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MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota agrees with Senator Perkins and WE ACT’s on Rat Attack in Harlem subways(video)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment


At the Senate Transportation Committee confirmation hearing for MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota held earlier this month, Senator Bill Perkins brought up the issue of Rat Attack regarding the rat infestation in the Harlem subways. Continue reading →

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MTA Could Connect Metro North 125th Street Trains To Penn Station

Posted on November 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

A multibillion-dollar project to connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal may have a nice side effect for people in Harlem at the Metro North 125th Street stop.

Making it possible for Metro-North trains to run directly into Penn Station. The New York Post reports that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority thinks its $7 billion project to allow LIRR trains to Grand Central will free up a lot of track space at Penn Station. Continue reading →

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MTA Completes Restoration Of Harlem’s A-Train (video)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The MTA Capital Program provides the critical infrastructure investments that keep New York’s transit system moving. Continue reading →

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MTA Goes Back To The Future With The Uptown 1 Subway Stations

Posted on October 18, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Every century the MTA renovates the subway underground, now they’re going back to the future. Train commuters will no longer have to stare at the grubby, grimy, graffiti-stained walls and floors waiting for the uptown 1 trains at the 168th and 181st street platforms. Continue reading →

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MTA Hike? Vs Strike or like?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by | Leave a comment

On Dec. 30, when the increases take effect, the price of a 30 -day Metro Card will rise by $15 to $104 a month, a 17 percent increase, and a single-ride ticket will go up 25 cents to $2.50. Continue reading →

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Diddy Tweaks MTA Signs

Posted on December 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

An underground ad campaign for Diddy’s new album had some Manhattan commuters doing double takes Tuesday morning. Signs at entrances to the Prince St. and Spring St. subway stations were convincingly altered to read “Last Train to Paris 12.14.10,” the artist’s newest album, released this week. Continue reading →

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Commuters Angry At False MTA Safety Reports

Posted on November 20, 2010 by | 4 Comments

Commuters are furious after learning that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released a report revealing incomplete safety checks on the subway. Continue reading →

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Rats run the Trains, not the MTA

Posted on June 15, 2010 by | 1 Comment

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Rats have infested multiple subway lines in lower Manhattan and often live right in the station walls, according to a rodent expert overseeing what officials say is a new approach to battling rats in the nation’s largest subway system. Continue reading →

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The MTA’s nonanswer answer!

Posted on September 9, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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Jay H. Walder is likely to be confirmed this week as the chairman and executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, taking the reins of a financially troubled agency that is facing its toughest political challenges in nearly 20 years.

And based on a public hearing in Harlem on Tuesday, Mr. Walder has already mastered at least one political sleight of hand: the nonanswer answer.

Asked about the transportation authority’s much-publicized new labor agreement, Mr. Walder said he had not read the proceedings and could not comment. He said the authority “can do much more with the bus system,” but he was vague on the details, saying he hoped to see more enforcement of bus lanes.

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