A developer would make the upgrades, including a new entrance on 42nd street to the Times Square shuttle platform; knocking out a wall to create a larger mezzanine near the Lexington Avenue line; and thinner columns that would let people slip more easily from the subway to the staircases, in exchange for city approval to build a 1.6 million-square-foot office building.
Bids to build the first nine rail stations came in significantly higher than expected, which led the agency to cancel the contract bids.
Officials of the six-county system mostly blame the downturn on the worst recession since World War II, which decimated the region's workforce.
Two vehicles, which can be reserved through iPhone and Adroid smartphone apps, are available on the UNLV campus for $7.50 an hour or $69 a day after paying a one-time $25 membership fee.
The citizens behind the challenge plan to attend the next board meeting later this month and ask those board members who participated what they learned.
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Prior to the promotion, Ken Westbrook served as president/COO of the transit division, which operates bus, paratransit, and bus rapid transit contracts with city and county transit authorities, universities and airports.