Sentences with phrase «of subway cars»

This nasty, smelly old collection of subway cars really was nothing like a modern clean train.

I was not impressed when the subway was 20 minutes late and I'm sure the tourists were not impressed by my desire and ultimate need to get that bike in and on and out of the subway car.

Jerry Stiller (as Matthau's partner), and Dick O'Neill (as a dispatcher) deserve special mention; and Joseph Sargent effectively contrasts the dynamic bigness of urban avenues and the cramped, dark arena of the subway car and tunnels in a way that scarcely came automatically.

The original 1974 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a kind of blue collar cult film, a smartly done crime thriller about smart crooks, a smart transit cop and a battle of wits over the hijacking of a subway car and the ransoming of the passenger.

As a SAP you represent the major decision point (and in some cases the only decision point) an employer may have in choosing whether or not to place an employee behind the steering wheel of a school bus, in the cockpit of a plane, at the helm of an oil tanker, at the throttle of a train, in the engineer compartment of a subway car, or at the emergency control valves of a natural gas pipeline.

Be very careful about using your phone if you're standing near the door of a subway car.

A further development involved the inclusion of designs like polka dots, checkers and crosshatches, and soon «Top - to - bottoms» - works spanning the entire height of a subway car - began to appear, as well as scenery and cartoon characters.

To visualize this issue, think of a subway car in which 100 people all want to get on at the same time.

Not exact matches

Russell points to the improving economy, the location (Randall's Island is accessible by ferry, bus, subway, car, and foot), and — maybe most of all — the group's near scientific approach to signing artists.

Flegenheimer reported that Lhota secured 20 subway cars — 60 feet long and 80,000 pounds each — and loaded them onto flatbed trucks on the mainland part of Queens.

The train line, consisting of eight vintage New York subway cars from several different eras, runs for a few weekends each year — from the Sunday after Thanksgiving to the end of the year, only on Sundays.

Ride - sharing services such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., and the advent of electric vehicles and driverless cars, are poised to chip away at the higher prices that real estate around subways and bus stops has earned, according to a report from MetLife Inc.'s asset - management business released Tuesday.

The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity by jeremy beeruniversity of pennsylvania, 134 pages, $ 19.95 As I sat on the subway car reading Jeremy Beer's new book The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity, a homeless man entered the....

He looks like someone riding a subway for the first time — grabbing not one, but two, handles as he desperately scans the car's signage for some sort of map.

Lugging around a giant bulky stroller and car seat on and off a subway is a nearly impossible task which can lead to a great deal of stress.

I think parents overestimate certain risks, such as the idea of this subway trip, and underestimate others, such as the idea that your kids are safer being constantly chauffeured around in your car, when vehicular accidents are the leading cause of child death!

Specifically, I'm looking for strollers that: a) weigh under 22 lbs, b) have a full (or almost full) recline suitable for newborns, c) can be easily collapsed and carried on subways, taxis, planes and in the trunk of our small car, etc., and d) do not require a separate bassinet for newborns.

the «technology» might not be available to prevent adverse outcomes, but good old fashioned common sense is; no baths — only showers, no bareback horse riding, nothing but sterile gloved fingers inserted into the vagina, monitor temp and FHT's, clean sheets, stay out of hospitals, subway cars, NYC cabs, the back of mini vans with bikers...... etc..

In order to help you stroll and navigate easily through narrow lanes and crowded subway cars, we have put together a list of the narrowest double stroller options for you.

The union that represents transit workers on Tuesday in a statement cheered the broad strokes of a plan being adopted by the MTA that seeks to provide faster fixes and expedited maintenance for subway cars.

Two subway cars of an A train derailed this morning at the 125th Street station in Harlem, causing dozens of injuries.

In just the last week (and with the mayoral election nearing), Cuomo has big - footed de Blasio on self - driving cars, congestion pricing and the city's handling of the homeless on subways.

The Request For Proposals for the 1,025 subway cars, and the first of several RFPs for three of the 31 subway stations will be issued later this week.

