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“#LIRR to test North America’s first battery-powered trains” The Long Island Rail Road plans to test-run some of its trains on battery power, officials said Monday — something they said has never been done by a North American commuter railroad before. Officials have hired Alstom Transport to test the feasibility of retrofitting rail cars to…
“#Subway crime still outpacing ridership despite drop in March” Subway crime rates dropped in March compared to the previous month, according to newly-released NYPD stats — but remain far higher than where they stood pre-pandemic. The subways saw 2.32 felony crimes per million riders in March 2021 — compared to 2.65 felonies per million riders…
“#The MTA’s still failing to end massive overtime abuses” Despite service reductions amid the lockdowns, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s overtime bill barely dropped last year, with a whopping $1.1 billion, down just 17 percent from 2018’s record $1.38 billion. The Empire Center, which first exposed the MTA’s suspiciously vast OT payouts two years ago, reports…
“#MTA quietly cutting bus service to skimp on OT: union leader” The MTA has been canceling more buses in recent months, a top-ranking union official says — accusing the agency of nixing the trips to avoid hiring more workers or paying more overtime. TWU Local 100 Vice President J.P. Patafio, who represents Brooklyn bus operators,…
“#Media cheers a return to the failed Iran deal: Goodwin” A Monday New York Times front page headline on the explosion at a key Iranian nuclear facility claimed the “Attack May Hurt Efforts to Reboot 2015 Deal.” On Tuesday, also on the front page, the paper declared that “Israel’s Role in Iran Blast Casts A…
“#NYC Transit Museum lays off a third of staff” New York’s beloved Transit Museum laid off a third of its staff last month, former employees told The Post — citing pandemic-induced hardship one year after COVID-19 broke out in the city. The 24 discharged workers included full-time and part-time workers in retail, education, curation and…
“#Off-duty MTA workers caught spray-painting van in NYC: cops” Three off-duty MTA workers were among a group of six men allegedly caught spray-painting a van in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, police said. NYPD transit cops nabbed transit workers Thomas Gross, Robert Stentella, and Matthew Gunther along with three others for allegedly tagging “KG” and “rebel”…
“#Feds OK ‘environmental assessment’ of NYC congestion tolls” New York can finally proceed with a shorter environmental review of its plan to toll downtown Manhattan car trips, the Federal Highway Administration said Tuesday — ending years of delays begun during the Trump administration. Under the FHWA’s decision, the MTA and city may now proceed with…
“#Racist yells ethnic slurs, punches Asian woman in subway station” An Asian woman was struck in the face by a bigoted goon who then spewed ethnic slurs at her in a Manhattan subway station over the weekend, cops said Sunday. “Fuck you, C—k,” the attacker yelled at the 37-year-old inside the East 51st Street and…
“#MTA will continue $300M-a-year subway cleaning after COVID” The MTA continue splashing out for its $300 million-per-year subway cleaning effort into the future — even as the COVID-19 crisis that spurred the practice winds down, officials said Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and transit officials instituted the “24/7” subway cleaning effort in the spring as ridership…