Archive for June, 2008
Raise Rage
On Tuesday, I blogged about MTA CEO & Executive Director Elliot Sander getting approved for a $10,000 increase to his total salary compensation package. Since then, bloggers, media, & transit advocates have expressed concern or outrage at the raise. Now the Daily News has joined in via their editorial section which had this piece titled […]
So That’s What Happened
Earlier today, I posted a service alert regarding train service. The reason stated in the service alert was a passenger “requiring medical assistance”. Now details have come out as to what exactly happened. Here is the story by Matthew Sweeney courtesy of AMNY: A man was pulled to safety after suffering a seizure and falling […]
Selfish Bastard
Should I be surprised about this story? (Matthew Sweeney; AMNY): A man who jumped in front of a southbound E train in Manhattan Tuesday morning was passed over by the cars and then yelled at the conductor for not killing him. “He jumped. The train ran over him,” a police spokeswoman said. “He wasn’t injured […]
MTA Highly Dependent On Real Estate
Over the last couple of weeks, the state of the MTA’s finances has been blogged about numerous times here & all over the internet. One of the common themes in all of these blogs is how the downturn in the real estate market has been a huge burden on the MTA’s bottom line. Matthew Sweeney […]
MTA Sustainability Webinar Links
Yesterday, I promised to post the link to the archived webcast of the MTA Sustainability Webinar as soon as it became available. Here are the links for broadband & dialup connections: MTA Sustainability Webinar – 300K MTA Sustainability Webinar – 56K xoxo Transit Blogger
