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Mayor’s Office Responds To Flooding Danger Of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Route

Courtesy of the Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorMayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have been engaged in building significant momentum behind the planning and construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar (BQX), which would link Sunset Park’s burgeoning economic hub [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] with northern Brooklyn, terminating at Astoria,

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New Button On MetroCard Machines Lets You Buy Rides With No Change Left Over

MetroCard vending machines now offer a $27.25 option, leaving you with exactly 11 rides and no change left over.Hallelujah! Bundled in the new fare increases [/blog/transportation/fare-hikes-coming-our-way-on-sunday] was a small change to MTA vending card machines that actually helps commuters – not adds to their misery [/blog/transportation/

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Get Ready To Shell Out More For Your Commute: Fare Hikes Headed Our Way In March

Photo via Ged Carroll [https://www.flickr.com/photos/renaissancechambara/3784189381/in/photolist-dibEGD-7LLc2S-j4H3rn-j4H3qv-j4H3rT-j4KJ4N-5HnNGx-EgqFM-48Gaum-j4FAeX-iHxKY-jSKbAz-biPyLr-BnqT8-4bcPQg-b8oXBn-4B1KC6-6W94xn-6LoXEv-6dg6gp-cMBuM5-dCQBg6-5Rb5eJ-5oXQd2-mXufS-6Edrh6-W6ZBK-Jdw3-9GZ377-p171ba-4UUrgs-Y8JoP-9j9uoF-5Hs88f-Yf333-W6ZSD-48AwHP-hrGv-Yf3s1-4YDLsc-4YJ3rL-4YDLfc-4YDKMV-4YJ2Md-4YJ3NG-4YJ3Es-c2t6M3-bqod4n-24R7Zh-dCpTzp/] Commuting anywhere in this city is about to get a little pricier

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MetroCard Machines Won’t Accept Credit Cards For Several Hours Overnight

Heads up to anyone who might be riding the subway late tonight with a MetroCard that’s low on funds — you better have some cash on you, just in case. All MetroCard vending machines will experience an outage [http://web.mta.info/metrocard/MetroCardVendinMachinesOutageoctober25_2014.html] because of a system

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Ready To Say Goodbye To Your MetroCard?

Don’t worry if the answer is no, because you’ve still got at least five years to get used to the idea. This week is the MetroCard’s 20th birthday [http://new.mta.info/news-subway-bus-new-york-city-transit-metrocard/2014/01/06/mtas-metrocard-turns-20] , but MTA [http://new.mta.info/] spokesman Kevin Ortiz told

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MetroCard Bus Comes To Abbate’s Community Office Tomorrow Afternoon

MTA MetroCard Bus. Photo by Trevor Logan, Jr. Source: TransitTalk / Transportation Media GroupAssemblyman Peter Abbate. Photo by Erica Sherman Assemblyman Peter Abbate will be bringing the MTA MetroCard Bus to his Community Office, 6605 Fort Hamilton Parkway, tomorrow, October 29 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Now Is The Time For The MTA To Investigate Alternate Fare Structures

Source: Brendan Ross / FlickrTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: This past week the MTA unveiled a series of progressive initiatives, including additional restorations of service that were cut in June 2010. Prior to those service reductions, the media paid little attention to them. The headlines mainly revolved around the MTA’s plan

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How Should The MTA Plan Changes To Its Bus Routes?

A vintage Brooklyn bus map. Source: Enframe PhotographyTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: There are two schools of thought on this. One is that changes should be made incrementally as the need arises. That is known as ad-hoc planning. The other is that changes should be made using a comprehensive approach by

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Transit Fares And Tolls Now Cost More

Be prepared to start adding more money to your MetroCard. Source: itp.nyu.edu THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Subway, bus, and railroad fares, as well as tolls for bridges and tunnels operated by the MTA, are all higher. The new subway and bus fare went into effect yesterday while the

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Councilman Recchia Wants MTA Toll Hike Delayed Until Southern Brooklyn Rebuilds

Source: Johnny S.via Wikimedia CommonsAfter the Metropolitan Transit Authority voted to increase the public transit fees and the toll on the Narrows Bridge, Councilman Domenic Recchia is asking officials to delay the hike. The start date of the new rates is March and Recchia is asking to hold it

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What Will The New Subway Fare Be?

Source: paulmmay / FlickrTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Most likely $2.50. But the real question is: What will happen to the bonuses and unlimited passes? Those discounts have been decreasing with each fare increase and the MTA is now proposing to eliminate the modest seven percent bonus when paying for at

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Reminder: Unlimiteds Now Refillable

Morning Q by Emma AssinIt’s nearing the end of the month, the time when sensible people (myself not included) know that their 30-day Unlimited Metrocards might be expiring. When you go to get your new 7- or 30-day card, just remember that, as of February 1 [http://www.mta.

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MetroCard Bus Today!

I know this is last minute, but we’ve just received the following press release from Assemblyman Peter Abate: ASSEMBLYMAN PETER ABBATE TO BRING MTA METROCARD BUS TODAY JUNE 30, 2011 Building on the success of recent MetroCard Bus visits, Assemblyman Peter J. Abbate is announcing the program’s return

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Metrobus to Stop At Assemblyman Cymbrowitz’ Office

The Metrobus will visit Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’ community office, 1800 Sheepshead Bay Road (between Emmons Avenue and Shore Parkway), on Thursday, October 29. The all-in-one stop for Metrocard issues will be there from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The bus is equipped to handle all MetroCard transactions including applying