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January 29, 2012
State Senate Bill Wants To Ban Subway Snacking To Get Rid Of Rats
viaWe know from experience that two things make for strange and uncomfortable subway videos: food and rats. Now, in order to get rid of the latter, a New York State Senate bill aims at getting rid of the former. The New York Post reports that the proposed bill would institute a $250 fine for ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
MTA's New Financial Plan Shows Fare Increases in 2013, 2015
The MTA Board met this morning to present and discuss its newest financial plan for 2012 through 2015, a plan still in its preliminary stages. To everyone's likely dismay, it projects fare increases, but also promises no service cuts based on the budget. "[The plan] presents at least a fragil ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
The MTA Can Text...Sort of
If you're a Metro-North commuter, the MTA will now text you train schedules and other important information as to the status of your ride. Well, not the MTA, exactly: A technology company named CooCoo is providing the service updates, which are already available for Long Island Rail Road cust ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
MTA Still Broke; Will Raise Fares, Again, in 2013
Adrian FussellTransit officials said Monday that the heavy snowfall late last year cost the MTA $14 million in lost revenues and $16 million in overtime hours spent clearing roads and subway tracks. (Meanwhile, the Bloomberg administration told the New York Times that they were still counting ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
What to Expect When You're Expecting a Snow Emergency
Will it snow? Will it snow-pocalypse? As we wait and see what really happens (the Weather Channel says that will be at about 7 p.m., though Mayor Bloomberg has already declared a "weather emergency" for NYC), we're right here to tell you what we know. Which is this:
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December 30, 2010
MTA Taking More of Your Money Starting Today
image via am New YorkToday is the day that we've all been hating in advance for months now: The day that the dreaded MTA fare increases go into effect. That means that your 7-Day Unlimited card is now $29, your 30-Day Unlimited gets a 17% increase to $104, and your 7-Day Express Bus pass is n ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Snow Blows MTA's Timing on New Subway House Ads
Late December probably wasn't the best time to roll out those new MTA house ads. Cars on this afternoon's much delayed A trains carried a new credo that made you stop and ponder a bit: "A city is only as good as its transit system," reads one sprawling card, part of the new "Improving, Non-st ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
Your MTA Overlords Will Charge $104 for Your Glamorous Monthly Subway Commute
The MTA has been wearing us down with hints and speculation that our monthly unlimited card might increase in cost by almost $20 come January, and today MTA Chairman Jay Walder told Brian Lehrer that the MTA would, indeed, be keeping MetroCards unlimited -- instead of the proposed alternate, ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Attack of the Subway Video Ads: Cash Cow or "Invasion"?
The announcement that video ads are coming to the subway--in the form of playoff baseball highlights beamed by TBS to specially equipped cars on the 42nd Street Shuttle--was met mostly with goggling over the technology that embeds TV screens in train car walls, mixed with plaintive sighs that ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Morning Links: The Kardashian/Bieber Connection; Grimaldi's Possible Eviction, and Other A.M. Shake-Ups
via Elle.comRangel Holds 80th Birthday Party cum Campaign Fundraiser in the Grand Ballroom at The Plaza hotel. A "Make checks payable to Rangel Victory Fund," hung outside the ballroom. For guests, the rule was no cash, no bash -- all attendees had to cough up at least $200. [Daily News] The ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Transit Bigs, Facing Crisis, Stage Spitting Olympics
Daily NewsThe only thing more remarkable than the fact that some bus drivers needed sixty days off to pull themselves together after catching a gob of New York spit from unhinged passengers, is that there are no known recent instances of bus-driver-on-passenger homicides. Any number of killi ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Cash-Strapped MTA Sells Bonds in Desperation; Bloomberg Sees Fare Hike and/or Service Cuts
Oh great: In light of the newly-discovered MTA $400 nillion budget shortfall because payroll tax revenues aren't up to expectations, Mayor Bloomberg suggested during a Q&A that "the MTA is either going to have to raise rates dramatically or cut back service dramatically or, what's more likely, some ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
MTA Passes New Doomsday Budget (Updated)
The MTA board just voted to pass that new budget with service cuts. MTA Chairman Jay Walder "stressed the preliminary nature of this proposal," says Second Avenue Sagas, which live-tweeted the meeting. SAS says board members stressed their "legal obligation to pass a balanced budget for 2010" befor ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Cortlandt Street R and W Station Re-Opens Today (Northbound Only)
New MTA Chairman Jay Walder is coming to Cortlandt Street this afternoon, not to pay homage to the late Sy Syms, but to re-open the Cortlandt Street R and W train station. The station was closed for renovations four years ago and was scheduled to be reopened on February 6, 2006 but, well, you ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
MTA Chief Considers Off-Peak Pricing for Subways, Buses
Ride the whole system, all for the low price of [insert current fare here]! That's been the beauty of New York City transit. But the variable pricing afforded by unlimited-ride cards has blurred that distinction, and new MTA chairman, Jay Walder, may erase it: he is looking at "time-of-day pricing" ... More >>
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October 2, 2009
MTA: 150 Subway Stations Will Get Digital Train Timers
Lucky L train riders have had digital signs telling them when trains are coming (not always accurately, in our experience, but usually close enough for comfort). Now the MTA, which has mainly offered us blood, sweat and tears lately, says on December 2010, if not sooner, they'll start equipp ... More >>

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State Senate Bill Wants To Ban Subway Snacking To Get Rid Of Rats

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MTA's New Financial Plan Shows Fare Increases in 2013, 2015

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The MTA Can Text...Sort of

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MTA Still Broke; Will Raise Fares, Again, in 2013

Blogs

What to Expect When You're Expecting a Snow Emergency

Blogs

MTA Taking More of Your Money Starting Today

Blogs

Snow Blows MTA's Timing on New Subway House Ads

Blogs

Your MTA Overlords Will Charge $104 for Your Glamorous Monthly Subway Commute

Blogs

Attack of the Subway Video Ads: Cash Cow or "Invasion"?

Blogs

Morning Links: The Kardashian/Bieber Connection; Grimaldi's Possible Eviction, and Other A.M. Shake-Ups

Blogs

Transit Bigs, Facing Crisis, Stage Spitting Olympics

Blogs

Cash-Strapped MTA Sells Bonds in Desperation; Bloomberg Sees Fare Hike and/or Service Cuts

Blogs

MTA Passes New Doomsday Budget (Updated)

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Cortlandt Street R and W Station Re-Opens Today (Northbound Only)

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MTA Chief Considers Off-Peak Pricing for Subways, Buses

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MTA: 150 Subway Stations Will Get Digital Train Timers

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