The Department of Transportation is celebrating the completion of renovations to Third Avenue that are said to have made it a safer thoroughfare. The new design includes more wide bike lanes along the 40 blocks between East 59th Street and East 96th Street. “This ‘Complete Street’ is now complete 🎉 “Our major traffic safety project … Read more
As has been customary in recent years, this holiday season the city’s Transit Museum continues the annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides on R1/9 train cars from the 1930s. The train will depart the 2nd Avenue station on the F line in lower Manhattan beginning this Saturday, December 2. The so-called “Holiday Nostalgia Train” will … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams unveils a new plan to improve safety at thousands of intersections across the five boroughs, seeking to reduce the number of road deaths that continue to rise nationwide. Under the program, current efforts will be doubled, making improvements to at least two thousand intersections per year. Of those intersections, one thousand will … Read more
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“I walk to work and I get there before them,” Luis Pinales said of the MTA buses. According to an analysis by the AMNY newspaper, buses operated by the MTA, or the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, traversed the streets of the Big Apple at a snail’s pace during the first 10 months of the year at … Read more
The MTA says it is working overtime this holiday season so all travelers can reach their destinations. The agency encourages New Yorkers to use public transportation and will provide additional service in the morning for riders attending the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. There will be additional services to accommodate spectators on the Line 1 train … Read more
The Penn Station entrance here on 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue has a new face and this remodeling increases its entrance capacity by 50% and now, in addition, it will be fully accessible to everyone. Just before this week of travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, Penn Station reopens its entrance on Seventh Avenue, now completely … Read more
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New Street Bridge, the bridge that for more than 120 years has connected industrial areas between Maspeth, Queens and East Williamsburg, Brooklyn has temporarily restricted passage to MTA buses and other heavy vehicles as the DOT prepares for a complete closure this weekend to make critical repairs to the structure. This unexpected closure will affect … Read more
Two cyclists are hit by a car in Brooklyn. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Halsey Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area. According to police, a 20-year-old woman was driving a BMW when she hit a 19-year-old cyclist and a 32-year-old man. Both were taken to Kings County Hospital. The 19-year-old suffered a head injury … Read more
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Mayor Adams’ administration kicked off its annual “Dusk and Darkness” public safety campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists during autumn and winter nights, since this is the time of year when traffic deaths increase. “Today we are here wholeheartedly calling on drivers during this period, when … Read more
With her hurried pace, MarĂa Jacobo doesn’t waste a second to get to work on time, but she says that sometimes the sheets stick to her and she arrives late. MarĂa Jacobo, East Harlem resident says: “One arrives late because, one wakes up in the morning the more one falls asleep and wants to take … Read more