Archive for February, 2009
MTA Debuts New Lost & Found Feature
You know the story, one day you are riding the bus or subway & you leave a valuable behind. The initial thought is to consider it gone forever although for the sake of hoping for the best, you check with the MTA’s lost & found. Well the MTA hopes to help out people in these […]
MTA Chairman’s Company Loses Shopping Mall
At the beginning of 2008, a rerouting of a Queens bus made bigger news than one would have anticipated. This was the case as the reroute benefited MTA Chairman Dale Hemmerdinger. The reroute was for the Q25 which had it now passing by the “Shops at Atlas Park”. The mall & the property it sat […]
Seniors Say Don’t Cut Our B25
Since last November, many elected officials, transit advocates & riders have echoed the same sentiment about not cutting service. So it came as no surprised earlier this month when Brooklyn seniors urged the MTA not to cut the B25 which they see as their transportation lifeline. Erin Durkin of the New York Daily News has […]
MTA Extends Hudson Rail Yards Deal
This past November, I blogged about how the $1 billion dollar Hudson Rail Yards deal between the MTA & Related Companies/Goldman Sachs faced a delay. Now a few short months later the delay has become official as both sides agreed to hold off the closing for up to one year (01/31/10). The MTA issued a […]
MTA To Use Stimulus Cash On Fulton Transit Center
Late last year, the prospects of a completed anytime soon Fulton Transit Center seemed bleak. The MTA’s finances were spiraling out of control on all fronts & major capital projects such as this lacked a clear idea of where more funding for them would come from. Now a little over month later, the question of […]
