Talks resume Thursday between New York City’s Transport Workers Union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It is the first time the two sides will have met since contract talks collapsed late last month. Both sides return to the bargaining table with little animosity, according to a source close to the union. But the calm comes…
The reviews are in on the House transportation bill: “It’s like funding a quit-smoking program by lowering the smoking age to generate more revenue from cigarette taxes.” (USPIRG statement) “It would reverse all the progress we have made in the past 20 years…horrible.” (League of American Bicyclists) “This bill is less about creating jobs and…
Hundreds of minibuses get commuters around Pakistan’s bustling port city Karachi. Since there is no other viable means of public transportation, the buses get packed fast and can be risky to ride since they don’t stop for passengers to get on and off and riders often have to pile up on top of the buses…
Double Happyness – a Philadelphia-based bus company — now can add a restraining order to its growing pile of legal notices from the federal government. Last month the U.S. Department of Transportation ordered the company to immediately cease operations after declaring it an “imminent hazard to safety.” On Thursday, the feds put some teeth into…
The B61 — Red Hook’s only bus line — will get some additional bus service this spring. New York’s MTA said it will tweak the schedule and add service on the beleaguered line. This change follows a report put out last month that said buses on the route don’t come often enough — and bunch up when they do.
Following on the heels of Staten Island, the Bronx will become the second of New York’s five boroughs to get real-time bus information. New York’s MTA is currently installing GPS units on the 1,025 buses that serve the borough. The agency said the service will go live sometime this year. In a press release, MTA…
Talks broke down today between New York’s Transport Workers Local Union 100 and New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Members of The Transport Workers Union gathered in the lobby of New York City Transit headquarters in Lower Manhattan and accused the authority of bargaining in the media, instead of at the negotiation table. Local 100 President…
(Billings, MT – YPR) – The car-centric West poses a challenge for college students who arrive on campus without a car. Public transportation can be limited, and far flung classrooms, and snow and ice storms can be a challenge for students who live on campus — but attend classes miles away. Transportation is also a…
Subways and buses are still running in New York City – despite the lack of a contract between about 34-thousand New York City Transport Workers Union Local 100 members and their employer, the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Neither side offered an update, as talks continued Tuesday to reach an agreement. The union contract expired Sunday. But…
Metro’s Board of directors took its first in-depth look Thursday at fare increase proposals put forward by General Manager Richard Sarles. Sarles’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 would raise rail fares by 5 percent for most riders. It would also introduce a flat fare for rail riders who use paper tickets, setting a $4…
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