Cutting Student MetroCards: Vote Delayed
Ugh. Just get it over with already so we can go on with our lives realizing that this is not the end of the world. This is a followup to SUBWAYblogger’s recent post on this subject that became quite the source of debate. The vote to cut the program has been delayed. However, there are [...]
Read MoreMetrocard Problems Part Deux
Well, the Metrocard drama seems to have continued today, and still no explanations. Paul J. Fleuranges, the chief spokesman for New York City Transit, the arm of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that runs the subways and buses, declined to speculate on the cause of the breakdown, but said “it was a systemwide outage affecting all [...]
MTA: “Fellas…where’d that $3 billion go?”
That’s what the MTA is saying these days when they look at the capital improvement budget. There’s a gaping $3 billion hole smack in the middle of the budget responsible for general repairs and maintenance of the transit system. Yep. $3 Billion. Oops. “The [CAPITAL] program has some shortfalls in it,” Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO [...]
