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Editorial: The MTA's Fulton follies
2014-11-15 06:37:46| Railroads - Topix.net
They spent $1.4 billion and devoted 12 years to building the Fulton Center subway station in lower Manhattan - and they can't get the damn escalators to work. Last Sunday, muckety-mucks aplenty gathered to celebrate the brilliance of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and public officials, including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, in pouring all that money into an over-designed entryway reminiscent of suburban shopping malls.
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Need for capital program, not its cost, should be MTA's focus, agency's chief says
2014-11-07 14:01:19| Railroads - Topix.net
MTA chairman and chief executive Thomas Prendergast, seen here in Manhattan on July 10, 2014, made his case for the importance of all the projects in the agency's newly proposed capital program at a Manhattan meeting of the General Contractors Association. Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle MTA chairman and chief executive Thomas Prendergast, seen here in Manhattan on July 10, 2014, made his case for the importance of all the projects in the agency's newly proposed capital program at a Manhattan meeting of the General Contractors Association.
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State panel rejects MTA's $32B plan
2014-10-05 01:59:24| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's proposed $32 billion capital program includes funding to complete its East Side Access project to link the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal by 2022. Above, contractors work on the project below Midtown Manhattan on Jan. 29, 2013.
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Wylde and Law: The MTA's turn to dig deeper
2014-09-29 13:22:08| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority just released a capital plan that is $15.5 billion short of what is needed to maintain and improve the regional transportation system over the next five years. That's a whole lot of money.
MTA's Approved $30B Capital Plan Faces Major Funding Gap
2014-09-25 10:43:10| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board gave the go-ahead to more than than $30 billion of planned improvements to the city and region's mass transit system. However, that's just one hurdle in a long process that isn't even fully financed yet.
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