Archive for April, 2014
LIRR & Unions Prepare Final Contract Offers
While agreeing to a deal with the TWU Local 100 cleared a big hurdle for the MTA, it is far from being out of the woods. For the past few months, many have been following the strife between the agency & LIRR unions which have been threatening a July strike for sometime if a deal […]
MTA Denying More Access A Ride Claims
Sunday’s New York Post featured a story about how the MTA is denying more Access-A-Ride claims. To be more specific, the agency denied 13% of applicants in 2013 which is nearly double the rate from 5 years ago. Stephen M. Joseph and Michael Gartland of the New York Post have more: The MTA denied 13 […]
MTA & TWU Local 100 Reach Deal
A few days ago, the Transport Workers Union Local 100 reached a deal with the MTA, its longtime nemesis. Here is more on the deal courtesy of Greg Mocker of Pix 11: After 2 years of intense negotiations (and work without a contract), The MTA and The Transport Workers Union have reached an agreement. New […]
Service Diversions 04-18-14
Get a head start on your weekend plans as I have just updated the Service Diversions through all of next week. Make sure to follow @TransitBlogger on Twitter by clicking the button in the sidebar as I am using it more often. Also if you are into indie music make sure to follow @IndMusicReview & […]
Metro-North To Begin Substation Upgrade
Starting this weekend, the Metro-North Railroad will begin a substation upgrade in Mount Vernon. Here is more: MTA Metro-North Railroad, beginning this weekend, will upgrade the power supply for the New Haven Line at its Mount Vernon East substation to provide additional redundancy and increase capacity. The railroad is replacing four, 35-year-old transformers with two […]
