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				<title><![CDATA[Train Conductor Helps Deliver Baby Girl]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/519.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-06-12 00:33:12</pubDate>			
			
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					   I just love stories with a happy ending. Unfortunately this blog rarely contains those due to the main subject in question. So it is my pleasure to bring this story about a train conductor who helped deliver a baby girl on a Queens-bound  this afternoon via a press release e-mailed to me by the [...]
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				<title><![CDATA[Critics Question Logistics Of Taxi Surcharge]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/360.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-05-20 02:21:08</pubDate>			
			
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					   As part of the MTA rescue plan passed in Albany last week, taxi riders will soon get hit with a new 50-cent surcharge which could pose a problem for those collecting it.
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				<title><![CDATA[Daley v. Biden on Subway and Swine Flu]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/186.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-05-03 01:41:20</pubDate>			
			
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					   One expert at saying one thing and meaning another was correcting his counterpart Thursday on whether public transit customers should avoid trains for fear of contracting swine flu.
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				<title><![CDATA[MTA can't really end overnight service]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/185.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-05-02 11:21:37</pubDate>			
			
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					   New York City is covered in subway stations. There are, in fact, 468 of them, and not one of them was designed to be closed overnight. Some are designed for reduced capacity late at night; some are designed to have fewer entrances open; but no matter the hour, a subway will eventually stop at [...]
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				<title><![CDATA[Bloomberg clueless about plane photo op?]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/152.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-29 14:40:12</pubDate>			
			
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					   From the NY Times:New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he is furious that the federal government flew a presidential Boeing 747 and a fighter jet near ground zero. The incident on Monday caused a brief panic among workers, who said they were not notified in advance.Bloomberg says the flyover so near the World Trade Center site showed ''poor judgment'' and was insensitive. He says he is furious that the NYPD and another city agency were notified last week, but did not tell him.If he had kn
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				<title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Sues The MTA]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/148.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-29 14:36:39</pubDate>			
			
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					  Everyone remembers the horrific September 11th attacks which forever changed the world. The attacks put a huge spotlight on our nation’s security on many levels. One of the most vital levels was in the form of transportation. With that in mind, it was a given that protecting the MTA’s infrastructure would rank as being of [...]
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				<title><![CDATA[MetroCard Grace Periods]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/100.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-25 19:08:11</pubDate>			
			
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					  One of the first thoughts that comes to mind for some is to stockpile unlimited MetroCards when fares are raised. Unfortunately this line of thinking never works as the MTA sets up grace periods for cards to be used for the first time by. This is once again the case as the MTA has announced [...]
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				<title><![CDATA[Second Ave Line Delayed]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/99.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-25 04:09:57</pubDate>			
			
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					  The first segment of the Second Ave. subway may not be finished until 2016 - four years later than the original schedule, the Daily News has learned.  The MTA, which has pushed back the completion date several times over the last decade, recently predicted additional construction and design delays totaling 18 months, an internal document drafted in February reveals.  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's handling of some aspects of its major construction projects has frustrated the Federal
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				<title><![CDATA[JOEBAMA*]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/96.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-24 21:42:29</pubDate>			
			
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					   It was Saturday afternoon in Park Slope when I heard a man shout, "Hey, you!" I ignored him. Only New York rookies and tourists would actually look around to see who it was. Eye contact = trouble. He called out again, "Hey! You with the dog." No doubt about it - he was talking to me. I looked up to see a black man leaning out the window of a third-story brownstone. "Yeah?""Who did Obama (insert sound of screeching bus brakes)?" "Say what?"He cupped his hands around his mouth. "I said, Who did O
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				<title><![CDATA[Celebrity Sighting...]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/saw/95.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-24 21:42:29</pubDate>			
			
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					   Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard on the 2 train. They got on at Bergen Street in Brooklyn during rush hour. Hey, I guess times are tough for everyone. Do you have any idea how expensive chauffeurs are? They stood, nestled in with all of the commuters. No one said a word to them, and no one offered them a seat.I’ve seen only two other celebrities riding the subway:This guy who starred in The SopranosAnd Steve Buscemi, who’s kind of hard to miss.Actually I’m usually terrible at spottin
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				<title><![CDATA[Latest MTA Bailout Plan Looks To Riders Outside City]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/93.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 21:10:47</pubDate>			
			
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					   Democrats in the State Senate have proposed a plan to save the MTA by making life in the 12 counties served by the cash-strapped agency more expensive.
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				<title><![CDATA[MTA Begins Hiring Freeze Amid Bailout Uncertainty]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/92.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 21:10:47</pubDate>			
			
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					   With plans for an MTA bailout still up in the air in Albany, agency officials have implemented a hiring freeze in preparation for a worst-case scenario that already includes increased fares and citywide service cuts.
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				<title><![CDATA[Green Escalators]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/88.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 21:06:51</pubDate>			
			
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					  In the ever-growing interest in making things "green," the Transit Authority is installing experimental "green" escalators. The machines go to sleep, moving at a fraction of their usual speed, in the late night hours. By slowing down the escalators save energy and suffer less wear and tear, officials said. 

Green and red sensors at the top and bottom indicate whether the machine is awake. When a customers approaches a sleeping escalator it's supposed to wake up and move back to full speed. Af
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				<title><![CDATA[Subway artist honored]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/87.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 21:06:51</pubDate>			
			
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					   Artist Daniel Hauben was honored Wednesday by the MTA for his award-winning glass panels at Freeman Street on the 2/5 in the Bronx. 

The Bronx artist's six panels, entitled The El, were installed at the Morrisania station last year. In late June, Americans for the Arts included The El in the 40 it selected for its prestigious Year in Review -- an overview of contemporary public art from around the country. 

(Images courtesy of the MTA)
Click thumbnail for larger view.








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				<title><![CDATA[SUBWAYblogger MIA]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/54.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 06:38:50</pubDate>			
			
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					   Sorry we've been missing in action the last few weeks.  We're getting back on track ASAP (pun intended).It's been an insane few weeks around the office, and it has totally dominated every waking moment.  The thought of writing even more, even via Blackberry on the train, was overwhelming.Things are finally calming down, so we're hoping [...]For these adventures and more, visit SUBWAYblogger.com.SUBWAYblogger MIA
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				<title><![CDATA[Senate's Latest MTA Proposal Is Floundering]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/52.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 06:37:53</pubDate>			
			
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					   As usual, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith is having to deal with the dreaded foot in mouth disease. He seemed quite confident that the 32 votes needed to pass the Senate’s latest MTA funding proposal were at his disposal. When he first expressed this sentiment, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver immediately countered with the question of [...]
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				<title><![CDATA[Councilmen call for more MTA funding]]></title>
				<link>http://nyc.subwayalerts.com/gossip/heard/30.html</link>
				
				<pubDate>2009-04-23 01:30:23</pubDate>			
			
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					   Councilmembers Joseph Addabbo and John Liu will unveil a new campaign tomorrow calling the city and the state to increase funds for transit. Their goal is to put the brakes on an MTA fare hike.

The two are annoucing their efforts outside MTA’s Midtown headquarters Tuesday morning.

A report released last week by the city’s Independent Budget Office stated that city and state funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has remained flat since about 1990. The MTA, facing nearly
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