Sentences with phrase «of a subway train by»

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The measure was named after Kendra Webdale, a WNY native who was killed when she was pushed in front of a New York City subway train by a man with untreated schizophrenia.

Only 65 percent of subway trains arrive on time, according to MTA data provided by Riders Alliance.

Signal failures are a significant source of subway delays, and outdated signals prevent us from addressing overcrowding by running more trains at the most popular times.

BY MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT SCOTT M. STRINGER The future looked rosy 100 years ago, when New York undertook a revolutionary plan to build a vast network of subways and elevated trains.

The senator referred the bill to the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee in January, but in promoting his bill he made mention of a recent report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was many years behind and over-budget in its capital security program to protect the subways, buses, trains and bridges.

Also at 11 a.m., members of the Riders Alliance will introduce a new tool for riders to address continuing subway delays by becoming transit activists in the moment, right on the train or platform, through a «Subway Delay Action Kit,» outside Grand Central Station at the SE corner of 42nd Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan.

Straphangers are getting a sneak peek of the new line of subway trains being rolled out by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

«Leaking» corpses of people killed by subway trains are often brought to employee lunch rooms and other break areas inside stations, disgusted union officials and sources told the NY Post.

In a city weaved together by more than two dozen subway lines, no train comes within walking distance of the 75 - year - old airport, a gap in the system which has frustrated and puzzled generations of New Yorkers.

That comes amid a growing number of horror stories about people being stuck in packed, non-air-conditioned trains — and the MTA responding by offering free books in subway stations or nixing recorded explanations for train delays with live updates from MTA staffers on trains.

Mr. Cuomo announced the emergency plan after months of constant disruptions and coverage by The New York Times about the decrepit state of the subway, including its fragile signal system and increasingly malfunctioning trains, and the escalating financial cost to riders.

Raised in Queens with two younger sisters by a mother who was a bookkeeper and a father who repaired subway - train signals for the New York Transit Authority, Gazzaley wanted to become a scientist from the age of 7.

Riding in a Manhattan subway car the other morning, I read that quote by 19th - century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer on one of the transit authority's «Train of Thought» posters.

It starred Walter Matthau as a subway dispatcher forced to deal with the hijacker of a subway train, played by Robert Shaw just before he made «Jaws.»

Violence: A scene of a man committing suicide by falling in front of a subway train is shown a number of times.

This drives Louis to take his own life by jumping in front of a subway train.

We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation employees — pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐ armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.

We have had several inquiries about whether these state initiatives will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation employees — pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐ armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.

Kendra's Law — named after Kendra Webdale, a 32 - year - old woman who was pushed to her death in front of a New York City subway train in 1999 by a schizophrenic man who was not taking medication for his condition — allows judges to order certain mentally ill individuals to accept outpatient treatment and monitoring if they wish to remain at large in the community.

After years of being resigned to flats, she has trained herself to glide in heels across the roughest terrain: cracked sidewalks, dirty subway steps, and lawns formerly occupied by Canadian geese.

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In those past 96 hours I'd pretty much utilized every form of transportation that doesn't involve a four - legged animal — plane, bus, taxi, subway, ferry, ocean liner — but I have to say there's probably nothing better than traveling by train.

These are complemented by weapons created by the environment, a great example of this is a railway power switch that electrocutes enemies, holding them in place on a subway track as the train plows them over as it passes by.

He captured a moment at the end of the era of New York City's elevated train network, which, by the mid-1950s, was being dismantled after being supplanted by the subway.

The first line is being built in the south west part of the city, an area relegated from subways and trains that is usually covered by very slow buses.

3) Smoking Laws: The improvement in non-smoking opportunities was noticeable from when I was last in Japan with fairly good compliance on train station and subway platforms of people not smoking (until 1985, Japan Tobacco was owned by the Japanese government!).

NYC is served by a massive subway system, buses, trains, several tunnels and bridges, and three airports (one of which, Newark Liberty, is technically in New Jersey and you should bear that fact in mind if you plan on taking a cab there!).

But my love for them is tempered by a niggling fear that they'll fall out of my ears if I try to do too much while using them, like run down a set of stairs in the subway to catch a train.

When you plan your trip, Maps can offer a combination of trains, subways, buses and walking, and with the new Nearby feature, quickly see what's around by searching for food, drinks, shopping and more,» it said.