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THE HOOTERS STATION?

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is exploring expanded corporate sponsorships, leading to speculation it may rename subway stations after commercial backers. "We haven't come to any conclusions yet. I think you can say we are trying to ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  8 Aug 2008
Related Topics: MTA,  Gene Russianoff

MTA ROLLS OUT POSTERS VS. PERVS

New York City Transit is finally moving against perverts who use crowded trains as an opportunity to grope women. Weeks ago, The Post exclusively reported that agency officials were holding back on an ad campaign against sicko straphangers out of ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  6 Aug 2008
Related Topics: MTA,  Scott Stringer

MTA SUB-WEIGHS ALTERNATIVE

The MTA is going to study alternatives to station entrances for the Second Avenue Subway after Upper East Siders battled over a midblock gateway on 72nd Street. Residents complained, and several even sued, to stop the agency from opening large ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  1 Aug 2008

'W' - AS IN WORST SUBWAY AROUND

The W is the worst subway line in the system, a new report claims. The lower Manhattan-to-Astoria local scored a weak 70 cents - out of a possible $2 - on a transit watchdog's annual "State of the Subways" report card. The Straphangers Campaign, ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  30 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Gene Russianoff

METROCARD MESS

For the second straight day, malfunctions disrupted credit- and debit-card purchases at MetroCard vending machines, rejecting riders who tried to pay with plastic. Worse, some unlucky riders got charged for MetroCards they never got - although NYC ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  30 Jul 2008
Related Topics: MTA

MTA PLANS TWO FARE HIKES IN 18 MONTHS

The MTA is planning to hit riders with two fare hikes in an 18-month period, it was revealed today. Facing rising fuel costs and declining revenues from real estate tax revenues, the agency is proposing an 8 percent fare hike in July 2009. But then ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  23 Jul 2008
Related Topics: MTA

HIKE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

The MTA's next fare hike is on the express track. Massive financial shortfalls could force the cash-strapped agency to hit commuters with another fare and toll boost in July 2009, six months earlier than originally planned, sources said. And the ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: MTA

POSTERS RUB MTA WRONG

City transit officials have prepared a campaign to combat deviants who grope or molest women on the subway - but have been sitting on it because of fears the ads could actually encourage sickos. The New York City Transit campaign was set into motion ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  15 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Scott Stringer

$5M TRAIN WRECK

Bureaucrats at the cash-strapped MTA are about to have their budgets sliced rail-thin. Executive Director Elliot Sander notified board members this week that the MTA would delay new hires and slash budgets for travel, food, phones and BlackBerries to ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  10 Jul 2008

TRANSIT BIGS' 'BLUNDER'-BUS

A surge in bus travel is leaving more riders with standing room only, a transit advocacy group charged yesterday. The rise in ridership over a decade is fast outpacing service increases, leading to a tight squeeze during the morning commute, ...

From PATRICK GALLAHUE, New York Post,  9 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Gene Russianoff

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