Archive for July, 2008
MTA Opens New Entrance At Columbus Circle
The MTA has opened a new entrance at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station on the , , , , & lines. The new entrance located at 60th Street & Broadway is part of the ongoing 42-month $108 million station rehabilitation project. Here is the press release: The 59th Street-Columbus Circle ABCD1 subway station, a major […]
MTA Steps Up Select Bus Service Fare Enforcement
The MTA plans on step up fare payment enforcement on the Bx12’s Select Bus Service route. Pete Donohue & Tayanika Samuels of the New York Daily News has the story: No more playing nice. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority soon will stop giving warnings to riders who board Select Bus Service buses in upper Manhattan and […]
MTA Outhinks Themselves
Three days ago, New York Post Transit Reporter Patrick Gallahue had an exclusive report about the MTA outhinking themselves when it came to an ad campaign they have been working on. The ads were part of their anti-groping campaign which was to bring public awareness to the never ending issue of sick individuals groping or […]
MTA To Offer Media Tour Of East Side Access Tunnel
13 days ago the MTA issued a press release to announce that the first tunnel boring machine reached Grand Central Terminal as part of the Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access project. Now they are inviting photographers & reporters to tour the recently dug tunnel. Here is all the information courtesy of MTA Headquarters: […]
MTA Looking To Ads To Add Financial Muscle
We all know the MTA is in deep trouble on the financial front. So any source of income is seen as a good thing to them. The current sector they hope to make even more money in is advertising. The agency which made $106 million dollars last year from advertising projects to earn $110 million […]
