This is outrageous!! Closing out the Ronkonkoma, Greenport, West Hempstead and Oyster Bay lines is ridiculous! This is the same MTA that wants the LIRR to...
Rail link on fast track Well, the nudging paid off. President Bush has thrown his support behind letting New York City tap $2 billion in unused 9/11 tax ...
Well see the logic is to extend the LIRR into lower Manhattan while having no customers actually going there (since by that time economics will have forced the...
Maybe they will add it to our property tax bill. There isn't enough on there already. In my town, we already pay for the parking on our tax bill. Don't ...
This is yet another reason I wonder about why I stay on LI. Crazy high cost of living, poor employment, very hard to find a place to live unless I'm looking...
How can LIRR expand if it can't keep up existing service? ... From: "Jean Dupree" <jeandupree@...> To: <LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
Hmm, I was going to make a comment about how this also describes the war on terror but I guess its off topic. The MTA/LIRR have to have a plan in place in...
Well the best message for a politician can be sent from the voting booth. In terms of expansion during financial crisis: "President Bush has thrown his support...
A fraction of what the project would cost. ... From: "Jean Dupree" <jeandupree@...> To: <LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004...
They can't borrow any more money for expansion, the pending proposals and projects including East Side Access, 2nd Ave subway, have no where near enough cash,...
Actually based on current estimates about a third of the project Ron <rtroy@...> wrote:A fraction of what the project would cost. ... From: "Jean Dupree" ...
So how this actually helps Long Island or NYC I haven't a clue. MTA can't borrow the other $4bil, NY won't give it, neither will NYC. ... From: "Tom Veryzer"...
I doubt if Bush came up with the idea to build the rail link connecting lower manhattan -JFK-LI. The tax credit is for NY's use, however we may foolishly use...
Well, Bush is the one pushing through the use of 9/11 funds to build a new rail link rather than easing the MTA's already existing budget crisis. This sounds...
The funds released for post 9/11 repair are specifically slated for repair/rebuilding projects, like the downtown Manhattan - LIRR link. This is a one time,...
I'm sorry for moving this slightly to politics, but I see this as very much relevant to this group. This thread was started because of a proposed LIRR fare...
Well, the second avenue subway would also serve downtown and a lot more people. The letter from Bush did not specify that the funds had to be used for the ...
I actually think Pataki is the driving force on this one. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free...
I don't agree that you just blindly take the money. If somebody said they would give you a third of the money to add an extension to your house, but that they ...
I don't think this is a blind choice and the house analogy doesn't quite work. Suppose your house was damaged and you had an option to rebuild better than...
Post 9/11 repairs to the subway were all funded out of the original $20billion given to the city Jean Dupree <jeandupree@...> wrote:I'm sorry for moving...
Although this story is about the Greenport Branch, hopefully community papers on the other endangered lines ran stories similar to this. Ken This document...
Lets try this again, here is the link, and their featured story is about the Greenport Branch. http://www.travelerwatchman.com/ [Non-text portions of this...
as i mentioned previously,if they close down those branches,they might as well rename the LIRR the NYC=Nassau RR. we MUST remember this on election day,abd...
Strange because I wonder why the LIHR gives WH priority over PJ line riders during evening rush. Our only 2 directs are before 5PM, yet huge numbers of PJ...
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