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MARC gets a boost
Last week presented the sort of opportunity that elected officials crave. As Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the gas tax increase into law, he announced a slew of new Maryland transportation projects — $1.2 billion in all — that can now move...
Tags: Elections, Cecil County, Transportation, Energy Saving, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail
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Sixty injured, 5 critically, after trains collide outside NYC
NEW YORK -- Five people were hospitalized in critical condition Friday and dozens more were treated for less serious injuries after a commuter train headed from New York City to suburban Connecticut derailed and hit a train headed in the opposite...
Tags: Grand Central Terminal, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City, Dannel P. Malloy , Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" -- a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms -- to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work....Tags: Back Pain, Interior Policy, American Enterprise Institute, Pension and Welfare, Social Security
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Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...
Tags: Interior Policy, Back Pain, American Enterprise Institute, Pension and Welfare, Social Security
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NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and sea barriers along the coast. The final report was first...Tags: Fire Island, Insurance, Water Supply, Long Island, Subway Transportation
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Penn Station reopens after big power failure
On the biggest travel day of the year, Penn Station came to a grinding halt for about an hour, with massive crowds desperate to get home on the eve of Thanksgiving.
Service has begun to be restored on LIRR, New Jersey Transit and Amtrak after a power...Tags: Holidays, Amtrak, Jamaica
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How To Navigate Through Holiday Gridlock Traffic
pix11 | @wpixA per tradition, the famous Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place tonight. Also per tradition is the traffic that follows. 'Gridlock Sam' spoke with PIX11's Lisa Mateo about how to navigate through the worst of the standstills. In...Tags: Holidays, Midtown, Manhattan (New York City)
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Improvements Promised for LIRR Commuters
pix11.com | @gregmockerProblems have cleared up for most Subway and bus riders in New York City. But commuting on the Long Island Rail Road continues to be a nightmare since the storm. The reason is that train travel through the East River tunnels has been cut back this month...Tags: Israel, Long Island, Steve Israel, Helena Williams, New York City
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PATH, LIRR Back On Track For Monday Morning Rush
pix11.comPATH Train service between Lower Manhattan and New Jersey resumes Monday, as will service on the Long Island Rail Road's Long Beach branch. As of 5 a.m. Monday, PATH trains will be making stops at the following stations: Newark, Harrison, Journal Square,...Tags: Transportation, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters
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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Partially Open; LIRR Restored To Long Beach
pix11.com | @wpixClosed since it filled with water during superstorm Sandy, The Hugh L. Carey Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel finally opened to general traffic Tuesday afternoon. The tunnel, which allows an average of 49,500 cars to drive from the southern tip of Manhattan to...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Andrew Cuomo
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Just What We Need! Nor'easter Brings Blast of Snow, Downing Power Lines
PIX11.com | @pix11weather and @lindachurch11A powerful nor'easter slammed the tri-state area with an unexpected jolt of heavy snow that dumped several inches of snow across parts of a region just starting to recover from Superstorm Sandy. High wind warnings were in effect for the region, with...Tags: Long Island, Floods, Michael Bloomberg, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Post Sandy, manic Monday begins for commuters
NEW YORK (AP) — Commuters streaming into New York City on Monday endured long waits and crowded trains, giving the recovering transit system a stress test a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey and New York coast lines. Trains were so...
Tags: Queens (New York City), Long Island, Upper West Side, Brooklyn (New York City), Michael Bloomberg
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