Transit

Day one: ABC7 says ramp removal and the West 39th Street bus bypass are underway. Riders should allow extra time; the morning exclusive bus lane is not affected.

A 55-year-old U.S. Coastal Service vessel hauled a refrigerated produce pallet down the East River. Partners say weekly service is next; the city still wants a larger Red Hook–Hunts Point barge link by 2030.

After a pilot the MTA says cut fare evasion by 35%, every fare array will be replaced at stations including 14 St-Union Sq, 161 St-Yankee Stadium and Flushing-Main St. Prep work starts this month.

Thousands lined Fifth Avenue for the 82nd parade Monday. Gov. Hochul and AG Letitia James marched; Bruce Blakeman called the mayor's absence a disgrace.

The two-day pop-up next to the Bay 50th Street station sold retired station signs, orange and yellow subway seats and MetroCard gear. Some fans lined up the night before.

From Oct. 11 to Nov. 14, weekday Midtown Direct trains end at Hoboken instead of Penn Station, and most lines run fewer trains while the last track moves to the new Portal North Bridge.

MTA police say one of four people getting off an eastbound Montauk Branch train fired at riders getting on around 2:25 a.m. Friday. A 40-year-old man was hit in the shoulder.

Janno Lieber fired back after Amtrak's Penn Station lead wrote that the MTA is blocking the rebuild. The fight is over plans, a lease and who gets a say.

DOT's plan begins west of Broadway and on Grand Street, with wider walking space, new crossings and a two-way bike connection. The busier eastern end waits until 2027.

The agency wants to know whether tunnel-boring machines already digging Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 should keep going west under 125th Street.

At a New York Law School breakfast, Commissioner Mike Flynn said more meters and dynamic curb pricing are under study by DOT's new curb office.