Archive for July, 2010
Groups Oppose Potential L.I. Bus Funding Cut
The news is coming out hot & heavy regarding the MTA’s potential plan to cut funding to the often neglected Long Island Bus system due to its budget crisis. This has led to war of words mainly coming from clueless Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano who rather play the “Blame The MTA” game instead of […]
Service Diversions 07-24-10
I just updated the “Service Diversions” page by removing all of the scheduled work that wrapped up by 11:59 PM last night. The weekend diversions which I posted on Thursday have now moved to the top followed by the subsequent work during the week. I suggest printing out a copy of the diversions to carry […]
Knell Family To Sue NYC For $50 Million
This unfortunate saga began on April 26, 2010 when at approximately 4:30 AM, 45 year old Track Supervisor James Knell died after he came into contact with the electrified third rail at the Beach 90th Street & Station in Queens. A couple of days later, a report in the New York Daily News claims the […]
PPV Main Event: Staten Island vs Nassau County
Two days ago, I wrote about the MTA’s plans to potentially cut its share of funding for Long Island Bus due to its budget crisis. The oft-neglected service has been routinely shafted in terms of funding by the very county it mainly serves. Current Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano who ran on a platform of […]
MTA Board Likely To Approve Fare Hike
Over the last few days, I have contemplated changing the name of this blog to “Fare Hike” since this is the topic that will dominate the entries for the weeks & months to come. Seriously though, I never did contemplate a name change but the reality of this issue dominating the content is the complete […]
