Buses
Boy Hits Bus Driver With Glass Bottle
Unfortunately the safety of bus drivers has come into the spotlight again after a young thug threw a glass bottle at the driver of a Bx17 bus. Samantha Tata of Pix11 has more: A boy was caught on camera throwing a glass bottle through the door of an MTA bus, hitting the driver in his […]
M5 Bus Route To Be Split In Two
The M5 is the longest bus route in Manhattan. It also happens to be the worst in terms of chronic schedule failures mainly due to midtown traffic. MTA NYC Transit hopes to combat the issue by splitting the route in two. Dan Rivoli of the New York Daily News has more: The MTA wants to […]
Bus Driver Arrested For Crash Death
This past Tuesday, I wrote about Carol Bell, the elderly woman who was struck & killed by a NYC Transit bus in the early morning hours that was headed back to the East New York Depot. I opined that I was very curious about the investigation as I found it hard to believe the driver […]
NYC Transit Bus Kills Elderly Woman
In a sad piece of transit news, an elderly woman named Carol Bell was struck & killed by a bus this morning in Brooklyn as it headed back to the East New York Depot. Benjamin Mueller of the New York Times has more: A Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus hit a 70-year-old woman who was crossing […]
MTA May Reroute 25 Bus Routes
The MTA has announced that they might reroute 25 bus routes due to the visit to NYC by Pope Francis. Here are the details: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) plans to reroute portions of up to 25 bus routes – some of them in more than one location – during Pope Francis’ visit to New […]
