Police: Woman Attacks Subway Conductor In Brooklyn
It happened at around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 at the Van Siclen subway station.
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It happened at around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 at the Van Siclen subway station.
If you lose something on a Long Island Rail Road train, you may have better luck finding it now.
The 56-year-old man was driving a Q56 bus around noon Wednesday near the corner of the Van Wyck Expressway and 101st Avenue.
It's a modern day marvel of construction tech – called a Self-Propelled Modular Trailer or SPMT - and it's pivotal in keeping the LIRR expansion project riding along at the right pace.
There is some good news for commuters. Your daily subway ride may soon be faster.
The recording devices, which were installed on more than 50 buses, will capture the license plates.
It's part of the plan to reduce traffic and increase bus speeds in the city.
This to be coupled with more cops and more city shelter beds. CBS2's Marcia Kramer challenged the beleaguered agency on the plan – which seems very familiar to the city's old plan.
The contract battle between transit workers and the agency is getting bitter.
The avenue has long been synonymous with fashion and advertising. There are plenty of high-end shops with window displays designed to entice consumers. Those views may soon change.
Benjamin Schaefer has been working as a subway conductor for the MTA for 22 years.
The plan calls for $51.5 billion to fix the subways, buses, Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road over the next five years.
Quality of life crimes include littering, urinating, smoking, panhandling and fare evasion.
Highlights of the plan include signal modernization, increased station accessibility and new subway cars.
Two wheels of a Manhattan-bound F train jumped the tracks just before 8 p.m. Saturday between Parsons and Sutphin boulevards.
MTA Communications Director Tim Minton says two wheels on the first car of the train came off the tracks near the Sutphin Boulevard Station just before 8 p.m.
The MTA has announced plans to make dozens of subway stations accessible to disabled riders.
The MTA is hiring 500 new transit police officers.
Authorities said the BM1 bus was driving through a green light around 11:30 p.m. Thusday at the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Avenue J in Midwood when it was hit.
There have already been 1,623 complaints through August of this year.
The MTA says thanks to alternate service options, 88 percent of weekly riders have reportedly been unaffected by the construction.
Tony Burnett, 28, is accused of pulling a loaded .38 caliber revolver on a bus driver he claims failed to pick him up at a stop.
The attack happened around 7:20 a.m. on August 10 as a southbound D train pulled into the DeKalb Avenue subway station.
Dangerous pieces of debris once again rained down onto Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. A chunk of metal plunged off the elevated 7 line and gave locals a scare.
Can the agency spend the $1 billion a year from congesting pricing without wasting it?
