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AllWaysNY Photomat

9 March 2011

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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. [...]

Union Square Gets the Big Boards

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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

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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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Follow The Money

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In response to The MTA’s plans for yet another round of fare hikes next July and in 2011, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will begin an audit of the MTA’s finances, according to The Post. The examination of the transit agency’s new budget proposal, which includes the fare increases, is slated to be completed in September [...]

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Subway Mosaic Artist Unwittingly Gets it Right

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Ever notice how despondent the two parents look in the mosaic art work in the 8th Street-NYU subway station in Manhattan? When you think about it, its really not that they’re lost and trying to find their way with a map, but rather, their daughter just pointed to NYU’s Silver Center (the old Main Building) [...]

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NY-Style Housing Crunch At Redbird Reef

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The artificial reef constructed off the coast of Delaware with retired Redbird subway cars has been growing since New York began delivering them in August of 2001. The cars are stripped of their useful parts and nudged off of barges to descend to the ocean floor. The cars serve as an underwater hub of activity, [...]

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IM IN UR SUBWAYZ EATIN UR HISTOREE

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