Archive for January, 2011
LIRR To Offer Service Due To Expected Storm
If local meteorologists are right, our region will be hit with another snow storm albeit not as strong as the one over Christmas weekend. With the angry sentiment still out there from the performance of the MTA & NYC as a whole during the last storm, the much maligned transit agency is taking steps to […]
Nassau County Must Pay MTA $20 Million
The battle between the MTA & Nassau County has reached a new level. The two normally battle it out over the county’s routine shortchange of funding for Long Island bus, but this time it was over money owed from a loan. 15 years ago, the MTA agreed to lend the county $51M dollars & in […]
Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation Project Reminder
Yesterday afternoon, MTA NYC Transit issued a reminder press release for the start of the next phase of the Culver Viaduct rehabilitation project. This phase will cause & trains to skip certain stations until next year: MTA New York City Transit is making much needed repairs and improvements to Brooklyn’s Culver Line including the rebuilding […]
Service Diversions 01-03-11
I have just updated the Service Diversions page by removing all of the weekend work that was scheduled to wrap up until a minute ago. The upcoming week’s diversions are moved to the front followed by any known work beyond that period. Also remember that today is the first full work regular workday since fares […]
Bx4A & Bx24 Debuts Today
This past October, a brief announcement of bus changes including new routes in Brooklyn & the Bronx by the MTA went highly uncovered. In the brief entry I posted, one of the key changes was the introduction of the Bx4A & Bx24. Fast forward to today when in a few hours, the Bx4A & Bx24 […]
