Sentences with phrase «runs city subways»

Yesterday, in the cathedral to mass transit known as Grand Central Terminal, four members of New York's congressional delegation joined labor leaders and M.T.A. chairman Joe Lhota to rail against a House transportation bill that would theoretically deprive the transit agency that runs city subways and buses of more than $ 1 billion a year in federal funding.

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Track closures mean some people find other ways into the city, including ferries, buses and PATH trains, a subway line running between lower Manhattan and New Jersey.

Hyundai Rotem will provide 24 unmanned subway cars that would run on the 18.5 - kilometer Richmond Airport Vancouver Line connecting the Vancouver International Airport with the city centre.

i have a question say i want to say i don't like Christians i think its immoral to be Christians and i run lets say subway what would Christians do, and would an overly christian Mayer ban my establishment form a city what would Christians say

But from the distance of my home in Eugene, Ore., it seemed inconceivable that a 26 - mile race could be run through the city just six days after the storm, with fires having leveled blocks in Queens, with neighborhoods in Brooklyn under eight feet of water, with the subways and the airports flooded and 40,000 left homeless.

New York City commuters are dealing with transit issues on multiple fronts this summer, including delays and derailments on the MTA - run subway system and track upgrades at Penn Station causing further problems for Long Island - bound travelers.

One of the biggest challenges facing New York City right now is its aging mass transportation system, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's infrastructure deteriorating as subways and trains run on an outdated system.

Finally, we have a plan for fixing the subways, thanks to new MTA chair Joe Lhota (appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, since the state, not New York City, runs the subways).

«Rather than sending the bill to working families, and subway and bus riders already feeling the pressure of rising fares and bad service, we are asking the wealthiest in our city to chip in a little extra to help move our transit system into the 21st century,» de Blasio, who is running for re-election, said in an emailed statement Monday.

Cuomo then criticized New York City, which is run by Nixon ally Mayor Bill de Blasio, for not doing enough to fix the failing city subway sysCity, which is run by Nixon ally Mayor Bill de Blasio, for not doing enough to fix the failing city subway syscity subway system.

De Blasio had three nominees pending with the Senate to serve on the state - run authority, which manages transit — buses, subways, trains, bridges and tunnels — in New York City and surrounding areas including, Long Island: David Jones, a leader with the nonprofit Community Service Society who has advocated reduced transit fares for low - income New Yorkers; Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the chamber's Transportation Committee; and Veronica Vanterpool, director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and a member of the MTA's «reinvention» commission.

Cynthia Nixon — not Miranda Hobbes — is running for New York governor, to the joy of many fans of Sex and the City and working subways.

Lhota ran the MTA, which operates buses, subways, commuter railroads, bridges and tunnels in the New York City area, from 2011 until the end of 2012.

Prendergast has served more than three years as president of MTA New York City Transit, which runs the subway and bus system in New York -LSB-...]

The agency runs subways, buses, commuter railroads, bridges and tunnels in New York City and the surrounding areas.

Metrocard dust up between candidates In an email to supporters and reporters, Elvin Garcia, a Democrat running for City Council in District 18, accused rival Sen. Rev. Rubén Díaz of being AWOL on the deteriorating subway service experienced by Bronx commuters.

The new disclaimer language leaves out appointees to public authorities, which represent some of the most influential bodies in state government, including the New York Thruway Authority, the New York Power Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, bus and commuter rail system in and around New York City.

The BQX will be city - run mass transit, as opposed to the subways and buses run by the state authority.

Cuomo allocated $ 418 million for the MTA, which runs the city's subways and is effectively controlled by the state.

Federal prosecutors have joined a lawsuit against the agency that runs New York City's subway, accusing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of violating federal law for not making a renovated station accessible to people with disabilities.

Confused as to who is actually running the subway in New York City?

NJ Transit Executive Director Ronnie Hakim will fill a top post running New York City's subways and buses on Dec. 28, the MTA announced.

