Brian, flickr
Long Island Rail Road's largest union has unanimously voted to strike, with a walkout possible as soon as March.
joseph a, Flickr
Metro-North Railroad announced Friday morning in a letter addressed to Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) that it would begin installing shunts, safety devices that are meant to provide added protection for track workers in construction areas, within the next month on parts of its New Haven Line.
The letter comes days after the National Transportation Safety Board and Blumenthal urged Metro-North to install the signal protection devices.
MTAPhotos, flickr
In an announcement made Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated Thomas Prendergast to serve as the next chairman and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Prendergast, who first began working as a New York City transit official in 1982, stepped in as the authority's interim executive director after the former chairman Joseph Lhota resigned last December to run for mayor of New York City. Prendergast has also served as president of the Long Island Railroad and president of New York City transit.
There's good news for Long Island Rail Road riders.
Metro-North’s New Haven line is still struggling to get back on track after this winter’s slew of snow storms.
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