Transit

A $5 million to $10 million pilot would test a train-mounted system that alerts operators to people, objects and hazards ahead. Bids are due Dec. 9.

Track, signal and electrical work reroutes or cuts back a dozen lines through 5 a.m. Monday. Here are the changes, the shuttle buses and how to get around them.

A router installed during routine work at a remote FAA site flooded the air traffic network, the transportation secretary said. Gov. Hochul has called on him to resign.

Greenpoint's main truck route now has one car lane each way, parking-protected bike lanes and shorter crossings, years after the plan was scaled back under Mayor Adams.

A Community Service Society survey finds fare trouble is worst in the Bronx and among freelancers, and reaches above the poverty line. Fair Fares opens to more riders on Nov. 30.

Riders Alliance, Transportation Alternatives and the MTA's rider council say the 'Build America 250' bill would be disastrous for New York, and want a stopgap extension next month that protects MTA funding.

The MTA finished work at Beach 60 St, Beach 36 St and Beach 25 St on the Far Rockaway branch, using planned outages for resiliency projects nearby to repaint 75,000 square feet and repair platforms, drains and lighting.

The New York Transit Museum's Art Deco R1/9 train runs between Lower Manhattan and the Upper East Side on five Sundays, for the price of a regular subway fare.

MTA chief Janno Lieber credits Free with 96% on-time performance and ridership above pre-pandemic levels. The MTA will run a national search for the railroad's next president.

The theater under Madison Square Garden would become a glassy Eighth Avenue entrance. MSG's finance chief told investors the sale proceeds would likely go into another venue, and public money would probably pay for the purchase.

A Nov. 5 policy brief warns that a surface-bill extension without advance appropriations would cut FY2027 formula funding by more than 10%, and that tariffs could add about $1 billion to new train and bus costs.

From 12:30 a.m. Saturday through 5 a.m. Nov. 16, no A trains run between Rockaway Blvd and Ozone Park–Lefferts Blvd. Free shuttles replace service; Lefferts trains go to Howard Beach–JFK instead.

Proposition 3, one of five Mamdani-backed Charter amendments that passed Nov. 3, shortens approvals for major street-safety projects and closes procedural loopholes that opponents used to stall them in court.

Steady rain hangs on Friday, then a cooler sunny weekend. Street cleaning is suspended Sunday for Diwali and again Wednesday for Veterans Day; DOT lists dozens of crane and construction closures, plus a Saturday veterans parade in Brooklyn.

Crews began work Thursday on 2.7 miles of bus and protected bike lanes from Downtown Brooklyn through Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy and Bushwick. The B38 carries about 18,000 riders a day.