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Latest NewsView New Posts »Tropical Storm Andrea will dump rain on Northeast into early Saturday
Posted by Harry - Jun 07 2013 10:56 AM
The first named tropical storm of hurricane season is hugging the East Coast as it heads north to unleash pounding rains on the city by midday Friday. Tropical Storm Andrea, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and its blustery conditions are expected to give Northern states a good soaking that could last into early Saturday morning, meteorologists said. The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for New York City and surrounding areas from 6 a.m. Friday through 2 p.m. Saturday.
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More delays in store for inter-boro riders as MTA announces G line closure for 16 weekends
Posted by Harry - Jun 06 2013 07:44 AM
Some inter-borough
train loyalists will have to find another way to cross the border when a chunk of their beloved subway line goes on the shelf for 16 weekends, starting in July. Sections of the train’s subway tunnel are slated for massive renovations, needed to repair equipment that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Three stops along the train line will be out of commission during the major facelift, temporarily derailing hundreds of locals who use the beloved line — the only one that connects Brooklyn to Queens without going through Manhattan and the lone underground trasit from yuppified Park Slope to the hipster enclaves of Fort Greene, Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
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Posted by RestrictOnTheHanger - Jun 05 2013 12:29 AM
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to close a key subway tunnel linking Brooklyn and Manhattan for at least a year, bowing to the need for a prolonged outage to repair lingering damage from superstorm Sandy, an MTA official said. The closure of the Montague tube, which carries the
train beneath the mouth of the East River, is a blow to tens of thousands of daily riders who commute on the from southern Brooklyn. Work on the Montague tube will likely begin in August, and is expected to last 12 to 14 months, the official said. It is the biggest post-Sandy setback for the 
, which has drawn high marks for the speed with which subway service was restored after the Oct. 29 storm. It may not be the last.
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MTA's $40 million windfall: Make service better, urge politicians, mayoral candidates
Posted by Harry - Jun 04 2013 07:43 AM
More than 45 elected officials or candidates for office — including all the major Democrats running for mayor — are demanding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority use a $40 million windfall to restore and bolster service. The Daily News reported earlier this year that the state budget increases transit subsidies by more than $358 million — $40 million more than the MTA anticipated in its own budget. The agency is also raising more money than expected from its $1 MetroCard "green fee" begun in March. “The trains and buses are packed," said John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance.
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The Grim Rapper warns MTA riders to 'stand back' from the tracks in subway
Posted by Harry - Jun 03 2013 05:50 AM
The Grim Reaper rides the subway. The skeletal figure can be seen standing on the platform edge as a 400-ton train races into the station, the rush of air blasts and billows his black hood and cape. He walks silently through a subway car. He glides up a station escalator, looking right into your eyes. These are three scenes from a public service message by Transport Workers Union Local 100. The subject is death, or rather, how to avoid death by train. The public service message comes in the form of a rap music video. I know, that sounds lame. Public service message-rap music video sounds like a recipe for disaster — three minutes of your life you won’t get back.
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Second Avenue subway plagued with dangerous conditions and safety violations
Posted by Harry - Jun 02 2013 10:33 PM
The Second Avenue subway project has been roundly cursed by upper East Siders for disrupting their quiet streets with dirt and chaos. Below ground it’s even worse. Since contractors began the big dig, the MTA’s $4.4 billion taxpayer-funded megaproject has been plagued by dangerous conditions and lax oversight, a Daily News investigation has found. In the last two years, the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has whacked contractors at the site with 18 safety violations and $61,000 in fines, records show. Three more investigations are pending.
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No. 1 resumes service after train derailed in Morningside Heights, stranding hundreds in sweltering
Posted by Harry - Jun 01 2013 10:22 AM
The No. 1 train is back on track Thursday morning after hundreds of straphangers were stranded aboard sweltering subway cars during rush hour Wednesday after it derailed in Morningside Heights. Two wheels on the lead subway car jumped their track about 5:50 p.m., disabling the southbound train a few blocks south of the above-ground W. 125th St. station. Sources said the cause of the mishap was a broken running rail. “We heard a loud bang, like a bomb,” said Jessica Martinez, 24, a nanny from Washington Heights. “The train just stopped. I was so anxious I was light-headed. I avoid trains at all costs.”
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Posted by Harry - Jun 01 2013 10:14 AM
A plan to build two new Amtrak tunnels underneath the Hudson River to Manhattan has received an $185 million boost, officials said Thursday. The Federal Transit Administration funds will be used to do preliminary construction work beneath the MTA's rail yard west of Penn Station, between 10th and 11th Aves, officials said. The two-tunnel "Gateway" project is critical because the existing pair of century-old tubes under the Hudson River are just about at capacity with 450 Amtrak, NJ Transit and Metro-North Railroad trains each day. There's no room for error.
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Clever ‘G Train Workout Plan’ video highlights New York commuters’ gripes with the subway line
Posted by Harry - Jun 01 2013 10:02 AM
Using the
train isn't always convenient, but its riders sure have some help getting in shape. The " Train Workout Plan," an amusing video released by the Riders Alliance, demonstrates many of the complaints about the notoriously late, rerouted and overcrowded subway line in Brooklyn and Queens. In the ingenious video, a woman shows off the three aspects of the sometimes involuntary fitness regime: "the sprint to catch a train, the stretch to reach a pole to hold on to and the hike to another line when the is late again."
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