System Conditions
MTA Still Drafting Repair Plans For 1 Stations
181st Street 1 station after the ceiling partially collapsed in 2009. Who can forget the image above? when after years of crumbling & decay, the ceiling at the 181st Street station on the partially collapsed onto the tracks in the summer of 2009. Unfortunately this was not the only station with issues as the 168th […]
MTA Releases Their 2011 Agenda
This is a post I meant to write on Friday but I went out to party with 2 of my best friends so I had no time. Anyhow….. Friday’s are usually a day where you have to pay extra attention to the news as stories seem to slip through the cracks & do not generate […]
Jay Street-MetroTech Station Rehab Completed
This past Friday, MTA NYC Transit held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the completed rehab of the Jay Street-MetroTech rehab. The rehab including a complete renovation of the Jay Street/Borough Hall , , & station as well as connecting it with the Lawrence Street-MetroTech station on the . I was invited to the ceremony by […]
$47M #1 Train Line Construction Project Begins
In the middle of July, I wrote an entry about the MTA’s announcement of a major renovation project on the 1 line that would affect 5 stations & last until 2012. Flash forward to today as work on that project has officially begun. A couple of days ago, MTA NYC Transit issued an updated press […]
MTA & Officials Meet To Discuss Flooding Issue
For those who have ever been in or around the Long Island Rail Road’s Mineola station and its intermodal center, you would know how susceptible it is to flooding during heavy periods of rain. Recently officials from the town & LIRR met to discuss the problem. Rich Forestano of Mineola American has more: MTA/LIRR and […]
