MTA revives Brooklyn’s State St. subway power room after December explosion
The State St. Substation in Brooklyn — the subway power room that blew up last month and stranded several trains underground ...
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The NYC subways' electrical equipment is so old it frequently explodes
A Harlem substation is full of so much old equipment that MTA managers look for parts on eBay. A black rotary phone is the ...
Recent spate of NYC transit attacks has straphangers rattled — despite NYPD subway surge: ‘Just a way of life in New York now’
More than a half-dozen violent attacks in the Big Apple subway system has renewed fear among New Yorkers — despite more cops ...
NYC subway crime is down, police say, but 2 recent attacks have rattled nerves
The NYPD says transit crime is down 35%, but just in the last two days a young man was stabbed on one train and a woman was pushed into another.
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MTA employee victim of 3rd NYC subway stabbing in roughly 24 hours
NEW YORK - An MTA employee was stabbed in a subway station in the Bronx Thursday morning. It's the third stabbing incident in the NYC subway system in a little more than 24 hours, and comes amid ...
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Selfie-obsessed tourists create Roosevelt Island tram jam: ‘Horrible, horrible!’
The government-run NYC Tourism+Conventions group encourages ... Many residents have abandoned the tram and turned to the subway, which they say has its own issues. Michael Nagle “I’ve lived ...
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Fewer cars entered NYC during first two weeks of congestion pricing: MTA
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – In its second week, Manhattan’s new congestion pricing toll reduced weekday traffic by an average of 4.6%, according to MTA data. In the first two weeks after ...
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NYC subway turnstiles getting spikey ‘fins’: Here’s why
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Turnstile “fins” may be coming to a subway station near you as part of the MTA’s push to stop fare evaders. The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called ...
Supertram: Single ticket on New York subway CHEAPER than on Sheffield tram network, analysis shows
A single tram ticket in Sheffield is more expensive than similar transport networks in some of the world’s biggest cities, ...
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Selfie-obsessed tourists create Roosevelt Island tram jam: ‘Horrible, horrible!’
The government-run NYC Tourism+Conventions group ... I looked forward to my peaceful ride on the tram. But nope, not anymore. I have to go back to taking the subway, or it would take me over ...