Tom Namako
The Archive
NYC in beach sewage alert
Four beaches have been polluted and more may be closed as city workers scramble to stop raw sewage from being spilled after a blast at a Harlem wastewater-treatment plant, officials...
Cops shot in Potter 'perv' bust
Two Connecticut police officers were accidentally wounded by their colleagues as cops collared a man wanted on child-porn charges at a midnight showing of the newest Harry Potter movie. Police...
City picks Nissan model in 'Taxi of Tomorrow' race
The Ford Crown Vic no longer rules the road when it comes to yellow cabs. City officials today will announce that they've chosen a Nissan model as the winner of...
Subway lines set for weak-end
The subway system will be hit with a slew of service changes this weekend that will make riding the rails total guesswork. Touching almost every corner of the city, straphangers...
W line joins hear-after
You can hear these subway announcements from the grave. A subway line that was axed in the MTA's service cuts last summer got top honors in a new report on...
B gets worst grade for clear subway announcements; 5, 6 and W get top marks
If you ride the B train, then you have no clue what the conductor is telling you over the loudspeaker. While 83 percent of basic announcements made on subway cars...
Taxis stalled
Just bring back the Checker cab, already. The city and its largest group of taxi owners and drivers have become locked in a new legal battle, with the owners charging...
Yellow cabs may still go green with new fuel efficiency proposal
Yellow cabs may still go green – if lawmakers get their way. Elected officials are planning an end-around the recent Supreme Court ruling forbidding Mayor Bloomberg’s demand that all taxi...
MTA signal rap is due
An MTA signal maintainer who was among more than 1,000 TWU Local 100 workers accused of dangerously falsifying safety records will be the first prosecuted in the fraud, The Post...
Scandal-plagued MTA signal maintainer to be arraigned
An MTA signal maintainer caught up in the massive scandal where more than 1,000 TWU Local 100 workers dangerously falsified countless safety records will be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court...
New 34th St. plan dodges plaza heat
It's Take 2 for 34th Street's planned overhaul. City transportation chief Janette Sadik-Khan yesterday officially pitched her department's latest rendition of the bus-friendly project, after an earlier plan sparked fierce...
MTA's anti-terror plans off track
If you see something, you'd better say something -- because the MTA's anti-terror technology will probably miss it. The agency's top-secret program to guard the rails against terror is budget-busted...
Push to $top 'drive-by' cabbies
Ride on! Cabdrivers who refuse passengers on the basis of race or their far-flung destinations are being targeted by taxi officials who want to stiffen fines for the escalating problem....
WTC is off the 'rail$'
Brother, can you spare $180 million? The chronically over-budget transportation hub that's part of the massive Ground Zero rebuild will eat into even more taxpayer dollars than expected -- for...
Taxi drivers will face steeper fines for refusing passengers
Hacks who are too lazy to take passengers on long rides are about to get slammed with a huge penalty increase. Incidents of service refusals - one of the worst...
Pay$ to be ex-boss of transit boss
MTA chief Jay Walder's past two employers now have consulting contracts with the transit agency just 16 months into his time at the helm -- and the one approved yesterday...
Train gal 'sick' of psycho door-bang trauma
Next stop: a week off. A subway train operator is taking comp time off to recoup from mental "trauma" she suffered when killing-spree suspect Maksim Gelman banged on her compartment...
Fast toll call to no arms
They should rename it the Henry Hudson Speedway. Rush-hour wait times on the Henry Hudson Bridge, connecting Inwood in Manhattan and The Bronx, have dramatically decreased since removal of foam...
Total Wi-Fi right on 'trak
Wi-Fi access on Amtrak keeps chugging along. The national railroad said it will provide free Wi-Fi service to all passengers along Northeast Corridor trains by year's end. "In this digital...
CityTime's up: MTA
The MTA has dumped the infamous CityTime contractor, cutting it out of a plan to overhaul the subway system's radio equipment. Top brass said they were no longer comfortable with...