Sep. 16, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki The MTA started handing out warnings to drivers on Monday along 10 bus routes with Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE), which is designed to combat illegal parking or blocking of bus stops. The 60-day warning period began on Sept. 16 on the Bx28, Bx35, Bx38, B35, B41, B42, M101,…
The MTA started handing out warnings to drivers on Monday along 10 bus routes with Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE), which is designed to combat illegal parking or blocking of bus stops. The 60-day warning period began on Sept. 16 on the Bx28, Bx35, Bx38, B35, B41, B42, M101, Q43, S46, and S79-SBS. Buses on…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The G train is finally back to full service following a painful summer shutdown. The Crosstown Line returned to its full route between Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn at 5 a.m. on Sept. 3. The line had been shuttered in…
Aug. 29, 2024 By Athena Dawson The fare-free program for a busy Queens bus line is ending this week. On Saturday, Aug. 31, the fare-free bus pilot program for the Q4 will end, with fare collection resuming on Sept. 1. The Q4 bus service runs between Linden Boulevard and 235th Street in Cambria Heights…
Aug. 8, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The northern part of the G line is set to reopen next week, with the MTA’s major re-signaling work moving southward on the subway route until September. G service is set to return between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues on Monday, Aug. 12, ending more than a month…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Anthony Medina Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. has called the attack on an MTA Q53 bus rider in Woodhaven last month a senseless act of violence and is urging commuters to practice caution on public transportation. Police say a 37-year-old man riding the Q53 bus on Sunday, July 7 suffered…
Jul. 31, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA could face hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs each year to run the transit system stemming from the pause on congestion pricing, putting significant pressure on the budget of an agency already struggling under huge levels of fare evasion. After projecting years of balanced…
Jul. 31, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Cops in Queens are looking for the slasher who attacked an MTA worker at a subway station early on Wednesday morning, it was reported. Law enforcement sources said the bloody assault occurred at the Jamaica-179th Street station on the F line at about 3:50 a.m. on July 31.…
Jul. 26, 2024 By Athena Dawson Dozens of Queens commuters and local government officials packed Queens Borough Hall’s Helen Marshall Cultural Center in Kew Gardens on Wednesday, July 24, for a public hearing on the MTA’s Queens Bus Network Redesign. More than 150 speakers signed up to speak in person and via Zoom during…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Subway riders have faced repeated days of dreadful commuting amidst an oppressive heat wave this week, hearkening back to the infamous 2017 Summer of Hell. On Tuesday, a switch problem at 135th Street caused major delays to the A, B, C, and D lines, forcing the MTA to…