Transportation

AllWaysNY Photomat

9 March 2011

Time to take out the trash. Did you know that subway cleaners remove over 90 tons of trash from the system each day? In recent years, about half of the total amount of refuse collected from platforms has been recycled. Subway cars are even put to use when they are no longer fit for service. [...]

No Bike License Plates for Now

Assembly Member Michael DenDekker (D-Queens) withdrew two bills that would have required paid registration fees and license plates for all bicycle riders in New York State. Bills A5429 and A5430 were introduced on February 18th and would have required commercial cyclists to pay a $50 registration fee and obtain liability insurance and require all other [...]

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Union Square Gets the Big Boards

The MTA’s plan to install train arrival countdown clocks in the stations along the system’s numbered lines by mid-2011 is moving along. Late in December, it announced that it exceeded its goal of bringing the clocks to 75 stations by the end of 2010, and in fact, installed them in 100 stations. At the Union [...]

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Second Time’s a Charm

With another snow storm making its way toward the city, the MTA has announced that it will activate its highest level winter weather response plan. Although the forecast only predicts five or six inches of snow, the agency hopes to avoid a repeat of the recent snowpocalypse unpleasantness. Tonight chains will be put on bus [...]

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The Exodus Begins

As New Yorkers and others leave work early and head south to Jersey for the Memorial Day weekend, big delays and volume have been reported on the Garden State Parkway near Woodbridge and on the New Jersey Turnpike near Exit 8 and 8A, where the turnpike merges from five lanes down to three. With gas [...]

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The Gowanus Expressway cuts its way through Brooklyn. Some pretty impressive height for those shoes on the wire.

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LIRR Service Cuts Begin Today

In an attempt to close the projected $800 million budget shortfall for 2010, the MTA approved some Long Island Railroad service cuts which will take affect today. In addition to the peak-hour train cuts on several lines, daily service to the Belmont Park racetrack will be discontinued entirely, except during the Belmont Stakes on June [...]

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