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21 mass transit nightmares from the movies
2016-03-11 22:09:33| Railroads - Topix.net
When you're sitting in gridlock because of the New Jersey Transit strike Monday, consider this: At least you're safe from hijackings, heists-gone-wrong, vengeful hitmen, rampaging beasts and marauding gangs straight of Gotham nightmares. Check our list of top mass transit nightmares, in chronological order: After their flight to New York is rerouted to Boston due to a blizzard, an Ohio couple endure a severely curtailed menu on an overcrowded commuter train to New York, where they encounter a crippling transit strike, only the beginning of their trip from hell.
Islanders help remap North Shore mass transit at bus workshop
2015-12-16 07:23:26| Railroads - Topix.net
In comparing a bus map from Staten Island 40 years ago to one in circulation today, there are very few differences. Yet the borough's population has more than doubled in that time.
Gov. Cuomo announces mass transit holiday security boost
2015-12-09 00:10:49| Railroads - Topix.net
Mass transit is getting a holiday security boost courtesy of police officers from New Jersey and New York, Gov. Cuomo announced Tuesday. Cuomo signed an executive order granting New Jersey and Connecticut law enforcement agencies the power to patrol transit facilities and trains operating in New York.
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Future of New York City mass transit hinges on funding fight
2015-10-10 05:48:50| Railroads - Topix.net
In this Feb. 5, 2013, file photo, rush hour commuters crowd a subway platform at the Woodside station in Queens, N.Y. The station is a transfer point for passengers traveling on the Long Island Rail Road and going to Manhattan's East Side. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has about a $29 billion modernization plan that would add high-tech control systems, replace old subway cars and buses and expand service on North America's largest transit system.
Future of New York City mass transit hinges on funding fight
2015-10-10 05:48:49| Railroads - Topix.net
In this Feb. 5, 2013, file photo, rush hour commuters crowd a subway platform at the Woodside station in Queens, N.Y. The station is a transfer point for passengers traveling on the Long Island Rail Road and going to Manhattan's East Side. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has about a $29 billion modernization plan that would add high-tech control systems, replace old subway cars and buses and expand service on North America's largest transit system.