New York City Transportation News
Lisberg: Unions facing pay, pension cuts quietly
Posted on 07/17/2010 04:40:00 PM
There's a war going on about trimming the paychecks, health benefits and pensions of public employees. But the public employee unions are barely showing up for the fight
They're on the fast track to jail after MTA theft
Posted on 07/15/2010 08:50:00 PM
A Long Island woman who helped rip off the MTA in an $800,000 ticket scam got a free bus ride yesterday - to Rikers.
MTA unveiling its future fare hike plans
Posted on 07/13/2010 08:00:00 PM
Straphangers who buy single-ride paper tickets at subway station vending machines would pay an extra quarter under the MTA's budget proposal, which is to be released this month, sources said.
MTA restores G.I.s jobs after coming under fire
Posted on 07/09/2010 07:50:00 PM
Two bus drivers laid off while dodging bullets in Afghanistan and Iraq will be put back on the payroll, easing their worries on the homefront, the Daily News has learned.
Hit the road, city tells guy who began private bus line
Posted on 07/06/2010 08:50:00 PM
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge Tuesday signed the city Law Department's request for a temporary restraining order against Joel Azumah, shutting down his bootleg bus service.
Bus driver takes pounding in Brooklyn; NYers fume as cuts hit
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Posted on 06/28/2010 10:32:09 PM
An irate bus rider went berserk and punched a driver in the face as the MTA's dreaded doomsday cuts took full effect - bewildering straphangers citywide.
MTA unveils new, simplified subway map
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is coming out with a simplified, less cluttered edition of its subway map. . . It is the first redesign ...
Boring Manhattan: Ceremony Launches 2nd Avenue Subway Project
A 450-foot-long "worm" will eat its way through the 470 million-year-old bedrock under Manhattan for the benefit of future subway riders. The ...
Metrolink fare hike put on hold by board
Metrolink's board of directors postponed a decision Friday on a proposed 6 percent fare hike, directing its staff to consider other options - ...
Ads on MTA buses offer safe haven to wavering Muslims
The questions on the ads aren't subtle: Leaving Islam? Fatwa on your head? Is your family threatening you?. . A conservative activist and the ...
Is two months off for getting spit on too much?
Working as a bus operator is no easy job in New York City. . . . There were 153 assaults on bus operators last year. In 51 of those cases, the ...
MTA cuts spur big over time needs
After being spat on, ex-bus driver needed leave
Posted on 05/26/2010 12:10:23 AM
Spitting hurts! An ex-city bus driver who took five months sick leave after a rider spat on her insisted Tuesday she needed the recovery time after the harrowing - and gross - attack.