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Bus Bridge from Brooklyn: Jay Street, Not Barclays, Best Bet Right Now
Brooklyn "bus bridge" locations (SEE UPDATE BELOW) Manhattan-bound Brooklynites: Go to Jay Street, not Barclays — it will immeasurably improve your ride into Manhattan. We’re getting reports this...
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Oh, Rats: Impact of Floods on Subway Rodents Mixed
This guy might have pulled through. (Photo by laverrue via flickr) It’s not just New York’s two-legged population that could take a while to get back to normal. While most subway riders have other...
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(LISTEN) MTA Head Joe Lhota: How We Fixed the Flooded Subway
MTA chairman Joe Lhota (L) speaking with an MTA worker. (Photo by MTA via flickr) Listen to the conversation with WNYC’s Amy Eddings below. If you do not see flash audio player please install the...
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WATCH: The New York City Subway Comeback, in GIF
WNYC’s Data News team has turned the city’s post-Sandy recovery into a time-lapse GIF. Click through for the full image.
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How NY’s MTA Restored Service…to the Subway Map
The MTA's Chuck Gordanier, holding up the Hurricane Sandy Recovery Service subway map (photo by Kate Hinds) If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 If...
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The H Train Rides Again in the Rockaways
(For the full NYC subway map, go here.) The H train is rolling where the A train can’t. Starting Tuesday, residents of the storm-battered Rockaway Peninsula will get a free subway shuttle known as the...
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Sandy Data Shows NYC Commuters Are Transpo-Adaptable: Report
In the days following Hurricane Sandy, when New York’s regional transit systems were either completely shut down or barely limping along, commuters still found a way to work — by biking more, embracing...
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R Train To Go Further South in Manhattan, But Not Crossing To Brooklyn — Yet
More of the NYC hurricane recovery subway map will be shaded in on Monday morning at 6am (click for large version) New York’s R train — which hasn’t gone south of 34th Street since Hurricane Sandy —...
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NY MTA Head Formally Backs Fare Hike
As expected, the head of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is recommending the agency raise the base fare for subways and buses by 25 cents, and increase the cost of a 30-day...
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Breaking: MTA Approves Fare Hike — and Lhota Officially to Resign This Month
MTA head Joe Lhota announcing his "bittersweet"'decision to resign as chairman. (Photo by Jim O'Grady) If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3...
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NYC Subway Ridership At 62 Year High, Despite Sandy Disruptions
Crowded L train platform at 1:30 on a Saturday night (Sunday morning) New York City’s subway ridership rose 0.8% in 2012, despite storm Sandy-related shut downs and service disruptions. According to...
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LaHood Doles Out Another $1.42 Billion To Transit Hit By Sandy
(New York, NY – WNYC) The federal government is making available the balance of $2 billion promised to transit agencies hit hard by Sandy. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told transit...
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Subway Sea Wall Of Steel Rising Between A Train And Jamaica Bay
Pile driver installs a section of steel wall between A train tracks in the foreground and Jamaica Bay behind. (photo by Jim O'Grady) (New York, NY – WNYC) New York is Holland now: the NY Metropolitan...
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