The parolee with a loaded machine pistol shot dead by MTA police in Queens in December spoke calmly to the officers before screaming “What did I do?” as cops wrestled him to the ground trying to handcuff him, recently released body-worn camera footage shows. “I didn’t do nothing! What did I do?” Bashe McDaniel, 52, […]
The NYPD released surveillance footage Sunday of the suspect wanted for stabbing an MTA bus driver in the neck with a bottle in Brooklyn. The attacker got into a quarrel with the 60-year-old driver operating a B99 bus near Pitkin and Alabama Aves. in East New York about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, cops said. https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bus-attack.mp4 The […]
NEW YORK – A feud between a company that runs the credit card readers for taxi meters and the MTA has the New York Taxi Workers Alliance fed up again with congestion pricing. “This is just ridiculous. Like, we need adults in this playground,” said Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director Of The NYTWA. Curb, one of […]
The state has acceded to public demand to retain all 36 of its commuter bus routes but at reduced frequencies, the Maryland Department of Transportation and Maryland Transit Administration said in a news release Wednesday. In February the department said it would cut eight routes and reduce service on 26 more, including 10 in the […]
The MTA, facing a backlash over state-backed discounts for New York City commuters, has come up with a plan to appease Lower Hudson Valley residents who need to cross the Hudson River to catch trains into New York City. For the first time, Metro-North Railroad will offer weekend service on the Haverstraw-Ossining ferry, which links […]
Maryland Transit Administration is offering free trips for commuters on Monday to celebrate Earth Day. For Free Transit Day, people can travel by bus, light rail, metro subway, MARC train and commuter bus without paying a fare. Mobility will also be free.Travelers can use the Transit app to plan their trip ahead of time. “Earth […]
An MTA bus driver was attacked in Manhattan on Saturday by a knife-wielding passenger who wanted him to step on the gas, police said. The driver, 58, was steering his M15 bus south near Madison and Catherine Sts. in Two Bridges when passenger Rashon Eagle, 43, got fed up that the trip to South Ferry […]
The MTA’s faregate experiment at the Sutphin Blvd.-Archer Ave.-JFK subway station is showing results — a 20% reduction in fare evasion, say MTA officials, who attribute the improvement mainly to the removal of an emergency gate through which fare evaders often entered the Queens train stop. The new gates, installed in December, replaced one bank […]
A shooting involving MTA police critically wounded an armed criminal suspect in downtown Jamaica, Queens on Friday night, said reports. The incident was reported around 10:30 p.m. on Sutphin Blvd. near 91st Ave., steps from Jamaica Station and Long Island Rail Road headquarters. Pictures from a Daily News photographer showed what appeared to be a […]
In a sign of New York City’s economic health, MTA bridges and tunnels saw record traffic in 2023 despite a 6% increase in EZ Pass toll rates. Some 335 million vehicles paid tolls in 2023 on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, the Triborough Bridge, which link to Queens and the Bronx, and other […]
MTA bosses are taking online comments about plans to toll vehicles in Manhattan from 60th St. through Midtown south to the Battery. The base toll for passenger cars will be $15. Trucks and buses will pay more, and discounts will apply to motorists who arrive in the city via toll tunnels or bridges. Discounts will […]
The MTA has officially announced the public hearing dates for the approved Manhattan congestion pricing toll. The first hearing will take place at the end of February. There will be four public hearings where people can express their comments and concerns. All four meetings will be hybrid (virtual and in-person). The hearings will take place […]