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The 95.21 percent overall OTP is the best since modern record keeping began in 1979 and included 81 rush hour periods when on-time performance reached 100 percent.
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The $108M three-story limestone, granite and glass structure features a soaring atrium that allows natural light to reach the below ground LIRR concourse and subway station.
Read More →Assumes his new role on December 1 and replaces Howard H. Roberts, who resigned Wednesday.
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Switch could possibly save LI Bus millions of dollars, with the cost of a Crown Victoria coming in at approximately $22,000 compared to about $100,000 for a paratransit bus.
Read More →The DesignLine buses, which have a capacity of either 35 or 37 seats, depending on the configuration, with 30 standees, are anticipated to have significantly reduced maintenance costs, and include a 12-year warranty on the turbine engine and lithium-ion battery pack, eliminating the need for midlife replacement.
Read More →Schumer said the technology to wire the system is readily available and asked the MTA to fast track the pilot projects and the Request for Proposal and approval process saying that if the MTA acts fast, the project may be eligible for federal funding passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Read More →A labor lawyer by training, she has served as president of Long Island Bus and the LIRR during a combined 15 years at the MTA.
Read More →Thursday’s passage of legislation that joins the chairman and CEO positions at the MTA. Sander's resignation is effective May 22, 2009, ending a tenure that began January 1, 2007.
Read More →Results based on a survey of more than 9,000 peak and off-peak customers. Eighty-nine percent said they were satisfied with the overall quality of service provided by the LIRR.
Read More →In all, MNR provided 84,220,427 trips last year with 83,554,482 rides taken aboard its trains, representing a 3.9 percent increase compared to 2007, and includes ridership on the railroad's ferries and buses, which reached 665,945 in 2008, a one-year increase of 9 percent.
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