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MTA Looks To Speed Up Bus Service….
B64 idle at the Mermaid Bus Loop in Brooklyn; Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit This past Tuesday, the MTA dealt with its annual embarrassment courtesy of receiving the “Pokey” award from The Straphangers Campaign. What made it worse this year is that the group debuted a new award called the “Schleppie” so it […]
I Wonder What Judy Thinks…….
(Judy Jacobs; Photo courtesy of Nassau County Government Website ) Who is Judy you might ask? Judy Jacobs is the Presiding Officer of the Majority of the Nassau County Legislature. She represents district 16 which is made up of the communities of Bethpage, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Jericho, Laurel Hollow, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay […]
Yet Another LIRR Gap Accident!
(Presiding Officer Judy Jacobs points out the 15 and 1/2 inch gap at the Syosset train station. Photo courtesy of Nassau County Government Website ) The curse of the gap has once again reared its ugly head on the Long Island Railroad. Today’s incident occurred at the Syosset station on the Port Jefferson branch. The […]
The MTA Wants You To “Know Before You Go”
This past Friday, the MTA announced that they were expanding their “Know Before You Go” program. Originally the program sent out e-mails to subscribers detailing subway diversions scheduled for the weekend. The expansion to the program will feature the MTA adding e-mails to alert subscribers to requested weekday subway diversions. If you are interested in […]
LIRR Keeps Promise
Yesterday the Long Island Railroad started to deliver on its promise to communicate better with its customers. The agency unveiled five 60″ monitors at Penn Station. The purpose of the monitors is to keep riders informed of announcements, updates, & breaking news which was previously announced over loudspeaker. The monitors will also mirror information posted […]
