All-day timelapse shows heavy traffic at the Long Island Railroad Babylon station surrounding the Triple Crown event in Belmont State Park.
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Babylon, NY: Rail Traffic Timelapse for the Belmont Stakes Race
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015Moving Midtown West: Four Rail Investments Vital to New York City’s Future
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
NEW YORK BUILDING CONGRESS
The recent discussion about the future of Penn Station offered a unique opportunity to focus public attention on the rail system’s crucial importance to the economy and the mobility of the City, particularly on the emerging Far West Side of Manhattan. Unfortunately, this conversation failed to address the single most important problem the City faces around Penn Station: New York City’s rail connections to New Jersey and points north and west have remained essentially unchanged for more than a century.
East Side Access Cost Overruns
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is constructing one of the largest and most complex public works projects in the country, East Side Access (ESA). ESA will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to the East Side of Manhattan for the first time, at Grand Central Terminal (GCT). The MTA expects ESA to spur numerous benefits for the region, including faster commutes, expanded transportation options and economic growth.
Long Beach, NY: Post Hurricane Sandy LIRR Restores Electric Train Service
Monday, November 26th, 2012LIRR restores weekend electric train service on Long Beach branch Sunday, November 25; weekday electric – LIRR2010 on YouTube
View this complete post...New York: Mass Transit Agency Cameras Capture Damage from Sandy
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) catalogs the damage left behind after Hurricane Sandy battered the eastern United States, leaving wind and flood damage throughout NYC’s metropolitan transit system. Flooding in Long Island Rail Road’s East River Tunnel Flooding in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Flooded subway station in Lower Manhattan
View this complete post...NYC: Before Sandy, Crews Prepare Penn Station for Storm Surge
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Late in the evening of October 28, 2012, LIRR crews erected a barrier to protect Penn Station from possible flooding from Hurricane Sandy. –mtainfo on YouTube
View this complete post...Queens, NY: East Side Access Update
Friday, September 28th, 2012On September 20, 2012, a “roadheader” excavating machine broke through the tunnel beneath Northern Boulevard in Queens. This milestone is a significant one in MTA Capital Construction’s East Side Access project, an effort that will bring MTA Long Island Rail Road trains into Grand Central for the first time. – mtainfo on YouTube
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