http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7941096&page=1
D.C. Metro Crash Highlights Underfunding of Public Transit Systems
$50B in Backlog Repairs Is Needed for Rail Transit, but Just $5.6B Was Spent in 2006
Federal investigators don't yet know why DC Metro Train 112 rounded a bend near Fort Totten station and slammed into Train 214 this week, taking nine lives and injuring 80.
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http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090707/3/d2ir.html
巴克萊購紐約地鐵站命名權
(星島)2009年7月7日 星期二 16:31
美國 紐約 大都會運輸局陷入財困危機，預算赤字高達10億美元 ，為了紓困，已將布魯克林（Brooklyn）第二繁忙的地鐵 站命名權賣給英國 巴克萊（Barclays）銀行，把站名冠上巴克萊的名字。此舉引起不少紐約乘客抗議，認為倫敦 的銀行不應成為紐約地鐵站名，因為這是屬於美國的地方。
位於布魯克林的「大西洋大道•太平洋街車站」（Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street Station ）每天有1千萬人次出入，相當繁忙。紐約運輸局出售命名權後，原站名前面將加上「巴克萊」三個字，平添英國色彩。
總部設在英國倫敦的巴克萊銀行，今次花了4百萬美元買下車站的重新命名權，為期20年，即年費20萬美元。這項命名同時也是為了配合銀行在附近斥資 9億5千萬美元興建一座「巴克萊中心」體育館，作為未來美國職業籃球「新澤西網隊」的主場，屆時球隊也將改名為「布魯克林網隊」。
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?...PAG=461&dept_id=574908&rfi=onmousedown=return
MTA flushed $250M down the drain: Liu
by Lisa Fogarty, Assistant Editor
07/02/2009
The Metropolitan Transit Authority may have had the best of intentions.
But that didn’t stop City Council Transportation Committee Chairman John Liu (D-Flushing) from launching a scathing appraisal of the way the MTA failed to execute a $307 million subway security project with former contractor Lockheed Martin Transportation Security Solutions. The two organizations are currently embroiled in a federal lawsuit to determine a resolution for the failed plans.
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http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6688364.html
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Subway fare hikes go into effect in New York
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09:38, June 29, 2009
The subway fare hikes in New York City took effect on Sunday, with the price of a single subway/train ride or one-way bus trip rising 25 cents to 2.25 dollars.
Before New York State approved a bailout last month boosting mass transit subsidies, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) once considered a 3-dollar base fare, a 100-dollar-plus monthly MetroCard and service cuts such as axing dozens of bus routes.
The roughly 10 percent fare hikes were initiated as part of the state legislature's financial rescue of the MTA, which was moving toward a 23 percent increase in fare revenue and widespread service reductions so as to narrow its budget gap.
The state-approved financial plan includes a new payroll tax paid by employers in the MTA's 12-county region, higher vehicle registration and parking fees. Fares and tolls are rising about 10 percent, according to New York Daily News.
The funds are reportedly needed to help plug massive budget gaps partly caused by sinking revenues and soaring expenses during the recession, officials said.
This fare tick-up leads to a rare back-to-back series of hikes, taking account of MTA's upward fare adjustment in March 2008 in New York.
D.C. Metro Crash Highlights Underfunding of Public Transit Systems
$50B in Backlog Repairs Is Needed for Rail Transit, but Just $5.6B Was Spent in 2006
Federal investigators don't yet know why DC Metro Train 112 rounded a bend near Fort Totten station and slammed into Train 214 this week, taking nine lives and injuring 80.
<hr>
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090707/3/d2ir.html
巴克萊購紐約地鐵站命名權
(星島)2009年7月7日 星期二 16:31
美國 紐約 大都會運輸局陷入財困危機，預算赤字高達10億美元 ，為了紓困，已將布魯克林（Brooklyn）第二繁忙的地鐵 站命名權賣給英國 巴克萊（Barclays）銀行，把站名冠上巴克萊的名字。此舉引起不少紐約乘客抗議，認為倫敦 的銀行不應成為紐約地鐵站名，因為這是屬於美國的地方。
位於布魯克林的「大西洋大道•太平洋街車站」（Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street Station ）每天有1千萬人次出入，相當繁忙。紐約運輸局出售命名權後，原站名前面將加上「巴克萊」三個字，平添英國色彩。
總部設在英國倫敦的巴克萊銀行，今次花了4百萬美元買下車站的重新命名權，為期20年，即年費20萬美元。這項命名同時也是為了配合銀行在附近斥資 9億5千萬美元興建一座「巴克萊中心」體育館，作為未來美國職業籃球「新澤西網隊」的主場，屆時球隊也將改名為「布魯克林網隊」。
<hr>
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?...PAG=461&dept_id=574908&rfi=onmousedown=return
MTA flushed $250M down the drain: Liu
by Lisa Fogarty, Assistant Editor
07/02/2009
The Metropolitan Transit Authority may have had the best of intentions.
But that didn’t stop City Council Transportation Committee Chairman John Liu (D-Flushing) from launching a scathing appraisal of the way the MTA failed to execute a $307 million subway security project with former contractor Lockheed Martin Transportation Security Solutions. The two organizations are currently embroiled in a federal lawsuit to determine a resolution for the failed plans.
<hr>
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6688364.html
Home>>World >> Americas
Subway fare hikes go into effect in New York
+ -
09:38, June 29, 2009
The subway fare hikes in New York City took effect on Sunday, with the price of a single subway/train ride or one-way bus trip rising 25 cents to 2.25 dollars.
Before New York State approved a bailout last month boosting mass transit subsidies, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) once considered a 3-dollar base fare, a 100-dollar-plus monthly MetroCard and service cuts such as axing dozens of bus routes.
The roughly 10 percent fare hikes were initiated as part of the state legislature's financial rescue of the MTA, which was moving toward a 23 percent increase in fare revenue and widespread service reductions so as to narrow its budget gap.
The state-approved financial plan includes a new payroll tax paid by employers in the MTA's 12-county region, higher vehicle registration and parking fees. Fares and tolls are rising about 10 percent, according to New York Daily News.
The funds are reportedly needed to help plug massive budget gaps partly caused by sinking revenues and soaring expenses during the recession, officials said.
This fare tick-up leads to a rare back-to-back series of hikes, taking account of MTA's upward fare adjustment in March 2008 in New York.
