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		<title>Combating incomplete service advisories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Over the last few weeks, we here at Second Ave. Sagas have noted the inaccuracies of the MTA&#8217;s official service advisories. A few readers have left updates in the comments of unposted service changes, and a few media outlets — The Times&#8217; City Room blog, for one — have linked to me post on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTA to ramp up fare enforcement on Select Bus Service lines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With fare evasion fines now sitting at $100 and an experiment in place in the Bronx that could revolutionize bus service in New York, the MTA is going to ramp up its fare-evasion countermeasures. According to Daily News reporters Tayanika Samuels and Pete Donohue, transit officials are going to stop warning people who don&#8217;t pay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/18/mta-to-ramp-up-fare-enforcement-on-select-bus-service-lines/</link>
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		<title>NYC Transit to cut $61M in jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We know the MTA is facing a financial crisis; we know the threat of a second fare hike in two years looms large; and we know the MTA has planned to cut services — but not yet service — to address what is now being labeled a $700-million budget gap. 
Today, we find out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/18/nyc-transit-to-cut-61m-in-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Feds: No more money for Fulton St.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ When last we checked in with the Fulton St. Transit Center debacle, the MTA had, once again, promised a new design for the long-gone dome in 30 days. That was 62 days ago.
While even the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation&#8217;s website on the Fulton Hub simply states a &#8220;Spring 2008&#8243; date for arrival of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/17/feds-no-more-money-for-fulton-st/</link>
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		<title>An entrance opens amidst the Columbus Circle mess</title>
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In April, an imposing blue wall pointed the way into the Columbus Circle station. (Photo by Benjamin Kabak)
The Columbus Circle station is, in a word, a mess right now. Undergoing a massive renovation, the station is dirty, hot, dusty and impossible to navigate. While this should be the state of things at 59th St. for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/17/an-entrance-opens-amidst-the-columbus-circle-mess/</link>
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		<title>The R160s are still a bit confused</title>
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Where: Don&#8217;t let the photo confuse you; that&#8217;s an N train, and it&#8217;s not an Atlantic Ave-Pacific St. Rather, it was en route to 14th St./Union Square on a Sunday night two weeks ago.
What: One very confused train (and, thus, some very confused passengers). On Sunday, June 29, at a time when, according to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/16/the-r160s-are-still-a-bit-confused/</link>
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		<title>NYC Transit won&#8217;t begin anti-groping PSAs for fear of encouraging more groping</title>
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If anything ever deserved that MTA Absurdity tag I like to stick on posts, this is it.
According to news stories released on Tuesday, New York City Transit is holding back on a planned anti-groping ad campaign because officials fear it will encourage more deviant behavior than it would combat. That&#8217;s right; the MTA feels that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/16/nyc-transit-wont-begin-anti-groping-psas-for-fear-of-encouraging-more-groping/</link>
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		<title>Why Manhattanites loathe the bus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I had to run an errand during lunch time. I left my office on 9th Ave. between 15th and 16th and walked over to 14th St. As I crossed 14th St. and 9th Ave., I passed in front of an M14D, waiting for the light to change so it could turn onto 14th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/15/why-manhattanites-loathe-the-bus/</link>
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		<title>Just avoid Midtown altogether today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the MLB All Star Game parade upon us, Sixth Ave. from 42nd St. to 59th St. is closed, and the surrounding area is a mess. The MTA has tossed up a bunch of service alerts mostly relating to bus service along crosstown routes and up Sixth Ave, but certain subway entrances at Times Square, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/15/just-avoid-midtown-altogether-today/</link>
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		<title>Ads, ads, everywhere ads</title>
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The MTA hasn&#8217;t started advertising on its (non-existent) straps as they do in Seoul. (Photo by flickr user Queenbean79)
As the talk of the MTA&#8217;s budget problems has grown, we&#8217;ve heard stories, on and off, about the agency&#8217;s efforts to attract more advertising dollars. In April, I warned riders that more ads were soon to be [...]]]></description>
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