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 [...]
Transit boss peers into distant future
March 4, 2008
MTA chief Elliot Sander detailed an ambitious 40-year plan yesterday for expanding the region’s subway, railroad and bus service “to remain a center of commerce, culture and innovation.”
“With the increased population of a million people in the city by 2030 and three million people in the region, this is how we would do it,” said [...]
New MTA Fares Go Into Effect Next Week
February 27, 2008
The new Metropolitan Transportation Authority fares that will go into effect next week will raise monthly unlimited ride Metro-Cards to $81 from $76, and weekly passes to $25 from $24. While customers that purchase rides at the $2 base fare will remain unaffected, the 86% of straphangers that purchase the discounted cards will have to [...]
MTA chief to give “State of MTA” speech
February 20, 2008
Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief Elliot Sander will address “The State of the MTA” on March 3 at Cooper Union in Manhattan, starting what could become an annual tradition.
“This is the 40th anniversary of the MTA, so it seemed like an appropriate time to look back and look forward,” agency spokesman Jeremy Soffin said. “The [...]
New Funds Could Update Ferry Terminals
February 6, 2008
New York City grabbed $2.75 million in state money that could go to upgrading ferry terminals, NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Tuesday.
The state Department of Transportation doled out transit grants to the city, which has 90 days to decide where the funding will go. In the past, the grant money, which is given out annually, [...]
Congestion Pricing Plan Is Panned in Albany
January 31, 2008
A plan to ease traffic in Manhattan received harsh reviews this week in Albany.
Just 48 hours before a state commission is expected to recommend a proposal that would charge drivers an $8 daily fee to enter the area of Manhattan below 60th Street, the panel’s chairman, Marc V. Shaw, heard Democratic members of the Assembly [...]
