Archive for August, 2008
HaltTheHike.org Reopens
Lost in the shuffle of all the transit news was the official relaunch of the HaltTheHike.org website. The website is run by The Straphangers Campaign & The Working Families Party. The purpose of the site is to encourage riders to send e-mails through their form to both Mayor Bloomberg & Gov. Patterson urging why a […]
MTA Responds To NYC Transit Riders Council Report
Just a short while ago I received an e-mail from the MTA with a press release answering the report from the New York City Transit Riders Council. Here is the press release which should be on the MTA’s site later today: The effort to maintain MTA New York City Transit’s 468 stations in a clean […]
New York City Transit Riders Council Says Subway Stations In Disrepair
NYC Transit President Howard Roberts Jr. must have read or known what would be in the New York City Transit Riders Council report ahead of time. As I blogged about yesterday, Mr. Roberts acknowledged in an interview with the New York Post, that less than 25% of stations are in acceptable condition. He also acknowledged […]
LIRR Gap Issue Rears Its Ugly Head Again
The station gap issue that has been tormenting the Long Island Rail Road for almost 2 years now once again rears its ugly head. I had just finished talking about them in the previous entry especially relating to big gaps that I’ve seen. I had linked to an older entry I made about the huge […]
LIRR Gap Fixes May Get Funding From U.S. Rail Safety Act
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has been facing a growing gap problem over the last few years. The issue really came to the forefront when Minnesota teen Natalie Smead died after falling into a gap & being run over by another LIRR train. As we later found out, alcohol & her disobedient actions of […]
