(New York, NY – WNYC) Readers of TN know that transportation is not just a way of life, it is the key to the meaning of life. And now the George Mason University Class of 2012 knows it, too, after listening to a commencement address by National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman. “Congratulations, Patriots,”…
(Washington, DC — Armando Trull, WAMU) It’s early morning at Renee Scarlett’s red brick row house house in Hyattsville. The single mom has just said goodbye to three-year-old twins Jayden and Amani. Her two other children, Anthony, 8, and Marquis, 10, were packed off to school just a few minutes ago. Up until recently, this…
New York will begin offering up to $2000 to witnesses of assaults on NY MTA employees. Some 48 employees have been assaulted on the job this year, compared to 40 in the same period last year. Assaults on transit workers have become a key issue for the Transport Workers Union, still negotiating a new contract…
Staten Island will be the third borough in New York City to get so-called “Select Bus Service.” The service, the S79, will connect the Staten Island Mall and the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. The MTA expects the service to reduce travel times by 20%. Some 8,900 passengers travel that route daily, according to the…
(Washington, D.C. — WAMU) Subway doors shouldn’t open while the train is in motion. But they did recently in Washington D.C. Scary stuff. D.C. Metro’s investigation team was able to replicate the mechanical problem that led to two incidents of uncommanded door openings on a Red Line train this week. On Tuesday morning, riders told…
(Washington, DC — WAMU) Compared to major U.S. metropolitan areas, Washington D.C. is one of the best when it comes to the choices available to commuters who want to avoid the congestion of the Beltway. We have the Metro, buses, and a new, popular bike share program. Compared to other cities across the globe, however,…
Opening season for the Brooklyn Nets is four months away, but signs are already going up in the Atlantic Avenue station to reflect its new name: Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center. The MTA has also updated the subway map on its website to reflect the change. An MTA spokesman said the new name will appear on printed…
(New York, NY – WNYC) Ten NY transit workers are set to be arrested Friday for allegedly falsifying records about how many subway signals they inspected in the years prior to 2009. But the low-level inspectors aren’t the real criminals in the so-called “signalgate” scandal, says Transport Workers Union president John Samuelsen. He slammed the…
Seventy musicians lined up in Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday to audition for the New York MTA’s “Music Under New York” (MUNY) program. Each act had five minutes to convince the judges it merited the right to legitimately perform in the subway system under an MTA-approved banner.
(Washington, DC — Armando Trull, WAMU) You’ve heard of Kiss and Ride and Park and Ride, but now Metro has opened its first Bike & Ride facility. At least 100 bikes can be stored in a covered, enclosed and secure location. It’s secure because there’s steel doors and steel grates. And you can only get…
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