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NYC Transit Chief Promises Changes After Blizzard Meltdown
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - With winter a little more than two weeks away, the New York City Council wants to know what has changed at the MTA since last December’s blizzard, and the MTA says new...
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MTA’s Trash Can Free Subway Experiment Succeeding!
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - There were predictions the subway stations in an MTA experiment that removed trash cans would become landfills with rails. But there is early evidence the riding public is on...
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MTA Chief Lhota Won’t Commit To Subway Platform Barriers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Many cities around the world, including Paris, have glass barriers on at least some of their train platforms. WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb On The...
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Following Deadly Accidents On Subway Platforms, Some Call For Improved Safety...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There are renewed calls to make the edge of subway platforms less dangerous following several deadly incidents. There were three accidents on subway platforms over the last 48...
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MTA Releases App With Real-Time Subway Countdown Clocks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - You can now find out when the next subway train will arrive simply by looking at your smartphone. The MTA launched a smartphone app that shows real-time train arrival times on...
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MTA: Subway Platform Barriers Would Cost More Than $1 Billion
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering several options to improve safety on subway platforms following an alarming number of deaths on the tracks. So far this...
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Winter Storm Hammers Tri-State Area; Widespread Outages Reported
Updated at 12:15 a.m., Feb. 9, 2013 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A power-packed blizzard was continuing to pummel eastern Long Island and Connecticut late Friday night, while leaving in its wake a...
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MTA Hoping To Restore At Least Some Service To South Ferry Station
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Acting Metropolitan Transportation Authority executive director Thomas Prendergast said Tuesday that the agency looking into ways to get at least some service back running at...
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Old South Ferry Subway Station To Reopen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Starting next month, the end of the the line for the 1 train will again be South Ferry. The old station will reopen the first week in April. The new station was destroyed by...
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Old South Ferry Loop Station Reopened
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – More than five months after Superstorm Sandy, service to South Ferry has resumed. No. 1 subway trains began running to and from the old South Ferry station Thursday morning. The...
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Cuomo Nominates Prendergast For MTA Chairman
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated an experienced New York City transit executive to be the next chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Cuomo nominated Thomas F....
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MTA Chairman: Sandy Repairs To Take Five More Years, Fare Hike Ahead
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - New York City straphangers will really want to hang on as there are many twists and turns ahead. New MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast told the New York Daily News that he...
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Underground Wi-Fi Service Expanding To 30 More Subway Stations
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – More cell phone and Wi-Fi service was headed under ground Thursday as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s effort to have all subway stations wired by 2016....
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MTA Chairman: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up For A Fare Hike Reprieve
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The man tapped to head the Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants a second look at the service cuts that have increased crowding and wait times. And as WCBS 880’s Paul...
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After Seven Months, A Train Subway Service Resumes In Rockaways
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - After seven months of limited service and an estimated $650 million in hurricane damage, regular service on the A train is rolling through the Rockaways. It is making life a lot...
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New York Senate Confirms Prendergast As MTA Chairman And CEO
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Senate has confirmed Thomas Prendergast as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the confirmation Thursday night....
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Slight Relief Coming For Metro-North New Haven Line Riders
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Metro-North Railroad on Sunday announced that some slight service improvements are on the horizon for New Haven Line for the start of the work week Monday. Meanwhile,...
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Feds Blast Metro-North, Call Recent Accidents ‘Unacceptable’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The head of the Federal Railroad Administration is demanding immediate safety improvements from Metro-North following the deadly train derailment in the Bronx. In a letter...
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Metro-North: Full Hudson Line Service To Run Thursday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Metro-North Railroad announced full service will be restored to the Hudson Line Thursday following a suspension that lasted several days due to a fatal derailment in the...
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Federal Inspectors Begin 60-Day Safety Assessment Of Metro-North
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A special federal team of rail safety experts began a 60-day probe Monday into Metro-North’s operations following the deadly derailment in the Bronx earlier this month. The...
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