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		<title>Remembering the V train&#8217;s controversial origins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transit&#8217;s newest train designation is not long for this world. When the MTA announced on Friday that the V train will be cut and the M extended along Sixth Ave. and Queens Boulevard during the week, they put a eight and a half-year-old train on life support. Barring an economic miracle, the V train&#8217;s tombstone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In new service cuts, V axed as M spared</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for this weekend&#8217;s service advisories, feel free to skip to the listings. Otherwise, check out the rest of this post for an update on the MTA&#8217;s plans to cut service this summer.
 The poor, poor V train is not long for this world. A child of 2001, the V runs only during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/19/in-new-service-cuts-v-axed-as-m-spared/</link>
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		<title>On Student MetroCards, the right audience and the right message</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months, I&#8217;ve been highly critical of advocacy efforts in support of Student MetroCards. The most vocal groups have targeted the MTA despite the fact that the city and state — and not the MTA — should be funding student transit. Today, though, the Straphangers Campaign ramped up their efforts to target [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/19/on-student-metrocards-the-right-audience-and-the-right-message/</link>
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		<title>DeBlasio calls for more anti-fare jumping measures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of reports this week that both subway and bus fare-jumping cost the MTA a combined $35 million in 2009, Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio has called upon the authority to keep station agents and save money elsewhere. “It is penny wise and pound foolish,&#8221; he said yesterday, &#8220;to layoff station agents and let security [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/19/deblasio-calls-for-more-anti-fare-jumping-measures/</link>
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		<title>Transit praised, guardedly, in annual PCAC report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA published its annual assessment of the Authority yesterday, and as I did last year, I&#8217;m going to offer up a few takes on what the report says. You can read the whole thing right here as a PDF. It&#8217;s an interesting perspective on the MTA from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/19/transit-praised-guardedly-in-annual-pcac-report/</link>
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		<title>Second Ave. residents bemoan blasting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For much of 2010, MTA crews have been blasting away underneath Second Ave. in the East 90s, and the residents have not complained. However, with an unannounced change in the blasting schedule, crews are now detonating charges that are louder than usual later into the evening, and as Dan Rivoli details in Our Town, Upper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/18/second-ave-residents-bemoan-blasting/</link>
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		<title>Fare-beating a bus problem too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Daily News continued its week-long series on fare-beating and the MTA today with a look at how the problem plagues the city&#8217;s buses. According to today&#8217;s report, 6.7 million bus riders hopped aboard without paying a fare, and the delinquent riders cost the MTA approximately $8 million in lost revenue. Meanwhile, the cops aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/18/fare-beating-a-bus-problem-too/</link>
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		<title>Walder promises a vote delayed on Student MetroCards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Updated 12:20 p.m.: Next week at the March meeting of the MTA Board, those who hold the fate of the New York City transportation network in their hands will vote to approve a sweeping array of service cuts aimed at partially closing a $751 million gap in the MTA&#8217;s budget. While the elimination of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/18/walder-promises-a-vote-delayed-on-student-metrocards/</link>
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		<title>Report: Cops handing out fewer fare-beating tickets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jumping these turnstiles won&#8217;t get you far. (Photo by flickr user saitowitz)
As New York City Transit officials announced yesterday that fare-beating numbers are higher than expected, today, we learn that cops ticketed fewer turnstile-jumpers last year than they had in the past. Somewhere along the line, the fare-enforcement system seems to be breaking down.
According to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/17/report-cops-handing-out-fewer-fare-beating-tickets/</link>
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		<title>Riders Council report faults weekend service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ For the last few months, I&#8217;ve received a steady stream of comments voicing concerns about the MTA&#8217;s approach to weekend service changes. Many SAS readers have wondered if the MTA had engage in the practice of using weekend service diversions as a cover to cut train frequencies and increase headways on Saturdays and Sundays. [...]]]></description>
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