LIRR Train Derailment At Atlantic Terminal (Flatbush Avenue)
BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) -- A Long Island Rail Road train crashed Wednesday morning at Atlantic Terminal. There are initial reports of 12 to 18 minor injuries. Most of the injuries appear consistent...
View ArticleRemaking Kennedy Airport Is Governor’s Next Big Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/nyregion/kennedy-airport-renovation-cuomo.html Remaking Kennedy Airport Is Governor’s Next Big PlanBy PATRICK McGEEHANJAN. 4, 2017 Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in December...
View ArticleNew Fare Payment System
Hello, I know in April the MTA issued an RFP for a new fare payment system to replace the MetroCard. Has there been any updates since then? Has a bid been awarded? I am not finding much in the news...
View ArticleSuffolk County Transit orders 30 New Flyer Xcelsiors
Firm order for 10 XDE40 and 20 XDE35 for a total of 30 buses. Options for up to 43 more Xcelsior hybrids over the next 5 years. Suffolk County Awards New Flyer a Contract for up to 73 Xcelsior® Buses...
View ArticleFebrurary 5, 2017 Dutchess County Loop Service Enhancements
Starting Februrary 5, Dutchess County Loop will roll out a set of service enhancements. Route A: - NEW: Sunday Service (south of Galleria Mall only; for points north, transfer to H) - SUNDAY: Buses...
View ArticleShould There Be A Bx28 Ltd
I've Been Looking At The MTA Bus Destatition Codes And I Saw Something That's Says Bx28 Limited. Should The Bx28 Have Limited Service
View ArticleJFK and a one seat ride.
Don't know if you guys saw this. But what are your thoughts on these plans? http://library.rpa.org/pdf/RPA-Creating-a-One-Seat-Ride-to-JFK.pdf
View ArticleThe Official MTA Maryland Thread
I'dhad to oopen this thread feel free to comment on the busy busagency. Of Baltimore and suburban areas For starters i want to comment on a possible separation of MTA-MD 15 into two routes. ..15 from...
View ArticleIs Penn Station via the MNRR Hudson Line a Possibility Again?
For years, there has been talk off and on in Riverdale about the Hudson line running via the West Side to Penn Station via Amtrak's tracks. Yesterday morning while waiting for my MNRR train to GCT, I...
View ArticleHere’s why your commute sucked this morning
Here’s why your commute sucked this morning By Danielle Furfaro, Elizabeth Rosner and Natalie Musumeci January 9, 2017 | 11:37am | Updated It was a commuter nightmare in the Big Apple Monday...
View ArticleCar Hit by LIRR Train
http://pix11.com/2017/01/09/non-passenger-lirr-train-strikes-vehicle-in-brentwood-suspending-service/ BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — One person was killed after a Long Island Rail Road non-passenger train struck...
View ArticleNew LIRR station and more!
Governor Cuomo Proposes $120 Million to Enhance 16 LIRR Stations and Improve System Connectivity with MacArthur Airport and Brookhaven National Laboratory January 10th, 2017 Governor Andrew M....
View ArticleProposed Route switch between Q18 and 58
I would like to introduce you the suggestion to switch around with these two bus routes. Some times like around last years winter season, Q58 buses had taken almost two hours to get from Flushing, to...
View ArticleAn automated 42nd Street shuttle? There is a study for it as part of the...
Project: T7041412 Description: Study for 42nd Street Shuttle Category: Passenger Stations Element: Passenger Stations This project will conduct a study to develop the requirements for a fully...
View ArticleFuture SBS Routes dug up in a DOT document
Here is the download: https://www.dot.ny.gov/programs/stip/files/R11.xls That is the only way to see it. There are some more details than I have seen elsewhere. Here they are: BUSHWICK-DOWNTOWN...
View ArticleEssex County IBOA Ideas
These Are The Current Routes I Made: Bergen St/1st St IBOA Hoboken Term To Irvington Via Newport Mall Orange Main & Day Via I-280 To Port Authority Via Union City
View ArticleMAX bus fills in missing link
Max bus fills in major missing link Between Greenfield and Brattleboro for a flat cheap fare of just 5 dollars Thismissing. Link was a major problem but thanks to MAX bus Corp. This gap is history Now...
View ArticleMTA, Transit Workers Union Still In Negotiations After Contract Expires
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Tens of thousands of Metropolitan Transit Authority workers are in limbo this morning, after a contract between the transport workers union and the MTA expired at midnight....
View ArticleNew Bus Schedules 2017; Peak Hour bus service to 30th Street Philly
The expansion of Center City Philadelphia bus service west of City Hall was delayed due to getting approvals of bus stops until tomorrow. 414, 417, and the new 555 (off of the 551) will serve 30th...
View ArticlePennslyvania Ave Closure? 3/4
I heard a truck ran into the supports for the station shortly after it reopened...The App sez its closed tillfurther notice...what gives? Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app
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