Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Type: Organization

Name: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

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First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Some MTA bus drivers claim illness from routine pesticide spraying

los angeles news, leo stallworthMore: Bio, Recent Stories, News TeamLOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Some Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus drivers are at odds with the company. The MTA has been spraying buses with pesticide. Some drivers say the ... [Published KABC Los Angeles - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Pesticide, Marc Littman

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

LIRR derailment causes nightmare commutes

An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train derailed in an East River tunnel early Monday evening, leading to massive service disruptions that were expected to extend into the Tuesday morning commute.No injuries were reported when two cars of the Hempstead-bound ... [Published New York Daily News - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nightmare, Jamaica

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Inside New York’s subway construction

New York’s second avenue subway construction is in full swing. This train line has been planned for since 1929 but construction didn’t begin until 2007.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York are on flickr and have recently ... [Published Terrapinn - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Construction, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Effort Could Speed Up Citi Bike Access For G Train Riders

To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page.Another option for riders who use the G train is said to be in the works.The Metropolitan Transportation ... [Published NY1 - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Hurricane Sandy, Adobe Flash

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Amtrak

Rockland pols call on MTA to support Hudson rail tunnel project

_ Eight state lawmakers from Rockland and Orange are calling on the MTA to financially back a $15 billion Amtrak project that would build two new rail tunnels under the Hudson River and allow for the possibility west-of-Hudson commuters could take a one-seat ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Amtrak, NJ Transit Corporation

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 4 reports

10-car commuter train from NYC derails in tunnel

Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders says the derailment happened Monday evening. The passengers were off the train in about two hours.The 10-car Long Island Rail Road train was moving slowly as it entered the tunnel.Passengers ... [Published EveningSun.com - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

New York Power Authority

Governor signs authorities reform bill into law

ALBANY - Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Friday that requires greater accountability from public authorities, marking the end of a five-year effort to shine the light on what critics call New York's ''shadow government.''The new law, effective ... [Published Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: David Paterson, New York Power Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 4 reports

CA: Some L.A. County Bus Drivers Say Pesticides are Making Them Ill

Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill -- sometimes while behind the wheel -- from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.Related ContentRelated TermsMoreLos Angeles County bus ... [Published Mass Transit Magazine - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Pesticide, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Complaints, Chemical

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

CA: MTA Bus Driver Killed in Crash 'Looked After Everyone Else First'

Source: Los Angeles TimesAt 5:10 a.m. Wednesday, Gamboa was traveling west on 5th Street, her bus still empty, when police say a flatbed tow truck going 60 mph ran a red light at Broadway. The collision ripped open the front of the bus, sheared off a ... [Published Mass Transit Magazine - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, 7-eleven, Vending Machine, Police

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

LETTERS: MTA needs to communicate better

Public and private transit was shut down for hours on Cross Bay Boulevard. Buses could not get through southbound traffic, so they could not use the northbound open roadway.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority?s 511 service gave no information on ... [Published TimesLedger - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Radio Station, Transportation

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Will next Mayor save the subway?

After crime, commuting is the top quality-of-life issue for the vast majority of New Yorkers. Thats why, even though the mayor doesnt control the MTA, the next resident of Gracie Mansion needs to make the subways a top priority.The Metropolitan Transportation ... [Published New York Post - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Sam Schwartz, Manhattan, Taxes

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

MTA Awards Final Contract to Build Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that it has awarded a contract for the station finishes, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ancillary buildings and entrances for the...http://www.travelandtourworld.com ... [Published Travel News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Phase I

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"If we didn't spray, we'd have an insect infestation," said Littman. "The same pesticides that we're using are low-grade. You get the same ingredients at HomeHome Depot. They're used for schools, for hospitals."

Some MTA bus drivers claim illness from routine pesticide spraying [Published KABC Los Angeles - 8 hours ago]

"Today, already we have more tech jobs in New York City than any other city in the country because we have so many major industries and all of them are digitizing and modernizing" said city Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot

Coalition To Release Plan To Build Brooklyn's Own Silicon Valley [Published NY1 - Jun 18 2013]

"I've been around City Hall long enough now to know that the substance of what I do is the only thing I'll ever be judged on," he said. "Nobody's going to look back in four years and say, 'Did he have the right five [transition] co-chairs?'.... It will be 'Did he turn around the economy? Did he make the city work better?' "

L.A. mayor-elect Eric Garcetti favors low-key over glitz [Published Los Angeles Times - Jun 18 2013]

