Archive for August, 2008
Political Group Wants Riders To Help Fight The Hike
When you pick up your Tuesday copy of the New York Daily News, you will see an article writing by Joseph Addabbo Jr. Mr. Addabbo along with his fellow Queens Councilman John Liu are part of the team which brings you the anti-fare hike site Fight The Hike 08. The group will unveil its plan […]
Singing The Same Old Tune
The world of local transit news has been relatively quiet over the last week. This worked out great for me as I was extremely lethargic for most of last week & coupled with having little time, I could not update the blog. The biggest piece of news for the week came on Thursday with the […]
Service Diversions 08-15
Let me first apologize for the lack of site updates this week & for posting the service diversions for the weekend & next week so late. Anyhow the page has been updated & I advise you print it out to carry with you while riding the subway. As always may all of you have a […]
MTA’s New Escalators Off To A Bumpy Start
Yesterday the MTA debuted the 35 variable speed escalators installed at 4 subway stations in Manhattan & Queens. The escalators which use infrared motion sensors to determine what speed to operate at were put in place to help cut down on energy consumption. As one would expect from anything new especially coming from the MTA, […]
Riders Upset About Changes Due To Select Bus Service
Those who know me know I like to read neighborhood newspapers or websites as you never know what you might come across. I’m glad that I am this way as I came across a very interesting story in the Norwood News. The story discussed how some Bronx riders were upset at the Select Bus Service […]