New Yorkers are experiencing record levels of subway delays, dangerously overcrowded platforms and cars, and worst - ever traffic jams that are slowing our buses to a crawl, causing riders to flee by the thousands.

In the midst of the the downstate mass transit crisis, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tomorrow will make a visit to Bombardier, an upstate company that makes subway cars for the state.

Politicians boarded a NYC subway car today for a 24 - hour tour of the troubled transit system, getting an earful from straphangers about the problem - plagued trains.

He also said it didn't take into account people with disabilities, who can not access many of the city's subway stations and have to commute by car.

They knew what had happened the day before and they knew that there were shattered bodies in burlap sacks in the Kings County morgue that might never be identified, and those bodies were there because a company regulated by the state had put an untrained man in charge of five wooden subway cars.»

The idea is to charge cars to enter the most crowded parts of Manhattan and feed the toll revenue to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to fund desperately needed subway repairs.

Nor does it specify how the $ 1.5 billion a year — from hefty surcharges on cars, trucks and for - hire vehicles to drive in congested areas of Manhattan — will actually be spent to improve city subways and buses.

«The current capital plan includes billions of dollars» worth of investment in not just station repairs and maintenance but in elevators, signals, tracks, subway cars, and buses as well.»

But if Cuomo ever falls from power, a lot of the people currently supporting his reelection will abandon him like a broken - down subway car.

There's a dispute over why the MTA removed a set of ads promoting a new Amazon series that feature Nazi and Imperial Japanese insignia from several New York City subway cars.

More than 700 MTA subway cars are considered to have outlived their «useful lifecycles» of 40 years as the agency waits for long - delayed replacements.

This will disproportionally screw Upstaters, of course, since NYC folks are more likely to skip buying a car and take the subway (or buy fewer cars than the average household outside of NYC).

But for all the fanfare with the Democratic governor's annual State of the State and budget address, municipal - finance experts and transit advocates are asking exactly how officials will pay for — among other things — new subway cars, a revamp of New York Penn Station and upgraded roads.

Deputy Chief Kim Royster told the New York Times that the suspect shot both officers from the passenger side of the patrol car, ran up Myrtle Avenue into the subway and shot himself.

Congestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subway below.

Mr. Cuomo also pressured the authority to spend tens of millions of dollars to study outfitting M.T.A. bridges with lights capable of choreographed display, install wireless internet and phone - charging ports on buses and paint the state logo on new subway cars.

12:30 PM — Assembly members Carmen Arroyo, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Luis Sepulveda, and other lawmakers join the Riders Alliance to demand revenue to modernize subway signals and replace cars in the state budget, state Capitol, Assembly staircase on the third floor, between LCA offices and rear of Assembly chamber, Albany.

Straphangers know that the subway system, one of the city's crown jewels, is in dire need of an upgrade, and anyone who has traveled in Manhattan by car knows how crowded the streets can be.

A jammed subway car door and signal problems brought the morning commute to a grinding halt for thousands of straphangers Thursday morning.

Fueled by a photo of a man sleeping under seats on a subway car, Cuomo said the New York Police Department should be doing more to help the homeless.

The plant is a major employer in the North Country, manufacturing buses, subway cars and other pieces of transportation equipment.

Cuomo's hand - picked MTA chair, Joe Lhota, joined the governor in slamming de Blasio after the NY Post published a photo of a homeless man sleeping underneath seats on a subway car.

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

He explained, «We've seen massive congestion problems both on the subway cars and platforms of the 7 Train themselves, and then in addition to that, in the run - up to the Queensboro Bridge.

The borough president also pointed out that only a third of Queens has subway service, meaning many residents rely on cars — and parking.

MANHATTAN — City Councilman Corey Johnson tried to call NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton or Chief of Department James O'Neill while he was being ticketed for moving between subway cars Wednesday, Bratton said during a Friday press conference.

At the end of July, Lhota unveiled the NYC Subway Action Plan: an $ 836 million short - term plan to yield upgrades within a year and an $ 8 billion long - term plan that focuses on long - term improvements, such as better subway cars, the adoption of a new signal system and modern communications technology.