Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • Congestion Pricing Comes to Manhattan

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    David Peter Alan

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    The toll was first collected on January 5, after a number of court cases in 3 U.S. District courts allowed it to proceed. The base rate is $9.00 for passenger automobiles starting at 5:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. on weekends, until 9:00 p.m. daily. The night rate is $2.25, and there is a…

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  • NJ Transit Takes a “Fare Holiday”

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    David Peter Alan

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    NJ Transit gave a late-summer present to its riders: 8 days of service without charging fares. The “fare holiday” ran from Monday, August 26, through the following Monday, which was Labor Day. Commuters who had already paid fortheir August monthly pass got a 25% discount for September. Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the week of free…

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  • Less Is More?

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    John Bobsin

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    A visit to the LIRR’s main concourse at NYP reveals that the LIRR’s only restrooms, and the dingy waiting room between them, have vanished behind a wall of plywood. (Not noticed: did we also lose that famous overhead structure said to be one of the last pieces of the old Penn Station?). A sign only…

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  • MTA Chair Lhota Champions Cooperation

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    John Bobsin

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    Quoted on radio station WNYC (June 14), New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority chair Joseph Lhota says that there are solutions to the capacity limits at New York’s Penn Station—if the railroads using the busy terminal would cooperate more.  Lhota said there are three ways to increase capacity: longer platforms, more sharing of platforms among the…

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  • MTA Rails Say Safety Deadline Tough

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    John Bobsin

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    Federal law requires commuter rail operators to implement an advanced safety technology, Positive Train Control (PTC), by 2015.  However, many operating agencies protest that the new technology is expensive, untested, and cannot easily be obtained.  The presidents of the two railroads operated by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metro North Railroad (M-N) and Long Island…

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  • LIRR Curbs Alcohol on Some Trains

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    John Bobsin

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    Having a nightcap on the way home has been a commuter tradition for many years.  Years ago, there were bar cars on some evening rush-hour trains and, in the New York area, Metro-North Railroad still has them on some New Haven Line trains.  Elsewhere, including on NJ Transit, weary homebound commuters buy drinks before boarding…

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