A while back we talked about how incoming MTA chief Jay Walder was going to do all kinds of cool stuff like putting realtime arrival signs on subway platforms and what-not.
Will that happen? I dunno, but ‘cool new stuff’ seems like a pipe dream following today’s revelation that MTA would be slashing services deeply, affecting [...]

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In response to new CEO Jay Walder’s call for real-time train information on the transit system, an L station and the Metro-North mobile app have both dipped their toes into telling users where trains are in realtime.
If you select the ‘Metro-North TrainTime‘ link from the MTA mobile site’s homepage, you will be able to see, [...]

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The MTA has a budget deficit of $1.2 BILLION dollars. Even after slashing costs, it’ll be around $600M.
This is where you come in
SecondAvenueSaga’s Ben Kabak says the NY Daily News is being alarmist , inferring the base MetroCard fare will go to $3 a ride, but concedes that the MetroCard is a very [...]

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Paula’s Goodspeed’s tryout and panel criticism is painful to watch, now knowing that she killed herself in her car outside of Abdul’s home this week. very sad.
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Friday night I was taking an uptown 6 train to Grand Central at around 11 PM. I was tired, and not looking forward to the non-express train which would get me in after midnight.
A hispanic gentleman facing me gestured to look to my right urgently. I looked, and sitting on the seat next to me, [...]

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A reader writes in this morning:

“Was there a stopage or halt to the Uptown 6 train service last night (Nov. 4th) in NY around 11pm or so? I heard there was a police investigation somewhere down the track line and that hundreds of people were stranded inside the [...]

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For the first time, a New York subway train has received wrap advertising (where the car is entirely wallpapered with an ad) on both the inside and outside of the car.
It’s to promote History Channel’s “Cities of the Underworld” series and was unveiled this morning.

‘The History Channel’ has changed its name to just ‘History’, but [...]

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