Sentences with phrase «rail road -lsb-»

He mentioned his $ 100 billion building program that includes reconstruction of LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports, the building of a new Penn Station at the Farley Post Office, and creation of third track for the Long Island Rail Road.

With the capital program now delayed longer than past plans, MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast has fretted about the future of big - ticket projects like bringing Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal and replacing the 20 - year - old MetroCard system.

ALBANY, NY — Separate audits of Metro - North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), allowing abuses such as allowing some conductors to charge overtime for tasks such as washing up for work, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today.

The proposal is contingent on another plan that's currently underway, to expand Long Island Rail Road access to Grand Central Terminal, which would free up some space in Penn Station for other uses.

NEW YORK, NY — The digital revolution has reduced Long Island Rail Road and Metro - North Railroad customers» reliance on paper timetables.

The budget also sets forth the idea of modernizing the state's airports, which are consistently ranked among the worst in the country, and spending $ 450 million to build an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport that would connect to the subway and Long Island Rail Road at Mets - Willets Point Station.

Meanwhile, some Long Island lawmakers have objected to the plan, saying they don't want Metro - North lines to be allowed to use Penn Station, on the grounds that it would take over slots currently used by Long Island Rail Road trains.

The MTA is responsible for the Penn Station improvements, which include renovating the Long Island Rail Road's space and upgrading two subway stations and are expected to cost a total of $ 220 million.

Passengers disembark from a Long Island Rail Road commuter train at Long Beach station in Long Beach, N.Y., in 2017.

Construction on the long - awaited Rails to Trails project at the former Long Island Rail Road track path between Port Jefferson and Wading River could be completed by 2020, a Suffolk County official announced during a public meeting Wednesday in Shoreham to discuss the proposal.

In November, Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved legislation worked on by Sen. David Carlucci which allows for a safety review of all state rail road crossings

The Long Island Rail Road says it will work to improve on - time performance after it posted its worst delays in over 20 years last month.

The Democrat governor, looking to build a physical legacy, has proposed a $ 100 billion infrastructure construction spree, which could include a third track for the Long Island Rail Road and a tunnel from the Island to Connecticut, the Bronx or Westchester County.

Mark Epstein, chair of the Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council, says LIRR is awaiting delivery of new train cars, «But we just need to get it done.

The East Side Access megaproject tries to connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Station.

New York State Senate Republicans have approved funding for the long - proposed third track of the Long Island Rail Road between Floral Park and Hicksville.

The MTA says it has fallen behind on several projects of importance to Long Island Rail Road riders.

Transit advocates pushed the notion of reducing fares on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro - North Railroad to entice city drivers to leave their cars at home and help fill in transit gaps in Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with limited access to subway and bus lines.

«This is a project fits all the criteria that President Trump talks about,» Cuomo said at a press conference announcing the opening of a new Long Island Rail Road entrance.

Amtrak says repairs to the East River tunnels damaged by Superstorm Sandy and used by the Long Island Rail Road may not start before 2025.

At the meeting, the MTA Board also approved a land swap deal between the Long Island Rail Road and the Town of Babylon.

But Iowa Pacific's president, Ed Ellis, said Friday afternoon that the Polar Express, operated by Chicago - based Iowa Pacific's Saratoga and North Creek Rail Road, would be replaced by the «Train to Christmas Town.»

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, whose family tragedy in the Long Island Rail Road massacre 20 years ago led her to become the face of gun control in Congress, said Wednesday she will not run for re-election this year — a decision reached after health struggles.

Islip Councilman Steven Flotteron said: «This is a great project and partnership as well as a wonderful opportunity for commuters that park at the Brentwood Long Island Rail Road Station.»

And downtowns in Farmingdale and Mineola are growing because commuters are choosing to live in new apartments near the Long Island Rail Road stations that were aided by the Nassau IDA.

Deepwater port: A deepwater port at the site of the shuttered nuclear power plant in Shoreham, coupled with a connection to the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, could transform traffic by taking many long - haul trucks off our roads.

Five subway lines, the Long Island Rail Road, and six bus lines run through there, a major transit hub used by 120,000 local residents every day.

He said he also plans to operate three full dome cars on the Saratoga and North Creek Rail Road's Train to Christmas Town, making more premium tickets available and boosting revenues.

We applaud LIPA, Suffolk County, the Long Island Rail Road, enXco and Mercury Solar for bringing clean energy to public parking on Long Island.»

But Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been rolling out a spate of ambitious proposals in anticipation of his State of the State address tomorrow, said this morning that a train link would be constructed from the No. 7 line and Long Island Rail Road at Willets Point to LaGuardia, lending the airport the type of rail link extended to John F. Kennedy International Airport more than a decade ago.

With thousands of employees threatening to walk off the job and Governor Andrew Cuomo declining to get involved, M.T.A. chairman and chief executive Thomas Prendergast on Tuesday asked Congress to intervene in the ongoing Long Island Rail Road labor dispute.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved its $ 1 billion deal with the Related Companies to redevelop the 26 - acre former Long Island Rail Road site...

When the station undergoes major track repairs in July, the Long Island Rail Road will offer commuters whose trains are diverted an average discount of about 25 percent, officials said.

But it would also put money toward completing the new Long Island Rail Road terminal beneath Grand Central, running the Second Avenue Subway up to 125th Street, replacing the MetroCard system and expanding countdown clocks.

Wills said he chose the Sutphin Boulevard location as his headquarters not only because it is in the center of the district, but also because it is close to major public transportation hubs such as the Long Island Rail Road.

When Pennsylvania Station in New York undergoes major track repairs in July, the Long Island Rail Road will offer commuters whose trains are diverted to other stations an average discount of about 25 percent, officials said.

BROOKLYN — A single ticket that passengers could use to ride the subway and get a free transfer between the subway and the Long Island Rail Road could ease the strain on Brooklyn straphangers, according to a proposal from elected officials and transit advocates.

When racing moved to Belmont Park, NYRA paid the Long Island Rail Road to expand service there.

The Long Island Rail Road will operate on a weekend schedule.

The $ 1.5 billion project, known as the Moynihan Train Hall, will house concourses for both Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road, and feature 112,000 square feet of retail space.

«I have mixed feelings,» said Frank Field, who opened the rail road in 1985 after finally completing the track he spent a decade building behind his house.

State Senator Todd Kaminsky demanded that the Long Island Rail Road, plagued by a spate of cancellations, improve its performance.

She came to Capitol Hill from Mineola twelve years ago a clueless, single - issue celebrity, the nurse who became an anti-gun spokeswoman after her husband was killed by mad shooter Colin Ferguson on the Long Island Rail Road.

Travelers began using alternate stations, buses and ferries as schedules were altered on the Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit and Amtrak.

The Long Island Rail Road plans to double service to the North Fork starting in late 2017 or 2018, according to deputy general manager George Fletcher, one of three LIRR officials who addressed the Greenport Village Board last Thursday.

In a letter to MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, Kaminsky and Miller invited officials and commuters to tour potential docking locations for a commuter ferry near Inwood to reduce traffic on roads and crowding on the Long Island Rail Road.

Lawmakers wanted cleaner restrooms on the Long Island Rail Road: «They stink,» said the deputy Assembly speaker, Earlene Hooper, of Long Island.

Both candidates made their cases Monday, with Weprin speaking to a breakfast at the Queens Chamber of Commerce while Turner held a news conference outside the Forest Hills Long Island Rail Road stop to launch his campaign.

Three federal lawmakers are urging Amtrak to better cooperate with the MTA's efforts to link the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal as part of its East Side Access project.

An AirTrain from the Long Island Rail Road station at Willets Point is also included.