Archive for January, 2009
Gov. Patterson Clearly Gets It
For many years, the mass transit riders of New York were led by a governor who did not understand or care to for that matter the need for proper funding of our transit infrastructure. This seemed to change when Elliot Spitzer took over but we all know how that ended. Thankfully his replacement, David Patterson […]
LIRR Achieves Record On-Time Performance Yet Again
Yesterday I briefly touched on the Long Island Rail Road’s chaotic 2008 which was filled with many highs & lows. The positive news has already started for them as they achieved record on-time performance for the 2nd straight year. The agency issued a press release via e-mail earlier today: While serving a record number of […]
MTA & TWU Will Go To Arbitration
One of the least talked about issues lately was the expiring contract of 30,000+ bus & subway workers at New York City Transit. The MTA & TWU Local 100 which represents the workers had been engaging in contract renewal talks until earlier today. Within the last 90 minutes, both agencies announced that they were unable […]
Our Doomsday Might Come March 25th
The word or catch phrase that echoed throughout the minds of tri-state area mass riders over the last few months was “doomsday budget“. Another way it was phrased was “doomsday scenario” or “draconian“. Regardless of the word or phrase used, the story remained the same. If our elected officials did not help adequately fund the […]
LIRR 2009 Agenda
Just below, I discussed a sample of the highs & lows experienced by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in 2008. I also linked to a very good review of the year by Newsday’s Alfonso A. Castillo. Sticking with the LIRR, Alfonso A. Castillo brings us a brief report on the agency’s 2009 agenda: The […]
