Archive for August, 2012
10 MTA Workers Charged With False Reports
In what is a highly disturbing story if true, 10 MTA workers have been charged with allegedly filing false reports. The false reports were for completed or supervised safety inspections. Ted Mann of the Wall Street Journal has more: Prosecutors charged 10 Metropolitan Transit Authority employees with falsifying reports to suggest they had completed or […]
Explosion At 72nd St SAS Station Cavern
I have been so busy over the past few days but I could not ignore the big story from the other day when an explosion occurred at the 72nd St Second Avenue Subway station cavern. While the explosion was of the planned variety, the result of debris & a thick cloud of smoke rising was […]
Knickerbocker Ave Station Closes For Rehab
Catching up on some transit news over the past few days, MTA NYC Transit announced a few days ago that the Knickerbocker Avenue station on the will be closed for 5 months due to station rehabilitation. This along with 4 other stations are part of a major station rehabilitation project. Here is more via the […]
Service Diversions 08-20-12
I have just updated the Service Diversions by removing all of the work that wrapped up as of 5:01 AM. The latest work for the week is front & center. As always if I see anything interesting or noteworthy, I will tweet about it so follow @TransitBlogger which you can easily do by clicking the […]
Service Diversions 08-17-12
Get an early jump on your weekend travel plans as I have just updated the Service Diversions for this weekend, next week & beyond in some cases. Follow me on Twitter by looking up @TransitBlogger or clicking the button in the sidebar as I am using it a lot more! Check the diversions page daily […]
