Archive for January, 2009
Metro-North Announces Yankee Stadium Station Pricing
This past October, the Metro-North held a public hearing to discuss fares of the new Yankee Stadium station. Now only a few short months later, prices for travel to the new station have been revealed. Martin B. Cassidy of the Connecticut Post has more in this report: Considering the price of New York Yankees tickets, […]
Metro-North Worker Killed
The MTA has been hit with a number of tragedies lately. Unfortunately the horrible trend as continued as a Metro-North worker was killed just west of the Rye station this past Friday. The Connecticut Post had more in this initial report: A train struck and killed a Metro-North employee Friday night just west of the […]
Bus Driver & Friend Killed In Queens
Unfortunately tragedy has once again struck the close colony that makes up MTA New York City Transit bus drivers. Last month 46 year old Edwin Thomas was fatally stabbed while operating the B46. This time a 32 year old bus driver named Andre Saunders & his 21 year old friend LeMarr Wilson were killed in […]
Surprising Critic Of Elliot Sander
Many different people have echoed frustrations at the possibility of fare hikes & service cuts. Some have even started websites to try & save their route. However none of these critics come as a surprise but the next one definitely does. The latest criticism stems from MTA CEO/Executive Director Elliot Sander’s own 15 year old […]
Editorial: Saving The M8
For the last few months, the majority of talk around this blog & others like it has been the “