The agency that runs New York City's troubled subway said it plans to spend close to $ 4 billion to buy over a thousand new train cars to modernize an aging fleet, a major investment meant to help remedy the delays and breakdowns that plague the system.

«We'll run drills where someone is on a New York City subway train, and that person becomes ill under circumstances that one might think the person might have an Ebola candidate.»

This is understandable, because the episode exposes him as a man who can't even stage a four - subway - stop publicity stunt — even as he runs for a second term as chief executive of the world's greatest city.

It said the state had saddled the city with $ 530 million in costs it described as «unsustainable,» including $ 254 million that will be used to «address mismanagement of state - run subways,» a $ 140 million «shortfall» in state school aid, and a $ 108 million «unfunded mandate» because of the initiative to raise the age of criminal responsibility.

Former «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon, who's running against Cuomo in the Democratic primary in September, posted a photo on Twitter of herself with family members and others at a subway station on the way to the event.

Cuomo then criticized the City of New York, which is run by Nixon ally, Mayor Bill deBlasio, for not doing enough to fix the failing New York City subway system.

Fees from trips originating in suburban counties serviced by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs subways buses and commuter trains in greater New York City, would be directed to its operations.

Cuomo was ostensibly seeking to accelerate repairs to the city's public housing and secure city funding for the state - run subways, but tried to humiliate de Blasio in the process.

Cuomo then criticized the City of New York, which is run by Nixon ally, Mayor Bill de Blasio, for not doing enough to fix the failing New York City subway system.

That expense, first reported by Politico, comes as commuters have begged Cuomo to steer more of the state - run MTA's money toward city subways, with chronic delays wrecking commutes and endangering employment.

Cuomo has engaged in a running feud with Amtrak, which owns Penn Station and leases several concourses the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the city subway system and the LIRR.

The city - state squabble comes on the heels of the tug - of - war between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio over who should pay for the city's ailing subway system, which is run by the state - controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which runs the city's subway, bus, and commuter rail systems, rejected the advertisements as scientifically unsound, and the whole matter landed in court.

Given the limited number of parks the city has to offer, urbanites no doubt will appreciate any new green space offered, even if it runs alongside a subway line.

I wear leggings partially because I am fairly active in my daily life (biking, walking around the city, running up and down subway stairs) and don't want to have to change when I move from one activity to another.

December 6, 2012 • Most New York City subway stations affected by Superstorm Sandy are up and running again.

With your team of up to four total players, you will run through New York City's subways and underground in chase of enemies.

The key now is to shift more road freight to electrified rail, increase the use of light rail and metro subways within cities, and accelerate the replacement of conventional cars with plug - in hybrids and all - electric vehicles — and to run them all largely on electricity generated from renewable sources.

His answer, then, is to convert existing expressway lanes to bus - only lanes, operate high - amenity buses (spacious, comfortable seating, work - stations, food, beverage and media services) and run them, not in the cities, but in the suburbs and country, from the peripheral subway and LRT stations of the cities outward.

While cable cars lack the capacity of subways and buses - their actual capacity is roughly equal to a couple of taxis - the city somehow plans to shuttle up to 5 million travelers a year by running the system «like an assembly line,» with cars running every 11 seconds.

It's all a big numbing, to have known two people who have died on their bikes, in a city that can find half a billion to fix an expressway but can't find the money to fix roads and make them safe for cyclists or keep the subway system running.

By comparison, the city's other subway system, the metropolitan government - run Toei network transports has 109 kilometers of track and 106 stations on its four lines - a total of 304 km of subway tracks, in addition to ordinary railroads.

For example, the New York City climate action task force includes regional transportation providers who manage the subways, buses, and railroads that run within and around the city into the extended metropolitan regCity climate action task force includes regional transportation providers who manage the subways, buses, and railroads that run within and around the city into the extended metropolitan regcity into the extended metropolitan region.

My idea here was to build a tiny city with neon skyscrapers in the center, row houses along the edges, and a subway system running underneath the whole thing.