Archive for July, 2008
LIRR Service Alert
Ronkonkoma Branch Customers: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service on the Ronkonkoma Branch is suspended in both directions between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma as result of an unauthorized person on the tracks who was struck by a train east of Deer Park. xoxo Transit Blogger
MTA To Provide Hybrid Bus Service To DHL All-Star Fan Fest
Earlier today, the MTA’s New York City Transit division announced their partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Major League Baseball (MLB) to provide hybrid-electric bus service to the DHL All-Star Fan Fest at the Javits Center. Here are all the details: MTA New York City Transit, working with the Natural Resources Defense […]
LIRR Earns Millions From Scrap Metal
Earlier today the MTA’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) division issued a press release highlighting the $3 million dollars earned from the sale of salvageable scrap metal. Here is the full release courtesy of the MTA: MTA Long Island Rail Road President Helena Williams reported today that the sale of scrap metal salvaged by the […]
Another Perk Bites The Dust
Three days ago I wrote about how Alison Gendar and Pete Donohue of the New York Daily News exposed how 60 MTA Bridge & Tunnel employees were given the use of MTA owned vehicles which also came with no expense for gas. Due to their report, MTA CEO/Executive Director Elliot Sander has called for an […]
Drunk Man Survies Fall Onto Tracks
Yesterday evening a drunk man survived after falling onto the tracks at the Metro-North’s Brewster Village station. The Associated Press (via The New York Daily News) had the brief story: BREWSTER, N.Y. – Metro-North police say a “highly intoxicated” man who fell off the platform as a train pulled into the Brewster Village station has […]
