Tag: MTA
A Brooklyn 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday night on charges of criminal mischief, arson and reckless endangerment for putting a metal sign on C Train tracks at Nostrand Avenue last Thursday morning. The train ran over the sign, causing a frightening explosion, as seen in the video above. This incident is apparently just one of many, […]
A Manhattan-bound 7 train in Queens was suspended for nearly two hours on Monday morning after a conductor noticed smoke rising along the track’s third rail. The train was traveling underground at the time, carrying 542 passengers. BREAKING; BIG problems in the #7 train, heading here now #queens @ABC7NY @JohncitoMoreno pic.twitter.com/f808tXPNCH — Kemberly Richardson (@kemrichardson7) […]
The MTA and NYPD will be fast-tracking new security measures on the city’s bridges, CBS reported Thursday, thanks to ANIMAL’s photos of the Triborough Bridge. Authorities have been on alert over illicit bridge-climbing since last summer, when some artists climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and swapped the American flag at the top for a white one, […]
After increasing fares this weekend, the MTA added insult to injury with a new report that shows trains delays have increased over the past year. DNAinfo analyzed the report and found that “about 20 percent of trains were late” in 2014, with medium and major delays increasing to 12.5 percent from 10 percent in 2013. […]
The newest round of MTA fare hikes go into effect this Sunday. A single ride will increase from $2.50 to $2.75, a weekly Metrocard from $30 to $31, and a monthly from $112 to $116.50 The fare hikes come at a terrible time for the MTA’s public image, with debilitating delays on the L train […]
The company that approves the ads you see on the MTA, CBS Outdoors, is okay with peddling 9/11 truther theories, hating Muslims, promoting impossible body standards and touting general sexiness, but it draws an arbitrary line at the suggestion of safe sex. The board has banned the ad, by Dumbo Moving + Storage, for being […]
It came as no surprise when straphangers trapped on the 7 train for hours took to Twitter to complain, rant, and even ask for help. But according to a new study from the Journal of American Planning Association, this scene is happening more than you might think. According to the study, the feeds of public […]
After a bus driver was arrested for hitting a teenage girl on Friday, the MTA bus drivers union are bracing themselves for more arrests under Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan. The driver, Francisco de Jesus, may previously have been slapped with a ticket for non criminal traffic violation. But critics blame Vision Zero for […]
Unlike Tom Hanks, who somehow inflated to the size of a small family while riding the NYC subway, known subway rider Keanu Reeves respects subway etiquette. In a video posted to Reddit, you can see him sitting on a Q train, probably contemplating what his character in John Wick would do to the twerp videotaping […]
The MTA is reportedly in at least $34 billion deep. That’s a pretty big number, but a new report by the Straphangers Campaign really puts it into perspective after finding that the MTA’s mountain of debt is higher than at least 30 countries. The New York Daily News reports: Syria’s national debt is pegged at […]
