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Transit AccessNY group: Peddle and park at summer showsMedia Hit link: http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/state/article92828.eceAuthor: ASSOCIATED PRESS Media Outlet: Buffalo NewsDate: August 4, 2010 NEW YORK (AP) - A New York city parks organization is getting classy for its 25th annual summer performance series. This year they'll have valet service - for bicyclists.
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Unused MetroCards Could Buy 23 Million NYers Rides Next YearSubtitle: MTA expects to rake in $52 million from cards that are purchased but not used Author: JENNIFER MILLMAN Media Outlet: NBC New YorkDate: August 4, 2010 Image: ![]() The initial budget plan proposes caps on weekly and monthly "unlimited" cards or a choice between cards that could push the cost of an unlimited monthly pass up to $130 a month in addition to severe s Image Caption: Just imagine all these people getting a free ride.
Submitted by volunteer on October 12, 2010 - 17:55. categories [ ]
MTA's Bus Cuts: The Hardest HitSubtitle: Transit service reductions will inconvenience millions of commuters. But for thousands of people in a few neighborhoods, the cuts will be more deeply felt. Author: Jake Mooney Media Outlet: City LimitsDate: August 2, 2010 Image: ![]() Most of the bus service reductions recently imposed by the MTA cause relatively short delays, 5 minutes here or 10 minutes there. Image Caption: The M8 bus faced elimination in MTA budget cuts this year. It was spared, but did not escape unscathed: Weekend and overnight service was ended.
Submitted by volunteer on October 12, 2010 - 17:35. categories [ ]
After the fare hike vote, finger-pointing and funding proposalsSubtitle: Benjamin Kabak Media Outlet: 2nd Ave SagasDate: July 29, 2010 Image: ![]() Now that the MTA Board has set in motion the next round of fare hikes, transit advocates have begun to lay out their positions on the MTA's latest foray into the economic morass.
Submitted by volunteer on October 12, 2010 - 17:18. categories [ ]
MTA moves ahead with hikes, layoffsAuthor: Michael Cusenza Author Title: Assistant Editor Media Outlet: Queens ChronicleDate: July 29, 2010 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority this week announced it has closed its enormous budget gap, but a hike in MetroCard fees, bridge and tunnel cash tolls and continued station agent layoffs were Image Caption: TWU Local 100 Station Division VP Maurice Jenkins, left, Assemblyman David Weprin and ATU Local 1056 VP Mark Henry at last Friday’s press conference. PHOTO BY MICHAEL CUSENZA
Submitted by volunteer on October 12, 2010 - 16:45. categories [ ]
One stop forward, two stops back: Bus lane cameras will help - but trouble's coming for straphangersAuthor: Gene Russianoff and Lindsey Lusher Shute Media Outlet: New York Daily NewsDate: June 23, 2010 Brace yourself, city subway and bus riders. Next week - in the heat of summer - we'll begin feeling the brunt of the worst service cuts we've seen in decades.
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Will Robert Lieber’s Successor Finally Fill the Gaps in PlaNYC 2030?Author: Noah Kazis Media Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: May 19, 2010 Image: ![]() City Hall has another big vacancy to fill. This morning the Bloomberg administration announced that Robert Lieber, deputy mayor for economic development, is returning to the private sector. Image Caption: NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert Lieber. Photo: New York Daily News
Submitted by volunteer on June 17, 2010 - 15:18. categories [ ]
How 'Transit-Oriented Development' Will Put More New Yorkers in CarsAuthor: Brian Paul Media Outlet: Gotham GazetteDate: April 1, 2010 Image: ![]() In its effort to achieve a "greener and greater New York" while accommodating one million new residents, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's PlaNYC2030 embraced transit-oriented development" -- the concentratio Image Caption: Queens West, like many of the large new developments in the city, will provide thousand of parking spaces when it is completed.
Submitted by volunteer on May 6, 2010 - 16:25. categories [ ]
Getting From Here To ThereSubtitle: With deep transit cuts in the works, activists and officials prescribe new ways to travel around the city. Media Hit link: http://www.citylimits.org/news/article.cfm?article_id=3915Author: Emily Keller Media Outlet: City LimitsDate: March 27, 2010 Transportation groups and activists are discussing contingency plans in the face of a planned reduction in bus, subway and Access-A-Ride services that are scheduled to take effect by the end of June.
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Streetfilms: Fixing the Car-Centric CityMedia Outlet: Grist MagazineDate: March 11, 2010 "Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions co
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