NYC Installing Benches Across 5 Boroughs
The Department of Transportation has launched the CityBench program, and plans to 1,000 benches across the five boroughs over the course of three years.
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The Department of Transportation has launched the CityBench program, and plans to 1,000 benches across the five boroughs over the course of three years.
Transportation For America has released a report reviewing the state of our nation's bridges, and its findings about the bridges in our area are sure to raise eyebrows.
It's called the Maspeth Bypass but some locals are calling the traffic scheme the "Maspeth Mess."
A misdemeanor charge will be dropped against a driver for a discount bus service whose bus crashed on Interstate 95, killing four people and injuring others, a prosecutor said Friday.
NYC's Public Advocate says the DEP and DOT need a more streamlined process when it comes to repairing street damage.
Crews are still working to repair damage from a water main break on the Henry Hudson Parkway on Sunday morning.
Time's up for parking meters in New York City. Department of Transportation workers will remove the last single space parking meter in Manhattan today.
According to the DOT, drivers can buy time from a meter on any street in the city and use remaining time on another street. But Assemblyman William Colton says parking enforcement officials are not honoring that policy.
How would you like to feed the meter without going outside?
The DOT sends teams to 50 locations around the city twice a year to gauge pedestrian volume, and they said the city's sidewalks have become more crowded this year than at any time in the part five years.
The Department of Transportation has installed pedestrian countdown signals at 49 intersections along a 4.5-mile stretch of the Grand Concourse.
Starting Monday, the cost to park in the muni-metered lot at the St. George ferry terminal will increase to $8. The current rate is $5.50.
The crosswalk, located on 71st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam, has been the site of 34 accidents within the last year, according to Scott Stringer.
Business owners are complaining that a stream of buses are crowding Midtown streets scaring away customers and creating a dangerous scenario for pedestrians.
There's more bike bedlam in New York City, as the Department of Transportation starts installing new bike lanes in heavy traffic areas on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan.
The Department of Transportation is looking for a contractor to set up new sidewalk signs around key neighborhoods providing directions and walking times to nearby landmarks, transit stops, restaurants and businesses.
Many New Jersey residents often find themselves wondering why construction projects take so long in the Garden State.
The North Carolina-based bus company involved in Tuesday's deadly crash has been shutdown indefinitely by the US Department of Transportation as local lawmakers call for better regulation.
The Borough Park traffic islands that CBS 2 first told you about six months ago, the ones that caused such chaos, are apparently going to be removed.
The Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with people packing up the car and heading out of town. But many of us are in for a rough ride; not because of traffic -- but potholes.
Errol Wilson, a 59-year-old father of two, died late Monday following the accident on the Cross Island Parkway near Northern Boulevard in Queens.
There was a demand Monday for a redesign of a dangerous hair-pin curve ramp off the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, the scene of deadly traffic trouble, including three accidents in two months.
After Saturday morning's accident on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, local officials have had enough.
A car crashed into a row of stores at the foot of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge on Saturday, marking the third time it's happened in the last few months.
The Department of Transportation is trying something new to slow drivers down. Electronic signs are popping up throughout the city as part of a scare tactic to get drivers to stop speeding.
