Dr. Glenn H. Schneider said he and a colleague, Paul S. Smith, would try to use the Steward Observatory in Tucson to measure about a half-hour of sunlight from the end of the transit as it reflects off the Moon.
"They (rescue personnel) took groups of 20 of us in a city asphalt truck from inside the library in Kashmere Gardens, and dropped us off at the transit center outdoors, even the handicapped, and elderly," he told me over the phone.
The B train that derailed Tuesday night in downtown Brooklyn, injuring 95 passengers, was traveling along a route it did not usually take and was crossing back to its own tracks when its third car jumped off the rails, transit officials said yesterday.
PlaNYC, the city's longterm development plan, has looked at ferry service as a way to ease pressure off the congested mass transit options and to reach out to underserved areas.
The crime was made worse by the fact that Willis was drinking outdoors in public -- in Union Square -- and first tried to pass off fake identification to the transit cop who questioned her.
The British admiralty sent him off to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus and search for new lands.
The authority has been grappling with yawning deficits caused by a heavy debt load and the slumping economy, which has choked off tax revenue that finances the transit system.
In July, the transit authority cut off Mr. Tuomey's benefits.
Do not tie the straps to guards on saddle bags or trunks as it is likely you will pull the guards off during transit.
For straphangers, the concentrated shutdowns would be the transit equivalent of ripping off a Band-Aid: a sharper but briefer weekday inconvenience in lieu of several weekends' worth of disruptions.
