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Wednesday Winners (& Losers)

A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in tri-state transportation news.

Winners

MTA — To mitigate transit disruptions from pending G train tunnel repairs, the MTA has floated the possibility of supporting the expansion of Citi Bike to Long Island City, Queens and Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

NY Senator Schumer, NY State Senators Brad Hoylman and Betty Little — The coalition of New York State elected officials are working to ensure that Amtrak allows “walk-on” bicycles on two lines — the Ethan Allen and Adirondack — in upstate New York as a way to boost tourism and economic development.

Town of Fairfield, Connecticut — Fairfield is holding public meetings on proposed pedestrian, bicycling and streetscape enhancements to its new Metro Station.

NJ Transit — More NJ Transit riders will have real time bus information thanks to an expansion of “MyBus Now” to 110 North Jersey bus routes.

Losers

NYPD Traffic Enforcement — A report from Transportation Alternatives found that 88% of Brooklyn drivers were speeding on Brooklyn streets, yet almost none are ticketed.

US House of Representatives — The US House Appropriations Committee is proposing to cut Amtrak capital funding by a third for FY 2014. Perhaps Transportation Committee Chair Bill Shuster’s (R-PA) experience being stranded aboard an Amtrak train between New Haven and Hartford last week will cause them to reconsider.

NJ Transit’s 113 Express Bus Riders — A trip that usually takes 45 minutes turned into one that took 148 minutes after a driver of the Port Authority bound bus GOT LOST last Thursday during rush hour.

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