Tag Archives: mass transit

Deadly Crash Closes Metro-North Line

Service on Metro-North’s Harlem line is suspended this morning following a deadly Westchester County crash that killed seven late yesterday afternoon. The train out of Grand Central Terminal was going northbound on the Harlem line when it struck a Jeep Cherokee at the Commerce Street crossing in Valhalla at about 6:30 p.m., officials said. The Jeep was stopped on the …

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All NYC Mass Transit To Close At 11PM

This includes subways, buses, ferries, PATH, Metro-North, Long Island Railroad, and (perhaps obviously) AirTrain. New Jersey Transit will suspend all rail service until Thursday at 8PM tonight. No re-start time for the MTA has yet been announced. Wherever you are at 11PM, you’ll likely be there for 36-48 hours. UPDATE: Gov. Cuomo has also declared a ban on all non-emergency …

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Cuomo Proposes Rail Link To LGA

During his State Of The State address, yesterday New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed connecting LaGuardia Airport to New York City’s rail system via a new AirTrain line. Adding rail service to LGA is an idea that has been pitched and abandoned several times in recent decades. Cuomo’s plan involves a 1.5 mile long LGA AirTrain running over the Grand …

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Pam Geller Money Begs On DDos Site Attack From “Islamic Jew Haters”

Anti-Islam blogger Pam Geller’s site has been offline for 24 hours in what she appears to attribute to a DDos attack from “Islamic Jew haters” who might be angry about her new mass transit campaign in San Francisco, which compares Muslims to Nazis. Therefore, send her more money. Geller has sued transit agencies in several major cities in order to …

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Passenger Sings Willy Wonka To Drown Out Homophobic Subway Preacher

(Tipped by JMG reader Kent)

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Officials Rebel Against Port Authority Plan To End Overnight PATH Train Service

Nighttime workers and nightlife fans in New Jersey will soon have no way to get home from Manhattan if the Port Authority gets its way. Via the Jersey Journal: Several Hudson County officials will join forces with other officials tomorrow to call on the Port Authority to to cancel its proposal to eliminate the overnight PATH service. The press conference, …

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NYC Subway Breaks Ridership Record

Via the New York Daily News: If you think the subway is more crowded than ever you’re right: The MTA set a ridership record last month. Subway trains carried 149 million passengers in September — the most of any September in more than 60 years, according to the MTA. The newly available figures also show 6.1 million people rode the …

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Proposed: New East River Tramway

New York City already offers tram service between the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, but a local businessman has proposed a new “high-speed” gondola system that would initially provide service between Williamsburg and lower Manhattan. Gothamist is digging it: Picture this: it’s 100 degrees out, you descend into the subway station to find a packed platform, you stand for …

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On The Perth Subway

Here’s what happened: An Australian man got his leg stuck in the gap between the platform and the train in a Perth subway, and normally, this story would end with heavy train delays and a severely injured man. But in a surprising display of camraderie and teamwork, the passengers got off the train and literally pushed the car off the …

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NEW YORK: Long Island Railroad Workers Union Vows To Strike By Week’s End

Union officials yesterday declared that Long Island Railroad workers will walk off the job one minute after midnight on Saturday. “I regret to report that negotiations have collapsed with the MTA, and all eight unions are now proceeding with strike plans for July 20,” said Anthony Simon, chief spokesman for the union coalition. The workers have been without a contract …

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QUEENS: Subway Derails, Multiple Injuries

A Manhattan-bound F train derailed today in Woodside, Queens. Many passengers were evacuated via a tunnel hatch to the street. At least 19 people were hurt after a train derailed near a Queens subway station on Friday, officials said. About 1,000 people were riding the Manhattan-bound F train when it slid off the track near the station at Broadway and …

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Now Appearing On Chicago Mass Transit

Lambda Legal this week debuted its first-ever mass transit campaign on Chicago’s red line. “This is a celebration campaign,” said Jim Bennett, Regional Director for the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal. “We’re very happy to have our plaintiff couples as the faces of a campaign on the CTA Red line, a great place to be seen by our community. …

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Photo Of The Day

Gizmodo reports: NYC’s East Side Access Project continues apace, and these recent images, taken last month by MTA photographer Rehema Trimiew, show a whole new view of the mind-boggling underground caverns now being constructed beneath Manhattan. From raw walls of exposed geology to this, the space is finally taking on the look and feel of architecture. The titanic yellow facility—its …

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Pam Geller Is Very Upset About New Campaign From “Seattle’s Jew-Haters”

Shrieking harpy Pam Geller is battling yet another transit agency. The Jew-haters are at it again. The relentless Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SeaMAC) has launched another vicious Goebbels-style blood libel against the Jews in Seattle. Yes, this is Seattle where we are moving forward with our lawsuit against Seattle transit for their refusal to run our FBI Global Faces of …

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100 Ways To Improve The NYC Subway

Via Business Insider: There are a lot of ways to make New York City’s subway system better. More lines. Cleaner, faster, more high-tech trains. Lower fares. WiFi everywhere. All of that, however, would cost a lot of money — and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority doesn’t have much cash on hand. But there are ways to make things nicer without heavy …

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New DC Metro Map

The Washington Post reports: After more than a year in the making, Metro will unveil a new map Thursday that includes the future 23-mile Silver Line in Northern Virginia. It is the first time the iconic 37-year-old map, featuring all of Metro’s rail lines has undergone a major facelift. Metro officials kept the new map under tight wrap for more …

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Chicago Transit Bans Political Ads

As Pam Geller continues a court battle with the city of Detroit, Chicago’s transit authority has banned all political advertising. Geller’s transit ads have faced legal challenges almost everywhere they have appeared. The CTA said in a statement it allows ads as a way to raise money — not as a way to get a political message out. “CTA buses …

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All Boston Mass Transit Shut Down

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Commuter Ferry Crashes In NYC

This morning a commuter ferry crashed into Pier 11 at the foot of Wall Street. Local news reports that at least two dozen people were injured.   Story developing… RELATED: In 2003 eleven people were killed and scores were seriously injured when the Staten Island Ferry crashed into the dock in lower Manhattan. UPDATE: I’ve changed the headline of this post …

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NEW JERSEY: Commuter Train Escalator Reverses At High Speed

Gothamist reports that this morning at PATH’s Exchange Place station in New Jersey, hundreds of commuters were riding the escalator when it suddenly reversed direction at high speed. Several dozen people reportedly landed in a pile at the bottom and five injuries are reported. The below clip begins just as the stairs begin to slow down.

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