Mayor Bloomber Promises To Help GOP
So it seems Mayor Bloomberg is like an everyday person after all. This revelation stems from his promise to help the GOP due to their support on his failed congestion pricing plan. Kenneth Lovett & Kathleen Lucadamo from the New York Daily News has this report:
Mayor Bloomberg is paying back New York Republicans for supporting his failed congestion pricing plan by promising to help the struggling party retain its majority in the state Senate.
“I’ve said repeatedly, I’ll help those who help this city. The Republicans in the state Senate were willing to vote for congestion pricing and the Democrats were not,” Bloomberg said Thursday. In a phone call this week to new Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Bloomberg pledged to lend him a hand in fighting the Democrats during elections this fall.
The Democrats are two seats away from taking control of the Senate. It’s not clear if Bloomberg’s aid will come in the form of cash but the billionaire Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent has plenty to spare.
Bloomberg is bitter that the Democratic-controlled Assembly refused to vote on his plan to charge motorists to drive on Manhattan’s most congested streets.
“There is a whole bunch of things where they [Republicans] have been there to help us. If the Democrats help us, I’ll support them as well,” Bloomberg told reporters
Just great, all our transit infrastructure need is the same faces in power who will further neglect our needs. Thanks Bloomberg, millions of us than you from the bottom of our heart & wallet.
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LIRR Implements Timetable Corrections
The MTA’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) division issued a press release yesterday to highlight the implementation of timetable corrections to its current schedules. Here is the press release:
You might enjoy reading these related entries:The MTA Long Island Rail Road will implement corrections to its June 16- September 1, 2008 timetable effective Friday, June 27. The changes include schedule adjustments on three different off-peak weekday trains. In addition, some trains are being reclassified as off-peak trains and some trains will have platform changes. Revised timetables with the adjustments will be available in the near future.
The affected trains and their adjusted times are as follows:
Long Beach Branch
Eastbound
The 11:55 PM weekday train from Penn Station to Long Beach will depart 3 minutes later at 11:58 PM and is now scheduled to arrive in Long Beach at 12:55 AM.
Westbound
The 2:56 PM weekday train from Long Beach to Penn Station will depart 6 minutes earlier at 2:50 PM and is now scheduled to arrive in Penn Station at 3:44 PM.Montauk Branch
Westbound
The 6:39 PM weekday train from Patchogue to Babylon will depart 9 minutes earlier at 6:30 PM and is now scheduled to arrive in Babylon at 7:03 PM.The following trains are reclassified as off-peak trains:
* 8:33 AM weekday train from Ronkonkoma to Penn Station
* 9:09 AM weekday train from Hicksville to Penn Station
* 3:50 PM weekday train from Jamaica to Oyster Bay
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Service Diversions
Before I make the announcement, I would like to apologize for the service diversions not being up sooner. I was having some issues with the feed & decided to completely overhaul how I delivered it to you.
As you may have noticed, the service diversions are no longer in the sidebar. I have moved the service diversions to their own page which is accessible via the main menu. The change will make it much easier to read the diversions regardless of what method you use to access the site.
So check out the latest scheduled diversions from this weekend & beyond.
Enjoy!
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New York Transit Champions
Associate Director Veronica Vanterpool of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign posted a stellar entry questioning where the champions are in Albany & New York City for our mass transit system. Here is a small sample of her entry:
You might enjoy reading these related entries:A common thread ran through several MTA meetings held this week: there is not enough money to meet the financial needs of the MTA system, especially as ridership has increased. To deal with cost escalations in its current capital program, the MTA “deferred” planned station rehabilitations and other projects into the 2009-2014 program — which is largely unfunded. The agency also warned that a widening gap in its operating budget meant that a fare increase or service cuts could be necessary in 2009.
The discussion of how to fix the MTA’s finances will likely take months, but it’s clear that maintaining a viable system will require additional revenue, either in direct state and city aid or from new dedicated sources. The big question transit riders should start asking: Where are our champions in Albany and New York City?
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R & W Service Alert
The MTA has posted a service alert regarding 
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service. The alert states:
Due to signal problems at the City Hall Station, please expect delays in service on the & at this time.
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