area where you can't smoke, you know what I'm saying?" said another. "So the people who do smoke, they could enjoy their cigarette or their cigar or whatever, and smoke in their area where you're allowed to smoke, and the people who don't, if they got a problem with it, they just go to the other side."

Smoking is already prohibited on outdoor New York City subway platforms.

NYC4Life

Nov 14, 2011 6:12 PM

WABC-TV NEW YORK

MTA launches new bus service
Updated at 12:12 PM today

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...fic&id=8430748

Quote:

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA is launching a new plan to get cross-town buses moving along 34th Street.

Select buses are now rolling cross town meaning commuters can pay their fare before boarding.

Officials believe this is an important step because 35 percent of the M34's travel time is wasted by buses idling and riders putting their metro cards in the fare box one at a time.

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ONLINE: mta.info

manchester united

Nov 14, 2011 11:01 PM

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beat...-on-weeknights

N830MH

Nov 15, 2011 6:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manchester united (Post 5480269)

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beat...-on-weeknights

Oh boy, what exactly gonna do for now? What about those passengers is trying to catch the train during late-night hours.

NYC4Life

Nov 16, 2011 5:37 PM

NY1

9:12 AM
Subway Beating Suspects Caught On Video
By: NY1 News

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1904/unledfp.jpg

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beat...aught-on-video

Quote:

Police are looking for three men after an assault on a subway train last week.
Police released amateur video of three men arguing with the victim on the L train at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues station.

The incident happened last Tuesday around 2 a.m.

The argument escalated and the men are seen punching and kicking the victim as passengers ran for safety.

Anyone with information about the case is being asked to contact Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-577-TIPS, by texting TIP577 to CRIMES, or by going to NYPDCrimeStoppers.com.

untitledreality

Nov 16, 2011 9:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC4Life (Post 5482498)

Subway Beating Suspects Caught On Video

3 on 1, what model citizens.

M II A II R II K

Nov 26, 2011 3:14 PM

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This report finds that a disproportionate share of the city's recent job growth, transit ridership gains and population growth have occurred in the four boroughs outside of Manhattan, yet transit service in the boroughs has not kept pace-and the biggest losers have been the city's working poor. We argue that New York's bus system could step in and fill the gaps, but not without major improvements.

PDF Report: http://www.nycfuture.org/images_pdfs...indtheCurb.pdf

J. Will

Nov 27, 2011 3:17 AM

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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K (Post 5493895)

PDF Report: http://www.nycfuture.org/images_pdfs...indtheCurb.pdf

Just looking at maps of the bus routes in Brooklyn and Queens, there are too many routes that are too short, which necessitates lots of transfers for passengers. There are a number of routes which could be combined to make fewer, longer routes which run all the way north-south or east-west through the combined area of the two boroughs.

M II A II R II K

Dec 5, 2011 3:19 PM

After Tolls Rise, Less Traffic and More Train Riders Into Manhattan

December 2, 2011

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/ny...ders.html?_r=1

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The rise in tolls on Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bridges and tunnels in September may have caused many commuters to leave their cars at home and switch to public transportation, early reports from the agency show. About 890,000 fewer cars and trucks used the crossings from Sept. 19 through Nov. 22 compared with the number that did in roughly the same period in 2010, a 4 percent drop. During that period, ridership on PATH, the Port Authority subway connecting Manhattan and New Jersey, rose by about 560,000, or 3.7 percent, the agency said.

New Jersey Transit buses also had slight ridership gains, said a spokesman, John Durso Jr., though the agency could not provide actual numbers. Figures for ridership on New Jersey Transit trains were incomplete, officials said, though early signs pointed to a modest increase. On Sept. 18, cash tolls rose to $12 from $8 for the George Washington Bridge, the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, and three crossings between New Jersey and Staten Island. (The toll is collected from cars coming into New York; going to New Jersey is free.)

E-ZPass tolls during peak travel times rose to $9.50 from $8. By 2015, the cash toll will be $15 and the E-ZPass toll will be $12.50. About 3.5 percent more riders started using E-ZPass and, over all, the Port Authority received 20 percent more in toll revenue than it did the year before. While advocacy groups like the Tri-State Transportation Campaign are pleased that use of public transportation is up, they also hoped it would give government agencies more reason to spend on mass transit.

“Shifting more transit is definitely a good thing for the economy and the environment,” said Veronica Vanterpool, associate director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. “While transit across the region and especially across the Hudson River has seen tremendous growth in ridership, there hasn’t been a comparable level of financial investment in transit service.”

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bobdreamz

Dec 5, 2011 7:34 PM

^ My God it's been so long since I've been to NYC that I remember the toll for the Lincoln Tunnel was $3! I thought it was outrageous at the time!

