Archive for August, 2010
Suffolk Wants To Join Nassau MTA Tax Lawsuit
The jockeying for positioning in the battle against the MTA Mobility Tax aka MTA Payroll Tax continues. As of last count a number of counties & towns have either filed their own or announce their desire to join lawsuits against the tax in terms of its potential constitutional legality. Suffolk County is the latest to […]
TWU Continues With The Childish Attacks
Regular readers know that I am not anti-union like some others seem to be in the transit world. I support unions engaging in legitimate tactics to protect their members while also doing their part if & when things hit the fan. Throughout the latest war between the MTA & TWU over layoffs, I strongly supported […]
Fulton Transit Center Milestone Reached
I have been so wrapped up with business that I did not finish catching up on transit news. This entry will focus on the MTA reaching an important milestone with its Fulton Transit Center project. The milestone reached happens to be the completion of the foundation. Here are the details courtesy of the press release […]
MTA Scraps Subway Car Sinking Plan
Subway cars like these will still run instead of being sunk for reef use due to the MTA’s financial crisis. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit. Over the last few years, MTA NYC Transit has found a useful way to retire subway cars whose run in passenger service was up. Instead of the cars […]
Suburbs Continue To Revolt Against MTA Tax
Over the last couple of weeks, I have written many entries about the big war breaking out between multiple towns/counties & the MTA over the constitutional legality of its Mobility aka Payroll Tax. Andrew Grossman of the Wall Street Journal looks into the growing issue more: A suburban rebellion is brewing against the payroll tax […]
