Word: conrail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greatest triumph was his decisive handling of the air-traffic controllers' strike. When negotiations failed, the Federal Aviation Administration, which he oversees, managed to keep air traffic moving. Less visibly, Lewis has worked to get the Government out of the railway business and eventually divest itself of the Conrail freight line in the Northeast. He is also working to cut back federal subsidies for Amtrak passenger trains and for local transit systems. Many may strongly oppose his programs, but almost all who have dealt with him admire his effectiveness and his attention to political sensitivities. A possible candidate...
...largest in the nation with 5 million daily passengers. With an operating deficit of $500 million for this fiscal year, the state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) two weeks ago upped subway and bus fares from 60? to 75? and raised the prices of commuter tickets on Conrail and the Long Island Railroad by an average of 25%. The MTA also threatened to hike fares to $1 by mid-July unless the state legislature covered an estimated shortfall of $331 million The legislature finally approved a Band-Aid package of new taxes last week, including...
...Philadelphia, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) raised fares on the city's bus, trolley and subway lines from 65? to 70? last week-the third hike since 1978, when a ride cost 45?. If that were not bad enough, Conrail is threatening to shut down its commuter lines around Philadelphia, which carry 65,000 people on weekdays, unless SEPTA increases its annual subsidy from $93 million to $99 million. SEPTA Chairman David Girard-diCarlo insists that his agency is broke and may seek a court order to keep Conrail behind the throttle. If he fails, SEPTA may have...
...morning two weeks ago, some New York City commuters living north of Manhattan awoke to a radio traffic bulletin even more dismal than usual. Because of a turbine breakdown at a Conrail power station, their trains into the city would be half an hour behind schedule. Fearing that the delays could be much longer, thousands of travelers took to their cars. But just as rush hour reached its bumper-to-bumper peak, a 4-sq.-ft. section of cement roadbed in the southbound lane of Manhattan's elevated West Side highway suddenly collapsed and tumbled to the ground below...
...bumper procession of cars, sometimes ten miles long, inched into the city while subways, buses and trolleys stood idle, sidelined by a strike of 5,000 transit workers, the fourth such in six years. Thousands of commuters from the city's outskirts tried to get downtown via Conrail, but that overtaxed railroad line had to leave hundreds stranded on platforms. Some of the 400,000 Philadelphians who rely on public transit took to bicycles to get to work. The strike, sparked by union protests over the hiring of part-time help and a decision to require maintenance workers...