NYC4Life

Dec 8, 2011 4:42 PM

News 12 The Bronx

Bill to legalize livery street hails runs out of gas in Albany

http://www.news12.com/articleDetail....news_type=news

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(12/08/11) THE BRONX - A bill that would allow livery cab drivers to legally pick up street hails has hit a snag in Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) says that there's still no agreement on the measure and that he expects to veto it until the Legislature reconvenes next year. The debate surrounds the number of wheelchair accessible cars and whether livery drivers should have the right to make airport pickups.

If the proposal goes through, 30,000 livery cars would be able to accept street hails in the outer boroughs and in upper Manhattan. It also would call on the Taxi and Limousine Commission to release 1,500 new medallions in a move that would raise $1 billion for the city.

M II A II R II K

Jan 4, 2012 9:07 PM

DCP Advances Promising Manhattan Parking Reforms, Fixes Flawed Study

January 3, 2012

By Noah Kazis

Read More: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/01/0...-flawed-study/

PDF Study: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/mn_c...core_study.pdf

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When plans to reform parking policies in the Manhattan core leaked out of the Department of City Planning last fall, the documents presented a riddle. The proposed changes were solid reforms to successful policies, closing loopholes in the existing parking caps and rationalizing the current system. The draft study which accompanied the reforms, however, seemed to play fast and loose with the facts while arguing for the city to allow parking to eat up more of Manhattan’s valuable space. One hand didn’t seem to know what the other was doing, and with New York’s powerful real estate industry lobbying against the parking maximums, parking reform was in a precarious position.

At the end of the year, though, DCP released the final version of its Manhattan core parking study. The internal conflicts seem to have been resolved, and the results are far more encouraging. The sloppy and misleading analysis is gone and the positive reforms remain. Assuming that DCP continues on its current path — and that the City Council eventually agrees — Manhattan’s precedent-setting-but-decades-old parking regulations are on track to be updated for the 21st century. Specific language for the new regulations is due in the next few months, according to DCP.

In the final version of its Manhattan core study, DCP says unequivocally that the 30-year-old system of parking maximums has been successful, an endorsement nowhere to be found in the earlier draft. “The Manhattan Core parking regulations have proved to be compatible with population and job growth and a thriving Central Business District,” the authors write. “In almost three decades since the Manhattan Core regulations were enacted, the Manhattan Core has added population and jobs and has strengthened its position as the vital heart of a world city. Travel into the CBD has shifted toward transit and away from private vehicles.” Those trends aren’t all the result of parking maximums, of course, but the regulations have helped shape the areas below West 110th Street and East 96th Street.

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NYC4Life

Jan 6, 2012 6:14 AM

NY1

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stori...ubway-stations

Updated 01/05/2012 11:12 PM
Transit Workers Call For Action Against Rats In Subway Stations
By: Amanda Farinacci

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Members of the Transport Workers Union and community leaders rallied in Washington Heights Thursday to call attention to rat infestations in subway stations, a problem that they say is getting worse. NY1’s Amanda Farinacci filed the following report.

NY1’s cameras captured no rats on the train tracks at the busy 181st Street station in Washington Heights Thursday, but that doesn't mean they're not a problem. Subway riders say the situation is getting out of control.

“I saw a lot of them in the train tracks," said one subway rider. "They're nasty.”

That's why the Transport Workers Union turned out at the station Thursday night after an informal survey by a community group revealed passengers reported a growing number of rats there.

The union encouraged riders to sign a petition demanding action from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

“It's a constant struggle to juggle the cleaning. The problem is we don't have enough cleaners, and they're trying to use WEP and they're coming up with all initiatives and it's just not working,” said Derick Echevarria of TWU Local 100.

“Rats and trash is an issue that has been affecting our community, and we believe that it is time for the MTA to put more resources, to hire more workers, so that our station should keep clean. Rats should be out of the train station,” said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez.

The TWU has visited stations all over the city that are notorious rat havens, and the MTA has responded to some of those stops by thoroughly cleaning them.

MTA officials say they’re following some suggestions offered by the TWU to fix the problem, but they’re aware that the rats persist. The agency said while it looks for a long term solution, in the short term, some stations are being cleaned more often.

“Rats carry germs. They can carry things ranging from hantavirus to other types of very serious illnesses can be communicated through them, and apart from just the fear factor, there are health issues that you have to be concerned about,” said one subway rider.

The TWU says it will continue its campaign until the rat problem is under control.

It is still encouraging subway riders to visit a website it created, ratfreesubways.com, to post their rat stories and videos.

NYC4Life

Jan 6, 2012 6:17 AM

WABC-TV NEW YORK

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...ork&id=8491362

Ex-MTA chief has harsh words for transit system
Thursday, January 05, 2012

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Jay Walder is being a lot more harsh about the MTA now that he's no longer in charge.

Walder is the new chief of mass transit in Hong Kong.

He's making close to $1 million there, which is nearly three times what he made in New York City.

