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Adding Insult To Injury - Fare-Raising MTA Board Members Ride Free For Life

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Image: The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, similar to the one owned by Billionaire MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow (photo: Ferrari North America)
Oh, you’re not going to want to hear this - but members of the MTA board - y’now - the ones who just jacked up the fares on virtually all forms of NYC transit - well, [...]

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Tags: MTA

Chowhound.com Users Speak Out About Grand Central Oyster Bar

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

photo: joshsjackson
I dunno about you, but when I’m at Grand Central and need to grab something to eat, my first priority is that it is fast and wont stink up the train car.
However, for some people, and it seems largely for business travelers, the Oyster Bar is an incredibly convenient and appropriate place for a [...]

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Tags: Commuter Dining · Grand Central Terminal

Cops Point Assault Rifle At Stamford Metro-North Passenger

December 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

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On Dec. 8, Stamford police were searching an arriving Metro-North Train Car for two suspects whom were considered ‘armed and dangerous’, one of whom was described as a black man.
Unfortunately, passenger Martin Speight, 28, of Stamford, was also a black male passenger on the train that day, and was held at gunpoint by a [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Metro-North · Safety and Accidents · Trains

Woman Struck and Killed by Metro-North Train In Yonkers

December 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m starting to reconsider whether I should post these, because they are gruesome and sad, but I will continue for a while just to illuminate how many fatal accidents there are on Metro-North, and hopefully spread the word to *be careful around trains*.
However, when reading a lot of these accident reports, it sounds like many [...]

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Tags: Safety and Accidents · Trains