Archive for August, 2010
Putnam County To Join MTA Payroll Tax Lawsuit
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the town of East Meadow in Nassau County was joining the fight against the nonsensical MTA Payroll Tax a.k.a The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax. A businessman filed a lawsuit against New York State claiming the tax was against the State Constitution. The beef with the tax […]
MTA Estimates $52M In Unused Fares
One little piece of revenue for the MTA is something unknown to casual riders. The revenue I am referring to is fare liability. This is the amount of money the MTA makes when riders do not use the full monetary amount on their MetroCard & let it lapse or from the purchase of fares not […]
Service Advisory 08-05-10
I have just updated the “Service Diversions” page with the latest weekend diversions. The remaining diversions scheduled to end by 11:59 PM Friday are still listed. The next update will be sometime after 12:01 AM Saturday when those diversions are officially over. If you are going to the Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing, click here […]
Dominican Day Parade Service Advisory
As is usually the case with major events in NYC, some mass transit will be affected & have service advisories in place. This Sunday is the Dominican Day Parade & MTA NYC Transit issued a press release with service advisory information: This year’s Dominican Day Parade will be held on Sunday, August 8 along the […]
Shuttle Bus For Hong Kong Boat Festival
As was the case last year, MTA NYC Transit will be operating a shuttle bus for those attending the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadow Park. Here are the complete details courtesy of a press release I received: The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Queens’ Flushing Meadow Park […]
