Ellyn Shannon

Commenting on Transit and Current events

[Norman Brown @NormanB39802821]

@ZachReports @madinatoure Didn’t Bloomberg beat these guys out of their pensions back in the Good Old Days? Nothing replaces pensions as a retention tool. Otherwise, they just wait for the next better offer and fly. Then you have operator shortages and training expense.

[LIRR @LIRR]

The Main Line is now fully separated from vehicular traffic from Penn to Hicksville! 

Today MTA Acting Chairman & CEO Janno Lieber and LIRR Pres Phil Eng reopened Mineola's Willis Avenue to vehicular traffic via a newly built underpass, which is now separated from the tracks.

[Pete Donohue @pdonohue1964]

It takes a @TWULocal100 team with Conductors like O’Neil and Train Operator Francis! OPTO? Hell no. @TwuSamuelsen @CentralLaborNYC @NYSAFLCIO @NYCTSubway @ericadamsfornyc

[Ellyn Shannon @EllynEshannon]

@transitmap I love that you are doing this! And I hope I win!!💃😃

[Ellyn Shannon @EllynEshannon]

@njdotcom Thank you Governor Murphy. Now can parents of high school students find out what percentage of students in their school are vaccinated please? That data would be helpful. No names just data. Please make that policy action next up before school starts. @GovMurphy

[Jose Martinez @JMartinezNYC]

“I hope that, going forward, the MTA will be given the leeway it needs to deliver New Yorkers the modern, fully accessible transit system that Fast Forward promised,” Andy Byford told @THECITYNY. “And that can now definitely become a reality”.

[Norman Brown @NormanB39802821]

This is where the “rubber meets the road” on Transportation Policy. VMT is the fulcrum of the Urban/Suburban/Exurban/Rural schism regarding Transportation Policy.

[Sam Raskin @samraskinz]

Every time one of those Moynihan Train Hall tweets goes viral or Cuomo’s well-documented bullying behavior is in the news, I can’t help but think of Michael Evans https://t.co/kN0nT4PV5M

[Ellyn Shannon @EllynEshannon]

@GovMurphy Thank you Governor Murphy!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[TWU Local 100 @TWULocal100]

Union mourns Bus Operator Michael Creary, 45, of COVID-19http://www.twulocal100.org/story/gleason-depot-mourns-bus-operator-michael-creary-45-covid-19 @CentralLaborNYC @NYSAFLCIO @AFLCIO @TTDAFLCIO #EssentialWorkers #RIP Brother

[PCAC to the MTA (🦋@pcac.org) @PCACriders]

Today we honor our dear departed friend and disability advocate, Edith Prentiss. Station elevator dedication in her memory at the 175th Street A train station in Manhattan. “Find your inner Edith” - Victor Calise, MTA Board Member. @MTA

[ken lovett @klnynews]

.⁦@MTA⁩’s Janno Lieber on ⁦@InsideCityHall⁩ why NYS Senate should confirm ⁦@FeinbergSarah⁩ and himself: I will be the CEO running, day to day, and I would love to serve with Sarah Feinberg, an extraordinarily qualified, history making woman as MTA Chair.

[Ellyn Shannon @EllynEshannon]

@nicolegelinas @SubwayTidbits Nicole- You are always a great word economist.

[NYCT Subway @NYCTSubway]

The subway cars of the future are under this cover 🔍

We just took delivery of our newest, most advanced cars: the R211.

Stay tuned for a closer look 👀

[David Freedlander @freedlander]

So here’s a fun fact: thanks to this article I wrote for @NYMag I have been kicked out of the Eric Adams election night party https://t.co/Ufy0416QAv

[John Samuelsen @TwuSamuelsen]

.@mta is dangerously courting disaster by seeking privatization of Eastside Access or any element of railroad-subway operation/maintenance.The reality is that private entities will always pursue profit 💰💰💰instead of focusing on state of good repair and service reliability.

[Ellyn Shannon @EllynEshannon]

@JasonBXNY0619 Happy Birthday Jason!!

[sam @samwise81]

@A320Lga No exaggeration whatsoever but you might be the most skilled R dataviz user I've ever seen in my life