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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled a 20-year needs assessment, including a list of initiatives to address New York City’s aging transit system. The upgrade intends to ...
93–102. Injured. ~250. Wrecked car with wood splinters and glass shards. The Malbone Street wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line accident, was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred on November 1, 1918, on the New York City Subway 's BMT Brighton Line (now part of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line) in the Flatbush neighborhood of ...
An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. The 19th century brought changes to the ...
A B60 bus approaching Williamsburg Bridge Plaza. The Wilson Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running along Wilson Avenue and Rockaway Avenue between Williamsburg and Canarsie. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B60 bus route, operated by MTA New York City Bus .
City and state officials are dispatching 500 cops to combat fare evasion and other safety issues in the public transit system. The hybrid squad of 300 officers from the MTA and 200 from the NYPD ...
G.W. Bridge-bound Bx36 in Washington Heights. The Bx36 replaced 180th Street Crosstown Line streetcars on October 25, 1947. Its original south-eastern terminus was at Bruckner Boulevard-Zerega Avenue via Cross Bronx Expressway, running all times except nights until February 1984. On February 14, 1965, every other bus on the route was extended ...
The Grand Street Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, running mostly along the continuous Grand Street and Grand Avenue between Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Maspeth, Queens. It then continues down Queens Boulevard to the 63rd Drive–Rego Park station. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the Q59 bus route ...
NEW YORK CITY — The MTA's new fare hike came three weeks early for some subway and bus passengers. Some riders who used the OMNY contactless payment system Monday morning were charged $2.90 ...