Walder told Chinese reporters the MTA infrastructure is terrible.
He says the system doesn't have enough money to operate or to replace equipment.

pesto

Jan 6, 2012 6:17 PM

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Originally Posted by NYC4Life (Post 5539470)

WABC-TV NEW YORK

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...ork&id=8491362

Ex-MTA chief has harsh words for transit system
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Copyright ©2012 ABC Inc., WABC-TV/DT New York, NY. All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the problem is a focus on forcing people to take transit by making alternatives expensive and difficult, rather than by improving transit quality and customer experience?

Crawford

Jan 6, 2012 6:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pesto (Post 5539969)

Perhaps the problem is a focus on forcing people to take transit by making alternatives expensive and difficult, rather than by improving transit quality and customer experience?

What realistic, large-scale alternatives to transit are there in a dense urban area? Private automobiles? LOL

And how is private automobile usage "expensive and difficult" in the U.S.? It's probably cheaper and easier than basically anywhere on the planet, even in congested areas like the Northeast Corridor.

M II A II R II K

Jan 7, 2012 11:09 PM

Relax, if You Want, but Don’t Put Your Feet Up

January 6, 2012

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/ny...handcuffs.html

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It is perhaps the most minor crime New Yorkers are routinely arrested for: sitting improperly on a subway seat. Seven years ago, rule 1050(7)(J) of the city’s transit code criminalized what was once simply bad etiquette: passengers putting their feet on a subway seat. They also cannot take up more than one seat if it interferes with other passengers’ comfort, nor can they block movement on a subway by doing something like standing too close to the doors.

- Police officers handed out more than 6,000 tickets for these violations in 2011. But a $50 ticket would have been welcome compared with the trouble many passengers found themselves in; roughly 1,600 people like Mr. Peppers were arrested, sometimes waiting more than a day to be brought before a judge and released, according to statistics from district attorneys’ offices. In some instances, passengers were arrested because they had outstanding warrants, or did not have photo identification. Some arrests were harder to explain, with no apparent cause other than the seat violation. In at least one case, the arrest led to deportation.

- It is not clear why Mr. Peppers was not just given a ticket. He had an arrest record that dated back three decades and involved firearm possession, robbery and the sale of crack cocaine; in 2009 he was released from prison, where he has spent much of his adult life. But he and his lawyer said there was no warrant for his arrest. In interviews, public defenders who represent many of the passengers arrested say their clients tend to be among the working class, often kitchen workers who are exhausted as they begin or end long shifts at Manhattan restaurants. Lawyers say many of the cases originate on the F train at the Rockefeller Center stop.

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manchester united

Jan 9, 2012 8:01 PM

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...QLZXBc64AWBiiP

Shame !!! All the 4 tracks closed !!!!

K 22	Jan 10, 2012 7:53 PM

So what's the next best option during that time period w/o having to go to the West Side? The M15 Select Bus from South Ferry?

NYC4Life

Jan 17, 2012 4:02 AM

WABC-TV NEW YORK

Baby born on PATH train
Monday, January 16, 2012

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...ork&id=8507373

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By Scott Curkin; Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- A baby boy was born on a PATH train between 23rd street and 33rd street stations.

The baby was born on the 9:49 a.m. PATH train from Journal Square to 33rd Street today, between the 23rd and 33rd street stations.

Authorities say the 31-year-old mother, of Harrison, apparently gave birth with the help of passenger. Her husband was also with her.

PATH crew turned train into an express after learning the woman, who got on at the Journal Square Station, was in labor.

Port Authority police officers met train at 33rd Street station and the newborn was already was being held by his dad.

Port Authority police wrapped the baby in a blanket and EMS arrived and took all to Roosevelt Hospital.

dchan

Jan 17, 2012 4:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Crawford (Post 5540017)

You completely misunderstood his post. He meant that transit authorities and DOTs seem more focused on raising the price of driving (via increased crossing and highway tolls) rather than offering an attractive transportation alternative (an improved, faster transit experience) in order to induce more drivers to switch to using transit. IMO, both strategies need to be implemented simultaneously in order to successfully break the driving commuter culture that persists in the U.S.

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Originally Posted by K 22 (Post 5544404)

So what's the next best option during that time period w/o having to go to the West Side? The M15 Select Bus from South Ferry?

The M15 doesn't run during those hours. I'm guessing that there's going to be a lot of cab sharing during the time.

It's going to be tough for after-hours commuters along the East Side, but IMO, it's a necessary evil. Think of how quickly the authorities out in LA replaced the road surface of that freeway they shut down. And then think of how annoying it is for subway riders during normal and relatively normal hours (including weekend daytimes) who have to put up with prolonged delays and reroutes because the maintenance crews can't work quickly and efficiently enough on their tasks as they have to be on the lookout to avoid a train coming by every few minutes.

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