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[TowerDude]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Could they make those toll readers any uglier btw? They look like cell towers.

This is what they look like in central London:


like birds on a wire

This Surveillance State Porn that the UK and China has should NOT be imported to the US.

[Busy Bee]

Those are congestion pricing toll readers. That's the very thing we're discussing. You'd rather there be congestion pricing infrastructure in NY that is ugly when there clearly is a more aesthetically pleasing way of accomplishing it as demonstrated by the ones in London? Okay...

[TowerDude]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Those are congestion pricing toll readers. That's the very thing we're discussing. You'd rather there be congestion pricing infrastructure in NY that is ugly when there clearly is a more aesthetically pleasing way of accomplishing it as demonstrated by the ones in London? Okay...

I would rather NY State and the Feds raise the taxes on the wealthy to finance the MTA and the road network rather than levy user charges.

[mrnyc]

^ well as you can guess by referring back to the moniker for it, congestion pricing, collecting loot for mta is not the only reason for doing it.

less cars will make for more opportunities for road diets, bike lanes, pedestrian space like on lower broadway, etc., and make downtown cleaner and safer.

or one would hope. we’ll see.

Originally Posted by TowerDude

Would be better to post content that actually embeds in the forum.

it seems insta is becoming a news source these days. its the only place i have seen news of it. not sure, but i dont think you can embed insta shorts? i dont see anything on the bb list.

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by TowerDude

I would rather NY State and the Feds raise the taxes on the wealthy to finance the MTA and the road network rather than levy user charges.

I mean, they do that already. The richest 1% of NYers pay nearly half of income taxes. Income taxes are the primary funding mechanism for the MTA.

Congestion pricing has benefits far beyond raising money for the MTA. It means cleaner air, safer streets, and an end to using Manhattan as a free cut-thru.

[mrnyc]

^ yeah and as usual, it would be nice to see the links you mad googled about that.

anyway …


a new ibx insta :


https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwVfP...RlODBiNWFlZA==

[mrnyc]

thankfully they finally resolved this.

imagine, 13yrs without any salary changes.

crazy.

and even better for all its an unusually long 16yr contract.



Staten Island Ferry union inks long-awaited contract with NYC marking first wage increase in 13 years

Updated: Sep. 04, 2023
By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com


STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City and the union representing Staten Island Ferry workers on Monday announced a long-awaited, historic agreement providing the first wage increase for the workforce in 13 years.

Standing on the deck of the Dorothy Day Ferry, officials signaled the end of laborious negotiations that resulted in the longest contract the city has ever negotiated — a 16-year deal that extends back from Nov. 7, 2010 to Jan. 4, 2027. It guarantees an average nearly-30% retroactive salary increase for approximately 150 people across multiple titles, from mates to engineers and captains.


more:
https://www.silive.com/news/2023/09/...-13-years.html

[Busy Bee]

Nothing new, just more evidence that the majority of politicians support subway extension/transit reactivation over park plan.

https://www.amny.com/transit/queensl...ks-build-park/

[mrnyc]

^ glad to hear that the transit option is also being currently discussed.

[mrnyc]

more efforts to improve the heavy duty hunts point area traffic flow —



Road redesign along Sheridan aims to improve safety and access

By Aliya Schneider
Posted on September 7, 2023


more:
https://www.bxtimes.com/road-redesign-sheridan-access/

[mrnyc]

a slight loosening of the mta fare cap —
also omny card vending machine news —



MTA eases rules for ‘fare capping’ on NYC subways, buses

By Stephen Nessen
Published Sep 7, 2023


The system only counted a “week” as one starting Monday and ending Sunday, making it more difficult for New Yorkers who don’t work a typical nine-to-five to get the discount.

That changed on Aug. 20. Now, the fare-capping option is calculated over any seven-day period — starting whenever someone makes their first OMNY tap, and resetting when that week is over.


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Transit riders will eventually be able to buy special reloadable OMNY cards at subway vending machines. But the rollout of the equipment has been beset by delays. The MTA previously said they would install the new vending machines this summer, which ends in two weeks.

“The OMNY vending machines will start to rollout in pilot phase very soon and the full installation will proceed over 12 months,” MTA spokesperson Eugene Resnick told Gothamist last week.


more:
https://gothamist.com/news/mta-eases...-subways-buses

[Busy Bee]

Major wedgie on the Port Wash today


mtaphotos

[mrnyc]

^ wedgie!


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fyi - how tokyo keeps the trains clean (they actually clean them) —


https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw8Bc...RlODBiNWFlZA==

[Nexis4Jersey]

145th Street Station on the Lenox Ave line or 3 train














167th Street Station on the Grand Concourse Line - D train














174th - 175th Street Station on the Grand Concourse line - D train

















D train heading into the reversing tracks at Norwood-205th Street

[mrnyc]

^ 167 was a worksite of mine — those are my fav new mta murals.

[mrnyc]

new dorp sir station goes ada ok —




This SIR station becomes first equipped with elevators on Staten Island

Published: Sep. 20, 2023

more:
https://www.silive.com/news/2023/09/...en-island.html


MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber announces the opening of the accessible elevators at the New Dorp Train Station in a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (Staten Island Advance/Jason Paderon) Jason PaderonJason Paderon

[mrnyc]

oh just another morning (nsfw)


https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw-n-...RlODBiNWFlZA==

[Busy Bee]

Has no one seen RoboCop??? This doesn't turn out well. OCP cannot be trusted!

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[Busy Bee]

MTA tests fully enclosed bus driver "cockpit"

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...-safe/4690882/

I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand it's utterly depressing it's come to this and 99.9% percent of riders have to loose a possible personal connection or friendly greeting from a driver because they're locked in a plexi cockpit to protect them from the .01% that is crazy/strung out and violent. On the other hand, this concept of an isolated operator cabin isn't new at all as many UK buses like the famous double deckers have had them for decades - though they were primarily a design feature not a security initiative.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtapho...77720311299764

[mrnyc]

a couple good things —




Manhattan Borough President Levine pushes plan to raze FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan

By Ben Brachfeld & Gabriele Holtermann
Posted on September 20, 2023


Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on Wednesday called for tearing down the elevated FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan and replacing it with a ground-level boulevard.

In a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Levine called the elevated highway a “massive, noisy, ugly barrier” between Manhattanites and their waterfront, and that the time has come to “tear that barrier down.”


more:
https://www.amny.com/transit/manhatt...ine-fdr-drive/


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MTA considering ways to sustainably cool down scorching subway stations

By Ben Brachfeld
Posted on September 21, 2023


The MTA is looking into ways to cool down its notoriously sweltering underground subway stations as climate change leads to hotter summers, the agency announced on Thursday.

The authority put out a “request for information” soliciting proposals from companies and organizations on innovative methods to cool down subway platforms, particularly those that are not carbon intensive like traditional air conditioning and thus, don’t contribute more to the problem in the first place.


more:
https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-con...bway-stations/