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		<title>A light weekend of service advisories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the weekend changes due to track work are light, there are a few overall service changes to be aware of this weekend. Trains on Friday and Saturday will run on a Saturday schedule, but on Saturday night, Transit will provide additional service on the 1, C, L and the 42nd Street Shuttle after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/03/a-light-weekend-of-service-advisories/</link>
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		<title>Wearing the Vignelli subway map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the annals of New York City subway history, nothing is more fetishized and analyzed than the Massimo Vignelli 1970s-era subway map. Over the last few years, I&#8217;ve written posts about Vignelli&#8217;s signage, an update to the Vignelli map and the Vignelli-inspired KickMap. I also own a handful of Vignelli maps from various years.
This latest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/03/wearing-the-vignelli-subway-map/</link>
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		<title>A rain-proof subway system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In August 2007, a torrential rain storm knocked out nearly the entire New York subway system for hours. With the underground floods came a bunch of alarming developments. The MTA&#8217;s website couldn&#8217;t withstand the onslaught of visitors; their emergency alert system for service advisories was non-existent; and their anti-flood measures were ineffective at best and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/02/a-rain-proof-subway-system/</link>
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		<title>With fare hikes came some service extensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ When the MTA, with much fanfare, raised the fares this past week, many riders complained that they were paying more for the same level of service. New Yorkers, it seems, do not realize that without the fare hikes, they would suffer through crippling service cuts. These straphangers also seem to be more willing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/02/with-fare-hikes-came-some-service-extensions/</link>
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		<title>Daily News slams Transit over health care costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a rather confusing, confounding and interesting article in today&#8217;s Daily News. In it, Pete Donohue reports on and seemingly criticizes a few MTA divisions for health care spending. Take a look:
Nice perk if you can get it.
Three MTA divisions will pay up to $600,000 over five years for an executive medical program providing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/02/daily-news-slams-transit-over-health-care-costs/</link>
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		<title>The Straphangers Campaign responds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As part of my series of posts questioning the current state of subway advocacy and news coverage, earlier this week, I, with an assist from Chris O&#8217;Leary at the fledgling site On Transport, questioned the effectiveness of the Straphangers Campaign in organizing against the most recent fare hikes and advocating for sensible funding solutions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/02/the-straphangers-campaign-respondes/</link>
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		<title>Tenants upset at Second Ave. evacuations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, I reported on a building evacuation along Second Ave. near the Second Ave. Subway work zone. Due to a leaning structure, residents and businesses were ordered out of their homes and shops late Monday evening. Today, the Post follows up with the displaced few, and they are clearly not happy. They&#8217;re annoyed at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/01/tenants-upset-at-second-ave-evacuations/</link>
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		<title>Children, alone, on the subways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every few months, Lenore Skenazy&#8217;s tale of allowing her nine-year-old son to ride the subways alone rears it head. In fact, few stories about New York City parenting generate as much discussion as this one did. 
A few weeks after the story first broke, I defended Skenazy. I grew up in New York City when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/01/children-alone-on-the-subways/</link>
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		<title>Opening up the MTA payroll logs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ One of the many charges leveled against the MTA concerns the amount of money those at the top get paid. It&#8217;s outrageous that former CEO and Executive Director earned $290,000 in 2008, right? It&#8217;s crazy that upper level management should get fairly compensated! Let&#8217;s cut their salaries before raising the fares.
Frankly, that&#8217;s an illogical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/01/opening-up-the-mta-payroll-logs/</link>
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		<title>A few non-traditional uses for a MetroCard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the fare hike upon us, we know that some misguided and uninformed New Yorkers are looking to discard their MetroCards. There is, however, no need to throw out these ubiquitous yellow and blue fare cards. Just last week, Infrastructurist took a look at 10 arts and crafts MetroCard recycling projects. Included in the list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/30/a-few-non-traditional-uses-for-a-metrocard/</link>
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