Metrocard Problems Part Deux
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by The SUBWAYblogger in Transit Failures
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 or [...]
MTA: “Fellas…where’d that $3 billion go?”
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by The SUBWAYblogger in Uncategorized
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 Elliot Sander [...]
