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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 20h

I don't particularly care...the people of this state voted to have casinos downstate, the state should see to it that they get built. Then it's up to the market whether people want to use them or not.

The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 22h

This whole saga with the downstate casinos (along with cannabis licensing) shows just how ungovernable New York has become.

Is it better than what's going on in other parts of thy country? Probably. But, good heavens, this constant regression to the status quo is certainly frustrating.

Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 23h

NEWS: The Yonkers casino bid is OUT — the developers just announced they are rescinding their application.

That means the only three casino proposals left are in the boroughs, two in Queens and one in The Bronx.

our guide updated: www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/09/c...

3 NYC Casino Plans Made It to the Final Round. What Happens Now?

Committees gauged local support to determine whether or not projects should advance for further approval. Now, the final decision is in the hands of the Gaming Facility Location Board.

www.thecity.nyc

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 2d

We’re never getting all-door boarding buses in America, our transit agencies are totally clueless about how all of this fits together

Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 2d

CTA fare hikes going the wrong way, penalizing multi-ride ticket holders more than single-trip fares:

🚍 Bus fare: $2.50 (+$0.25, +11%)
🚇 ‘L’ fare: $2.75 (+$0.25, +10%)
📅 1-Day Pass: $6.00 (+$1.00, +20%)
📆 7-Day Pass: $25.00 (+$5.00, +20%)
🗓️ Regional Connect: $45.00 (+$15.00, +50% (!!))

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 1d

Is Disney a NTD reporter?

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 1d

A fair bit more than $160 million, but, yes, that's the general plot

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 2d

You could split the A between Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park instead of having the shuttles.

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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 3d

13 billion reverse branch

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 3d

I get the reflexive opposition to highway expansions, but if they built a connector road to fully grade separate the junctions between the BRP/Sheridan it would do a lot to get interchange and overflow traffic off the service roads and out of conflict with pedestrians/bikes.

Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 3d

The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway — a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.

State DOT Scraps Cross Bronx Expansion Road On Highway Repair Plan - Streetsblog New York City

The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway — a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 3d

The what line??

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 4d

I've been to every stop (several times over), but have probably gotten on or off for a real purpose at about two-thirds...

I make a point to ride the whole railroad at least once a year, and aim to visit each station once every 3ish years, out of date on some www.thelirrtoday.com/p/station-ph...

Station Photo Index

Follow the links below to see The LIRR Today's photos of various stations. To see all of The LIRR Today's photos, click this link . C...

www.thelirrtoday.com

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 4d

A nice story. Getting on and off at each stop (and only doing about two stops a day) is a unique twist on this... www.newsday.com/long-island/...

Floral Park man on a quest to visit all 126 LIRR stations

He has made it to 110 of the LIRR's 126 stations, most recently crossing Deer Park and Brentwood off his list.

www.newsday.com

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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 5d

Eliminating value of 10 ride #LIRR passes by reducing their validity period is shrinkflation. From 1 year to 6 months to ́nothing.

The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

Average LIRR fares to/from Long Island are up 10% just in the last 5 years, and are going way higher in January. So MTA lecturing about others' fare hikes is the very personification of throwing stones in glass houses... www.thelirrtoday.com/2025/08/2024...

LIRR ridership recovery tells two very different stories

While the MTA and the Governor's office have been highlighting LIRR's top-line, overall ridership inching back closer to pre-pandemic level...

www.thelirrtoday.com

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 5d

0/3 working OMNY machines at Atlantic Terminal.

Truly remarkable how bad this has gotten. They shouldn’t be allowed to conduct fare enforcement until this situation improves.

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

The original sin with the DC Streetcar (same with the DC Circulator) was allowing it to be a one-off thing directly managed by the district instead of it being WMATA's responsibility

We have the same problem in NY...MTA gobbles up virtually every cent for transit in the region & suffocates the rest

casey morell @caseym.org · 5d

sigh.

Budget cut means D.C. Streetcar will shut down in March

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) stripped funding for the doomed streetcar service from future budgets.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

I thought there was one right before he took office during the financial crisis (MTA raised fares in 2008 and 2009).

MTA has had plenty of hidden fare hikes, this year especially. I have been meaning to do a comparison of average fares with the NTD data.

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

Average LIRR fares to/from Long Island are up 10% just in the last 5 years, and are going way higher in January. So MTA lecturing about others' fare hikes is the very personification of throwing stones in glass houses... www.thelirrtoday.com/2025/08/2024...

LIRR ridership recovery tells two very different stories

While the MTA and the Governor's office have been highlighting LIRR's top-line, overall ridership inching back closer to pre-pandemic level...

www.thelirrtoday.com

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

MTA CEO Janno Lieber said today that NJTransit "raised prices by over 20%"...so I guess we are just making stuff up now. www.youtube.com/live/cFRc_1t... (32 min)

Even with NJTransit's 15% fare hike last year, they have still managed to keep fares significantly lower than the MTA since 2010...

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Tim Graves @ibirdsometimes.bsky.social · 5d

I live near the first stop on two bus lines. I learned early that I need to get there five minutes before the scheduled arrival.

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Zach Wichter @zlwichter.bsky.social · 5d

As someone who gets on the Q80/10 at the Kew Gardens terminal multiple times a week, I can verify that the posted schedule bears almost no resemblance to the actual departure times on either route

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

Don't need billions in tax/toll subsides to make bus drivers use a watch and a timetable (or to fire those that can't manage this simple task)

Want people to _choose_ to ride/pay for your service? Must get the basics right. MTA & most others in the US don't b/c they don't care.

The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

Circling back to this, I've been watching the real-time feeds and have been seeing this across a ton of routes and all 5 boroughs

It's tough to feel sorry for transit agencies facing fiscal cliffs when the people running them are so bad at basic fundamentals of their jobs. bsky.app/profile/airl...

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 5d

I have been watching this closely recently. Bus drivers routinely depart their first stop 2-5 minutes early, predictably. It’s like they operate on a schedule totally different than what’s public. It’s maddening.

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

I am not a fan of the "City Terminal Zone" designation at all, it's too amorphous. The reverse-colors they use on the Solari signs for the terminals at Jamaica (red on white for NYK, blue on white for GCT, green on white for ATL) is very good and I wish they used the more consistently.

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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 5d

I am not a fan of this diagram map for the railroads. When the scale of the railroads is so much larger, the locations and spacing of the lines and stations matters quite a bit more. Yaphank and Riverhead look right next to each other on this map when they're 15 miles apart.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 5d

I have been watching this closely recently. Bus drivers routinely depart their first stop 2-5 minutes early, predictably. It’s like they operate on a schedule totally different than what’s public. It’s maddening.

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