"I was just getting ready to sit down on the train after being on my feet all day" said Ife Oshikanlu as she waited an extra hour for the train that would get her home to Deer Park

Commuter train from NYC shakes, derails in tunnel [Published Charlotte Observer - Jun 18 2013]

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Rockland pols call on MTA to support Hudson rai... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 14 hours ago]
Bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill [Published United Transportation Union - 14 hours ago]
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Regional Connector Construction Concerns [Published Los Angeles Downtown News Online - 19 hours ago]
LIRR derailment causes nightmare commutes [Published New York Daily News - Jun 18 2013]
Coalition To Release Plan To Build Brooklyn's O... [Published NY1 - Jun 18 2013]
L.A. mayor-elect Eric Garcetti favors low-key o... [Published Los Angeles Times - Jun 18 2013]
10-Car Commuter Train From NYC Derails in Tunnel [Published Birmingham Star - Jun 18 2013]
Commuter train from NYC shakes, derails in tunnel [Published Charlotte Observer - Jun 18 2013]
10-car commuter train from NYC derails in tunnel [Published EveningSun.com - Jun 18 2013]
10-car commuter train from NYC derails in tunnel [Published Oroville Mercury-Register - Jun 18 2013]
Citi Bike headed for Greenpoint, Long Island City? [Published New York Daily News - Jun 18 2013]
Commuter train from NY to Long Island disabled ... [Published Washington Post - Jun 18 2013]
10-car commuter train from NYC disabled in tunnel [Published El Paso Times - Jun 18 2013]
10-Car Commuter Train From NYC Disabled in Tunnel [Published ABC News - Jun 18 2013]
Smithtown sobriety checkpoint gets 12 arrests [Published Times of Middle Country - Jun 17 2013]
The Most Awe-Inspiring Photos from New York's S... [Published Tested - Jun 17 2013]
Design Student Posts Ideas To Improve The Subwa... [Published NY1 - Jun 17 2013]
Governor signs authorities reform bill into law [Published Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Jun 17 2013]
Astounding photos show massive Second Avenue Su... [Published Imaging Resource - Jun 17 2013]
NY: LIRR Expands Credit Card Pilot Program [Published Mass Transit Magazine - Jun 17 2013]
CA: MTA Bus Driver Killed in Crash 'Looked Afte... [Published Mass Transit Magazine - Jun 17 2013]
CA: Some L.A. County Bus Drivers Say Pesticides... [Published Mass Transit Magazine - Jun 17 2013]
LA County bus drivers complain over pesticides [Published Big News Network - Jun 17 2013]
These Photos of NYC's $4.5 Billion Subway Proje... [Published Complex - Jun 17 2013]
LA County bus drivers complain over pesticides [Published Whittier Daily News - Jun 17 2013]

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NYC's Subway System Is Less Prepared For A Majo... [Published Clusterstock - Jun 13 2013] If a major hurricane hit New York City tomorrow, damage to the subway system would likely be worse than it was in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy . How is that possible? That storm did $5 billion of damage to the Metropolitan Transportation ...
Muni Plans to Keep Antisemitic Israeli Aparthei... [Published Atlas Shrugs - May 21 2013] The hypocrisy is stunning: Muni self-righteously condemned our ads that told the truth about jihad, and turned over the money to "human rights" groups. But now Muni is fully sharia-compliant: antisemitism is fine with them, and they're in high dudgeon ...
Cell phone service comes to 30 more NYC subway ... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 25 2013] New York City’s one billion subway riders are about to get a pleasant surprise: more cell phone service underground. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, along with Transit Wireless and the four big carriers, is expanding its cell phone ...
Wi-Fi, Voice Calling Come to More New York City... [Published All Things Digital - Apr 25 2013] Busy New Yorkers are about to get even more distracted. Today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the body for New York City’s arteries of public transit, had completed the first phase of a citywide project ...
We Should Pay Top Government Officials More [Published The Ticker - Bloomberg.com - Apr 23 2013] The heads of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority keep quitting. Maybe that's because it's a thankless job that doesn't pay very well. ...

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USW Urges New York MTA to Reconsider Rebuilding... [Published PR Newswire: Auto & Transportation - May 23 2013]
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Wireless Service Begins at 30 New Underground S... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Apr 25 2013]
ENR New York Presents MTA MWDBE Conference, May... [Published PR Newswire: Auto & Transportation - Apr 24 2013]
Transwestern Awarded Prestigious Management Ass... [Published Financial Services - Apr 18 2013]