But power outages and highway closures paralyzed the city as its transit network was shut down.

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Amtrak extended its suspension of train service between New York and Boston through Saturday night, and the Boston area's transit network remained shut down for the day on Saturday.

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The MTA operates New York City's subway and bus system as well as an extensive regional transit network stretching into the suburbs, including the Metro-North and Long Island Rail Roads and the Staten Island Railway.

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The delay has also meant double duty for Mr. Prendergast, who was still serving as president of the MTA's New York City Transit division, which oversees the vast network of subways and buses, while also serving as interim executive director.

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Both Network Rail and Tramlink Nottingham, which runs Nottingham Express Transit (NET), said they were working with police to help with the investigation.

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Such a gap, she argued, poses a problem for the very system the city has pledged to provide: a hop-on, hop-off network to shorten walking commutes and connect neighborhoods poorly served by mass transit.

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Not only has Baku nailed an 80% stake in TANAP to put Turkey in its marginal (20%) transit place, President Aliyev stuck to his guns to insist that any prospective network remained under majority Azeri control.

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