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Fun times…not. Source: Wilderbee / FlickrTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Last week in Part 1 [/of-government-hypocrisy-part-1-of-2/], we discussed city hypocrisy regarding transportation issues. The MTA isn’t innocent in this regard either. It was revealed last week that Metro-North [http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/03/8542023/metro-north-head-vows-change] gave a
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Polly Trottenberg, the city’s new DOT commissioner. Source: Transportation for America / FlickrTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: On the day before he took office, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he was appointing Polly Trottenberg as Transportation Commissioner. She replaced the controversial Janette Sadik-Khan who held the position for the past six
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Photo Courtesy Of Justin BrannanState Senator Marty Golden and Republican City Council candidate John Quaglione are renewing their calls for a restoration of weekend bus service on the X28 line from Bath Beach to Manhattan. The duo sent a letter, along with “hundreds of petitions,” to the MTA calling for
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Did you get to work on time this morning, and not smelling like smoke? Count yourself lucky, because multiple transportation issues converged today, making the commute worse than usual for many Ditmas Park residents. We came across this sign being put up at 8:15am, long after many folks had
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Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Last week we discussed DOT street and parking signage [/new-no-parking-signs-are-appearing-in-sheepshead-bay-and-more/]. In January we mentioned the lack of clarity of the subway fare signs [/subway-fare-sign-is-unfriendly-to-tourists/] at the station agent booths. What about the rest of the MTA signage? In this area, the MTA scores
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On Monday, March 11 at about 4pm, three teen girls punched a 15-year-old girl in the face while riding the B103 bus and stole her iPhone, police say. The attackers then fled the bus in the vicinity of Church Avenue and East 3rd Street. The victim suffered minor injuries. The
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Photo by Allan RosenYOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The MTA will announce next week that most bus lines identified earlier this year [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/07/b64-and-other-area-bus-lines-to-be-restored/] for service restorations, investments and improvements will take effect on January 6. Other improvements will not kick in until January 20.
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All photos by and courtesy of Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Hey, let’s give Chicago top billing for a change. I’ve always wondered why Downtown Chicago retained its Els when New York City decided to get rid of them in Downtown and Midtown. I think I figured out
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Source: MTATHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: As the second anniversary of the largest service cutbacks in New York City History quietly passed on June 27th, the MTA hinted at its monthly board meeting for the first time that they were considering the restoration of some cuts. The New York Times has
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Photo by David T.In the ongoing war between private and public transportation, there is no compassion, no kindness, no mercy. No one is spared, not even innocent bus shelters standing by the side of the road, doing nothin’ to nobody. Everything is fair game, and curbs mean nothing to
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[<object width=]One person seems to know why New York is the city that never sleeps. IMASCORPIO25 has posted the above video, apparently shot in Bensonhurst, on YouTube. In the video, loud buses, sneezing passerby and other assorted street noises show why sleeping in our metropolis can be so
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Allan Rosen is a 25-year veteran of the MTA, including a former Director of Bus Planning. He’s also a Sheepshead Bay-area resident and one of the original planners behind the B4 route. He previously criticized the MTA’s latest round of cuts [/former-transit-brass-criticizes-latest-cuts/], and here he questions the revisions