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Prepare for Impact: With Billions Going into Infrastructure Modernization in the US, Will You Be Ready? By Arti LoftusMay 11, 2021
United for Infrastructure Week was kicked off yesterday with a message of hope from President Biden, who expressed the importance of this moment in American history. Infrastructure is about all of us, Biden said. We have a historic opportunity to make historic investments in our infrastructure. It will create millions of good-paying jobs. The American Jobs Plan will set us up to tackle climate change with American workers and American ingenuity, he continued. You know how much this matters, how much it will help our people and the difference it will make for our country well into the future, Biden said, promoting his plan, which includes $621 billion in updates to modernize roads, rails, ports, airports, mass transit, and highways, as well as $45 billion to eliminate all lead pipes.
Transit Workers Union Calls On MTA To Reverse Service Cuts On C, F Lines
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Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 are calling on the MTA to restore service cuts to the C and F lines that were put in place last spring. The MTA cut about one third of its rush hour trips on those lines at the start of the pandemic, as ridership plummeted below 95 percent.
The union says workers want those shifts back, and the reduction of service has resulted in increased crowding, particularly on the F train, as ridership has slowly returned.
“It’s physically more crowded, particularly on the F trains,” Eric Loegel Vice President of Rapid Transit Operations at the Transport Workers Union Local 100 told Gothamist/ WNYC. “So it’s not good for the public, and it’s not good for our members.”