Patrick Gallahue
The Archive
$5M TRAIN WRECK
July 10, 2008 | 7:23amBureaucrats at the cash-strapped MTA are about to have their budgets sliced rail-thin. Executive Director Elliot Sander notified board members this week that the MTA would delay new hires and...
TRANSIT BIGS' 'BLUNDER'-BUS
July 9, 2008 | 7:50amA surge in bus travel is leaving more riders with standing room only, a transit advocacy group charged yesterday. The rise in ridership over a decade is fast outpacing service...
DIG IT! AN LIRR TUNNEL TO GCT
July 3, 2008 | 7:39amA tunnel-boring machine completed digging the first leg of the $7.2 billion Long Island Rail Road link to Grand Central Station, the MTA announced yesterday. Another 2-ton machine should complete...
MTA BUS ROUTES KEEP IT MALL IN THE FAMILY: POL
June 20, 2008 | 8:21amA city lawmaker yesterday blasted the MTA for rerouting two bus lines to serve a Queens shopping mall developed by the agency chairman's son. Councilman John Liu said the MTA...
CUOMO: END OF LINE FOR MTA'S FREE RIDES
June 20, 2008 | 8:21amAttorney General Andrew Cuomo says he'll force MTA board members to cough up years of free rides if they reject a proposal to restrict their lifelong unlimited access to the...
MTA GUY IS GALL ABOARD
June 19, 2008 | 7:08amAn MTA board member said yesterday he and his colleagues should be allowed to keep their free transportation privileges to encourage them to endure the "inconvenience" of riding trains. David...
SUBWAY ANTI-TERROR SCANNER AT HAND
June 18, 2008 | 8:17amThe MTA is testing a state-of-the-art security scanner designed to keep terrorists out of sensitive locations in the transit system. The gadget scans the vascular structure of a person's hand...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 15, 2008 | 8:07amIt's doubtful cops had to tell these two numbskulls to freeze. A pair of cold-hearted crooks fled from cops - and into a walk-in freezer - when they tried to...
A HAIL OF A CRACKDOWN
June 14, 2008 | 8:29amThe city is hacking away at cabs that illegally pick up fares. A sting on deviant drivers has led to 879 summonses to non-yellow taxis that pull over for hailing...
A $1.1B BIG HURT ON MTA
June 13, 2008 | 8:08amThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority has paid out $1.1 billion in personal injury and property lawsuits since 1996, according to a report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. In 2007, the agency...
GOV RIPS WTC MONEY PIT
June 12, 2008 | 7:30amWeary of continued delays in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, Gov. Paterson yesterday demanded that his newly appointed Port Authority director conduct a far-reaching audit of the massive...
BRACE FOR MORE MTA HIKES
June 11, 2008 | 7:50amA commission that is trying to find ways to fund the cash-strapped MTA will look to fare hikes, congestion pricing, and possibly new taxes, officials announced yesterday. Gov. Paterson unveiled...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 8, 2008 | 8:56amCops caught a pair of butthead bandits who used thongs to hide their faces. The thin disguises barely covered the men's mouths and noses but it didn't stop them from...
LIRR CREATES PONY EXPRESS
June 6, 2008 | 7:37amThe Long Island Rail Road is bracing for a stampede from Belmont Park this weekend. "We're expecting record crowds," a spokesman said. With 18 trains on hand to run from...
HACKS FEEL GAS PAINS
June 3, 2008 | 8:30amCity cabdrivers are feeling the pain at the pump - most have to pony up nearly $50 for gas on a typical day, according to data released by the Taxi...
IT'S END OF E-Z STREETS FOR BIGWIGS
May 30, 2008 | 8:09amThe free ride is over. State transportation bigwigs got hit hard over their free E-ZPasses and other transit perks this week - and had to give up the freebies they've...
2ND SUBWAY TRACK SURVIVOR
May 29, 2008 | 7:26amFor the second straight day, a subway rider survived being run over by a train. A straphanger tumbled off the platform in Brooklyn yesterday at the Metropolitan Avenue station as...
SUBWAY SURVIVOR
May 28, 2008 | 7:06amA miracle man cheated death on the Lower East Side yesterday afternoon when he survived being run over by an F train. Abdul Haque, 55, fell from the Delancey Street...
'J'-TRAIN FOR RAIL VILLAINS
May 26, 2008 | 6:34amAuthorities are out to derail scofflaw straphangers by swapping fines for jail time. Figures from the Transit Adjudication Bureau show a huge drop in summonses issued in the subway system...
SUBWAY-DELAY STAT PLAN ON FAST TRACK
May 24, 2008 | 8:37amNew York City Transit is about to treat skyrocketing subway delays like a crime. The agency is planning to use a system similar to the one that the NYPD employs...