More Delays for Cameras in Subways
June 26, 2008
Aging fiber-optic cable in Brooklyn and Queens has become the latest obstacle to a planned high-tech system of surveillance cameras meant to safeguard the subway and commuter railroads, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials.
The system, which is expected to cost at least $450 million, is a crucial component of a larger program to thwart terrorist [...]
MTA board pressured to drop freebies - still insists it did nothing wrong
June 26, 2008
The MTA voted Wednesday to surrender free lifetime travel passes granted to board members - while insisting to the end there was nothing wrong with the freebies.
The unanimous vote rescinding the boardroom-to-the-grave perks ended years of free travel that even extended to some spouses of board members.
“There’s no statement that we’re making to suggest what [...]
Diplomats owe $18M in parking tickets
June 26, 2008
More than a decade after Mayor Rudy Giuliani declared war on diplomatic scofflaws over unpaid parking tickets, the city is still owed more than $18 million, leaving many New Yorkers enraged.
“They should pay,” said Carmen Mercer, 35, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, standing outside a midtown DMV office. “Everybody else has to pay. It comes with the responsibility [...]
MTA eyes cash-saving service cuts
June 23, 2008
New York City Transit is expected to vote Monday on its budget-savings plan that would halt plans to repair 19 stations, put off paint jobs for flaking elevated structures, and institute a more “efficient” way of cleaning subway cars.
The delays on the capital project are estimated to save $2.4 billion at a time when the [...]
Panel kills bill for city bus lane cameras
June 19, 2008
In another blow to Mayor Bloomberg’s push to ease congestion on city streets, a bill to allow bus lane cameras died in an Assembly committee Tuesday.
“Gridlock will not simply disappear on its own,” frustrated Bloomberg spokesman Farrell Sklerov said.
The bill to create a network of cameras to catch cars illegally using special bus lanes was [...]
MTA backtracks on promised package of service improvements
June 18, 2008
The cash-strapped will not launch a $60 million service improvement package because it doesn’t have the money, the Daily News has learned.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority last year unveiled plans that included more frequent bus, subway and commuter trains to soften the blow of fare hikes. The program was to be launched in phases starting this [...]
House Approves New York-D.C. Rocket Train
June 12, 2008
A two-hour rocket train between New York and Washington is a step closer to reality after the House passed legislation requiring the federal government to solicit proposals for its financing and development.
The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, which passed the House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 311 to 104 with the backing [...]
Transportation Officials Plead Guilty To Bribery
March 26, 2008
Two city transportation officials pleaded guilty yesterday for their involvement in a $450,000 bribery scheme with a construction company that worked on the Third Avenue Bridge, which spans the Harlem River.
The officials, Balram Chandiramani, director of movable bridges for the Department of Transportation, and Uday Shah, 46, an assistant civil engineer for the department, admitted [...]
M.T.A. Delays Improvements, Citing Drop in Real Estate Sales Taxes
March 25, 2008
The list of large and small changes would have made life easier for many subway riders. Evening service on the B and W lines on weekdays would have been extended to 11 from 9:30. Service on the G line would have been substantially improved, with more trains on both weekdays and weekends. New bus routes [...]
Sheldon Silver Driving a Hard Bargain on Traffic Tax
March 4, 2008
With four weeks left to persuade city and state lawmakers to approve a plan to ease traffic in Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Spitzer have begun a complex negotiation over legislative wish lists.
The mayor has until March 31 to get legislative backing for his plan to charge motorists an $8 daily fee to drive into [...]
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