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Idiot LIRR Vigilante

I would like to take this time & thank my sister for sending me a tip for this blog. She e-mailed me a short time ago from work & shared a link to a story on 1010 Wins about a Long Island Railroad (LIRR) vigilante. She assumed I would want to blog about it & […]


Comic Relief For Today!

Yesterday’s Daily News provided some MTA comic relief. The relief was so funny, it could last for awhile! The New York Daily News’ transit reporter Pete Donohue wrote about a request/warning the MTA will pass on to straphangers. The request/warning has to deal with the use of cell phones or other electronic devices underground during […]


Quiet Cars On The NYC Subway?

This would become a reality if some city council members had it their way. In an article in today’s edition of the New York Daily News, some city council members are urging the MTA to introduce quiet cars in the NYC subway. This request comes on the hands of all the news about plans to […]


Cell Phone Service Might Extend Into Tunnels…..

This is according to the private consortium Transit Wireless who is responsible for signing up at least one major carrier to provide service as part of the plan to wire subway station platforms. Transit Wireless plans on installing cell phone & WiFi equipment in a manner that would enable the MTA to have it extend […]


$1.50 Off Peak Fare A Sham?

This might be the case according to Daily News transit reporter Pete Donohue who wrote an article about it yesterday. It seems the press release about the 8 public hearings contained comments about the proposed fare hike. What caught Pete’s attention was the New York City Transit version of the fare hike poster that came […]