Archive for January, 2016
Service Diversions 01-08-16
I have just updated the Service Diversions for this weekend & through the end of next week. Make sure to follow @TransitBlogger on Twitter as I am using it more often. Also if you are into indie music make sure to follow @IndMusicReview & @SurgeFM! xoxo Transit Blogger
Man Pushed Onto Subway Tracks By Urinator
63 year old Zegnade Yiogo was minding his business waiting for an elevator at the 125th Street , & station Saturday night when the doors opened & he saw Stefon Bowman urinating inside. Never did he think it would lead to what happened next. Rocco Parascandola, Andy Mai, John Annese of the NY Daily News […]
Paul Roper Pleads Not Guilty
Back in the beginning of November, I blogged about the horrific accident that saw Carol Bell killed by a NYC Transit bus. I had opined about how I was very curious as to the investigation results as the preliminary report had me questioning how the driver could not have known he hit someone. A mere […]
NJ Transit Train Strikes Vehicle
Photo of the NJ Transit train & crushed Hyundai Sonata courtesy of Twitter user @andrewtavani. Approximately 400 passengers & crew on a northbound NJ Transit train had a nightmarish commute Thursday night after their train hit a car in Patterson. Paul Milo of NJ.com has more: A train struck a vehicle in Paterson Thursday night, […]
Gov. Cuomo Unveils LIRR Plans
Less then a week into the new year & our first major transit news is here as Gov. Cuomo unveiled his plans for major LIRR improvements via expansion of the main line between Floral Park & Hicksville. Here is more via an official press release I received: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled the second […]