Archive for October, 2007
Jamaica Bottleneck Editorial
I just stumbled upon a short editorial written in the Newsday relating to the Jamaica bottleneck that the Long Island Railroad plans to fix. No writer was listed but here is the short editorial anyway: Jamaica sprint Anybody who has crawled ever so slowly into the LIRR’s Jamaica station – especially after a speedy express […]
LIRR To Spend Millions To Fix The Bottleneck
What bottleneck am I talking about? The Jamaica bottleneck! The bottleneck includes the Jamaica station & the tracks entering & exiting the station. The Jamaica station is the Long Island Railroad’s second busiest station after Penn Station. The station serves 10 of the agency’s 11 branches. However it is woefully lacking a proper structure to […]
7 & L Train To Get More Service
The MTA recently announced the official plans for increasing service on the 7 & L train respectively. The plans date back to the promises made by the MTA in relation to the rider report card results for the 7 & L. The MTA said the changes will be implemented by mid December. Here is the […]
Lawmakers Give The MTA A Piece Of Their Mind…
This past Tuesday a city-state coalition took to the steps of City Hall to announce their “Stop The Fare Hike Campaign”. The coalition includes 22 Democrats from the New York State Assembly along with such groups as: Disabled Riders Coalition, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Straphangers Campaign Transportation Alternatives, Tri-State Transportation Campaign Vision […]
Speaking Of Cleanup…..
Residents of The Forester located at Queens Blvd. & 75th Ave. have grown increasingly frustrated with the MTA. Their building which is located near an entrance to the 75th Ave. station on the E & F has been the site of unpleasant odors according to residents. The odors are coming from idling trucks & chemicals […]
