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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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MTA buses, subways and railroads provide 2.4 billion trips each year and its bridges and tunnels carry more than 300 million vehicles annually. The agency operates the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Bus and NYC Transit, which includes the city's subway system, bus routes in the five boroughs and the Staten Island Railway.  Show more »
MTA buses, subways and railroads provide 2.4 billion trips each year and its bridges and tunnels carry more than 300 million vehicles annually. The agency operates the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Bus and NYC Transit, which includes the city's subway system, bus routes in the five boroughs and the Staten Island Railway.  « Show less

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    May 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Undermining L.A.'s subway plans

    There's an urban legend that you can derail a train by putting a penny on the tracks, but <a href=&quot;http://www.snopes.com/science/train.asp">in reality,</a> all you end up with is a wasted (and very flat) penny. There's a lesson in that somewhere for Beverly Hills.
    There's an urban legend that you can derail a train by putting a penny on the tracks, but in reality, all you end up with is a wasted (and very flat) penny. There's a lesson in that somewhere for Beverly Hills. Egged on by community activists who fret...

    Tags: Laws, Transportation, Subway Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky, Science and Technology

    2. May 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Safety expert calls for more upgrades on Expo Line

    A month after Metro's Expo Line opened, safety questions are continuing to be raised about several street crossings along the light-rail route, including a unique and challenging intersection that forms a maze of track, traffic signals and warning signs for the public to navigate.
    A month after Metro's Expo Line opened, safety questions are continuing to be raised about several street crossings along the light-rail route, including a unique and challenging intersection that forms a maze of track, traffic signals and warning signs...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, Rodeo, Los Angeles Unified School District, Science and Technology, Health

    3. May 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. L.A.'s lost opportunity for job creation

    On April 30, the L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to award an $890-million contract for 235 light rail cars to Kinkisharyo International, a Japanese firm that will build a significant portion of the cars in Osaka, Japan, rather than in California. Just a week later, on May 9, the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency voted to award a $2.5-billion contract for the manufacture of 775 rail cars to a Canadian firm that will build many of the car components in Mexico. With the awarding of these two contracts, California lost the opportunity to create more than 2,000 good American jobs building rail cars for our transit systems.
    On April 30, the L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to award an $890-million contract for 235 light rail cars to Kinkisharyo International, a Japanese firm that will build a significant portion of the cars in Osaka, Japan, rather than in...

    Tags: Siemens, Public Officials, Politics, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities

    4. May 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Staples Center has a full dance card this weekend

    Imagine tens of thousands of cycling fans gathered in front of Staples Center on Sunday morning for the final leg of the country's largest stage cycling race, the Amgen Tour of California.
    Imagine tens of thousands of cycling fans gathered in front of Staples Center on Sunday morning for the final leg of the country's largest stage cycling race, the Amgen Tour of California. Now mix in 20,000 hockey fans, nearly all of them giddy in the...

    Tags: Nokia Theater, Los Angeles Kings, Cycling, Weaponry, Phoenix Coyotes

    5. May 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Atlantic on the move

    The 5600 block of Atlantic Avenue doesn't look like much at first glance, especially if you're zipping through at 45 mph. A dry cleaner, a <em>pupuseria</em>, a T-shirt shop and a medical marijuana dispensary line the low-rise street in the North Village Annex section of Long Beach. About a third of the storefronts are vacant.
    The 5600 block of Atlantic Avenue doesn't look like much at first glance, especially if you're zipping through at 45 mph. A dry cleaner, a pupuseria, a T-shirt shop and a medical marijuana dispensary line the low-rise street in the North Village Annex...

    Tags: Automotive Equipment, Rick Caruso, Cycling, Foods and Beverages, Science and Technology

    6. May 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Beverly Hills subway video: Two thumbs up for explosions!

    Do Joss Whedon's kids go to Beverly Hills High School?
    Do Joss Whedon's kids go to Beverly Hills High School? I ask because the school district's parent teacher council recently came out with a video -- apparently made by parents of kids in the district, some of whom work in the entertainment industry --...

    Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Science and Technology, PTA, Physiology, Subway Transportation Industry

    7. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Letters: Beverly Hills and the Westside subway

    Re "Clear the tracks, Beverly Hills," Editorial, April 21 Ever since Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) prevented our subway from being finished by pushing though a ban on federal funds for tunneling under Wilshire Boulevard on the Westside, we have...

    Tags: Henry Waxman, Transportation, Subway Transportation, Travel

    8. Apr 30, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Metro awards rail contract to Japanese firm despite union protests

    L.A. NOW
    In a break with L.A.'s powerful organized labor movement, Metro board members awarded a crucial $890 million rail car contract to a giant Japanese firm that unions claim will create fewer jobs than a competitor and might violate federal requirements to...
    9. May 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. MTA, in a switch, does right on rail cars

    It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by a lawmaker's key financial backers. Yet the <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rail-cars-20120501,0,7543380.story" target="_blank">award of an important rail-car contract Monday</a> by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board to a company that submitted the best bid for the job -- but isn't the most politically connected -- is a rare and wonderful demonstration that L.A. leaders have the capacity to learn.
    It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by a lawmaker's key financial backers. Yet the award of an important rail-car contract Monday by the Metropolitan...

    Tags: Siemens, Plant Openings, Companies and Corporations, AFL-CIO, Weight

    10. May 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Review: Lackluster Expo Line reflects Metro's weak grasp of design

    This is getting to be a pattern. Every time a major rail line opens in Los Angeles, my reaction tends to unfold in two distinct parts: excitement tempered pretty quickly by a sense of disappointment, of opportunities missed.
    This is getting to be a pattern. Every time a major rail line opens in Los Angeles, my reaction tends to unfold in two distinct parts: excitement tempered pretty quickly by a sense of disappointment, of opportunities missed. The $930-million Expo Line is...

    Tags: Forests, Architecture, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy

    11. May 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. MTA's rail car reasoning

    It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by the lawmakers' key financial backers. So the award of an important rail car contract Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board to a company that submitted the best bid for the job &mdash; but isn't the most politically connected &mdash; was a rare and encouraging event.
    It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by the lawmakers' key financial backers. So the award of an important rail car contract Monday by the...

    Tags: Siemens, Plant Openings, Companies and Corporations, AFL-CIO, Economy, Business and Finance

    12. May 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Letters: Lost jobs for California

    Re "Japanese firm wins Metro job," May 1 With our economy so fragile, how dare L.A. County transportation planners award a contract to build rail cars to a Japanese company? We need to have the good people of California working. This was a great...

    Tags: Alternative Energy

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