Transportation

Mar
26
Public Transit Updates: MetroCards at Vending Machines Only, Free Buses, No Shared Access – A – Ride,more

Public Transit Updates: MetroCards at Vending Machines Only, Free Buses, No Shared Access – A – Ride,more

The kiosk and vending machines at Kingston-Throop Station on the C Line. Curtis Brodner/BklynerThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced
2 min read
Mar
23
City Looks At Opening Streets to Pedestrians

City Looks At Opening Streets to Pedestrians

Park Slope. Liena Zagare/BklynerBrooklyn enjoyed the kind of weather [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] Friday, March
3 min read
Mar
20
Dollar Vans Are Still Operating, Serving The Underserved

Dollar Vans Are Still Operating, Serving The Underserved

A Dollar Van near the Barclays Center. Curtis Brodner/BklynerMayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order [https://www.nydailynews.
3 min read
Mar
12
Planned to Take Citi Bike To Work? You Are Not Alone, And It Is A Problem

Planned to Take Citi Bike To Work? You Are Not Alone, And It Is A Problem

Photo: Compliments of the city’s website.If you’ve taken Citi Bike into Manhattan this week, you may have
3 min read
Mar
02
Verrazzano Bridge Will Widen Brooklyn Approach to Ease Congestion

Verrazzano Bridge Will Widen Brooklyn Approach to Ease Congestion

Verrazzano Bridge. Liena Zagare/Bklyner.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced yesterday the start of construction to improve traffic flow
3 min read
Feb
28
Sorry, Robert Moses – City Wants to Cover Parts of BQE With a Park

Sorry, Robert Moses – City Wants to Cover Parts of BQE With a Park

BIG’s rendering of the capped highway with expanded park, via The Future of The BQE Report [http://council.nyc.
6 min read
Feb
26
Person Strolling on Subway Tracks Suspends Service and Causes Delays on B, Q, and S Trains

Person Strolling on Subway Tracks Suspends Service and Causes Delays on B, Q, and S Trains

This morning, an unauthorized person walking on the MTA train tracks near the Prospect Park stop suspended S and B
2 min read
Feb
19
B46 Route Camera Enforcement Starts Tomorrow, Fines For Real In 60 Days

B46 Route Camera Enforcement Starts Tomorrow, Fines For Real In 60 Days

B46 Route 2020 via MTAOn the heels of launching bus-mounted camera enforcement along B44 last year, MTA announced today that
2 min read
Feb
13
Utica Ave. Subway Extension Dream Gets a Brooklyn Boost

Utica Ave. Subway Extension Dream Gets a Brooklyn Boost

An SBS express bus at Utica Avenue and Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, on Jan. 29. 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE
3 min read
Feb
11
Reckless Driver Accountability Act Passes Council 41-5

Reckless Driver Accountability Act Passes Council 41-5

Mayor de Blasio speaks with protesters, including organizer Doug Gordon, Families for Safe Streets activist Amy Cohen, and Transportation Alternatives
2 min read