Archive for December, 2008
MTA Approves 2009 Doomsday Budget
One of most common phrases used of late on this blog & across many on the net was “Doomsday Budget”. The proposed 2009 budget was considered of the doomsday type due to the drastic fare increases & service cuts that would face riders starting in early 2009. Six days ago the MTA Board officially approved […]
NYC Transit Starts Anti Scratchiti/Advertising Pilot Program
A few days ago the New York Times ran a piece which picked up on a story that originally appeared in The Gothamist. The story referred to the anti scratchiti/advertising pilot program that MTA New York City Transit has started. The program calls for ads to cover up the windows inside the subway cars to […]
Finally! My Thoughts On The Ravitch Report
19 days ago the Ravitch Commission issued its complete report to Gov. Patterson with solutions to help fund the MTA this year & beyond with dependable revenue streams. Ever since the report was released, I had promised to offer a complete opinion on it. I apologize for not getting to this or any other news […]
Service Diversions 12-13
Let me first apologize for not updating the service diversion page last week. My feed to the service alerts did not update since the MTA changed its service alert pages. I have now taken care of it & should have no further issues (hopefully). Anyhow….. I have just updated the service diversions page with the […]
J & Z Supposedly Show Slight Improvement
Jamaica Center bound J Train entering the Marcy Avenue station. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit. A new year has pretty much come & gone but the results barely changed for the & which showed only a slight improvement in their overall Rider Report Card grade. The duo earned a C- in 2007 & […]
