Sentences with phrase «rail road fare»
At 10 a.m., Sen. James Sanders Jr hosts a press conference advocating for Far Rockaway to be included in the Long Island Rail Road's CityTicket program, with his bill known as the Long Island Rail Road Fare Act, Rockaway LIRR station, Nameoke St., Queens.
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The Long Island Rail Road's anti-fraud custom of listing «M» and «F» genders on fare cards discriminates against transgender people and should be stopped, according to New York City Public Advocate Letitia James.
The CBT claims more affordable rail fares will help boost local economies and have a positive environmental impact by cutting road congestion and pollution.
Politico New York article on BP Adams urging the MTA to offer reduced fares for the Long Island Rail Road to address subway overcrowding issues.
Long Island Rail Road commuters disrupted by the Penn Station construction this summer would get discounted fares under a proposal backed by Gov. Cuomo and some key MTA board members.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams along with more than 20 of Brooklyn's elected officials have penned a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging him to rescind his plan to grant Long Island Rail Road riders a 25 percent fare reduction and consider using the recaptured funds toward desperately needed repairs to the subway's ailing signals instead.
One way that Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed mitigating that pain, at least slightly, is to offer fare discounts that will benefit Long Island Rail Road commuters.
Long Island Rail Road commuters disrupted by the Penn Station construction this summer would get discounted fares under a proposal backed by Cuomo and some key MTA board members.
As far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollution.
The MTA's official watchdog group is pushing for the creation of a special fare that would allow some New York City residents access to transfer among buses, subways and the Long Island Rail Road for a single, discounted price.
The plan that the board approved today, and that Albany will now spend months deliberating on, would fund a new fare payment system to replace the already - obsolete MetroCard; put $ 2.9 billion toward finally finishing the East Side Access project that will allow Long Island Rail Road passengers to disembark in Grand Central; allocate $ 1.5 billion to begin work on the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway, extending it from 96th to 125th streets; and fund countless other nitty - gritty, state - of - good - repair needs across the system's 5,000 - square - mile service area.
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.