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…
Jul. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry
MTA Bridge and Tunnel officers, the NYPD and law enforcement partners impounded 55 vehicles from motorists crossing into Queens on the Whitestone Bridge on Monday, July 8, as a multi-agency crackdown continued unabated.
Jun. 30, 2024 By Janno Lieber This was supposed to be the week we turned on the congestion pricing system. As we all know, that’s no longer happening – at least for the moment. A few weeks ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a temporary pause on tolling, and last week the MTA Board acknowledged…
Jun. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry In response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision earlier this month to indefinitely pause congestion pricing, the MTA ordered contractors to halt ADA modernization projects at two Queens Long Island Rail Road stations in Forest Hills and Hollis. Amid these changes, Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato reassured her constituents that the…
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Jun. 17, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The MTA is expanding its automated camera enforcement program beyond those blocking bus lanes — bringing buses capable of issuing tickets to bear on scofflaw drivers slowing down New Yorkers’ commutes.