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New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards? Go Figure

New York’s cabbies howled when the city began forcing them to take credit cards. Some even went on strike, calling the requirements a kowtow to tourists and a burden on drivers. Like a growing number of city taxi riders, Susan Barnett used a credit ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ford Motor Company,  Taxi and Limousine Commission,  Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg Asks for Patience on M.T.A. Plan

Throughout the fall as he campaigned for re-election, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pledged to fight the waste, dirt and delays in the region’s mass transit system, promoting a new era of cooperation between City Hall and the Metropolitan Transportation ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Metropolitan Transportation Authority,  Jay H Walder,  New York City Transit Authority,  Long Island Rail Road

New York City Transit Gets New President

Thomas F. Prendergast/The New York Times Thomas F. Prendergast in 1999, when he was president of the Long Island Rail Road. The New York City bus and subway system got a new leader on Thursday, as transit officials hope to move ahead with new ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York City Transit Authority,  Long Island Rail Road,  New York Times Company,  Metropolitan Transportation Authority,  Jay H Walder

Think Your Bus Is Slow? Try Losing to a Tricycle

The M42 crosstown bus, a longitudinal loafer that creeps its way across a prime path of Midtown Manhattan, clocks in at 3.7 miles per hour, according to figures released on Thursday by the Straphangers Campaign, a riders’ advocacy group. That would be ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Straphangers Campaign,  Gene Russianoff,  Jay H Walder,  Michael Bloomberg

Bus and Subway President Quits in M.T.A. Shake-Up

His departure, after just two and a half years in the post, raised few eyebrows inside New York City Transit, where officials had been speculating about Mr. Roberts’s fate for weeks, according to several people familiar with the situation. Mr. Roberts ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Transport Workers Union,  New York City Transit Authority,  Jay H Walder

President of New York City Transit Resigns

Howard H. Roberts Jr., the avuncular boss of New York City’s buses and subways, resigned Wednesday after a tenure of two and a half years. His departure raised few eyebrows inside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where officials had been ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York City Transit Authority,  Metropolitan Transportation Authority,  Transport Workers Union,  Jay H Walder,  Gene Russianoff

Christie Leads in Close New Jersey Governor’s Race

Christopher J. Christie, a Republican former United States attorney who said he would vanquish corruption from the halls of New Jersey government, held a lead in the closely contested New Jersey governor’s race on Tuesday over the incumbent, Gov. Jon S. ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Christopher J. Christie,  Jon Corzine

Voters Choose Governors in New Jersey and Virginia

Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to decide three closely watched contests for governorships in New Jersey and Virginia and a vacant Congressional seat in upstate New York that could offer an early referendum on President Obama’s policies, and ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Christopher J. Christie,  Jon Corzine

10 New Ticket Machines Open at Grand Central

Metro-North Railroad The 10 additional ticket machines are just east of the main concourse at Grand Central Terminal, across from Hudson News. It’s a scene stolen from the nightmares of New York commuters: Thanksgiving Day, the evening rush, and ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, NYT: City Room,  2 Nov 2009

With Payroll Tax, Feeling the Effects of an M.T.A. Bailout Plan

But the price for that bailout is now being felt by cabbies, taxi riders, motorists, business owners even private and religious schools. On Monday, the first payment is due for a payroll tax in the 12 counties served by the transportation authority. ...

From MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, The New York Times,  1 Nov 2009

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