Archive for December, 2008
The 5 Produces More Of The Same
Dyre Avenue bound 5 train leaving the Morris Park station. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit. So it is back to Rider Report Card entries for me. Just a short while ago I talked about the M. Now it is ‘s turn which produced more of the same in 2008. The line finished with […]
LIRR Service Reminder
Just in case you forgot, here is a link to details of the Long Island Rail Road’s extra Christmas holiday service which I posted for everyone 2 weeks ago: LIRR Extra Christmas Holiday Service Details xoxo Transit Blogger
Staten Island Railway Christmas Eve Service
A few days ago the MTA e-mailed a press advisory announcing the Christmas Eve service for the Staten Island Railway. Here are the complete details (Sorry for being late): MTA Staten Island Railway (SIR) officials today announced their “Get-A-Way” service plan for the upcoming Christmas Eve. On Wednesday, December 24, SIR customers can take advantage […]
M Shows Slight Improvement Supposedly!
Middle Village/Metropolitan Ave. bound M train leaving the Myrtle-Wyckoff Aves. station. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit. So continuing with the updates, 2 new grades came out as part of the 2008 “Rider Report Cards“. The two lines in question are the & . In this entry, I will focus on the which showed […]
MTA NYC Transit To Test Bus Driver Protection Partitions
MTA New York City Transit has announced their intention to launch a pilot program which would install partitions to protect bus drivers. The program comes as a result from the death of 46 year old Edwin Thomas who was killed by a fare beater who boarded his bus in Brooklyn. William Neuman of the New […]
