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TRAVEL ADVISORY: Weekend Closures on the Westbound Long Island Expressway and the Southbound Meadowbrook State Parkway in Nassau County

The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists of the following upcoming full closures to facilitate two projects in Nassau County:. Westbound Long Island Expressway will be closed between Exit 43A (Robbins Lane) and Exit 42 (Northern State Parkway) in the Town of Oyster Bay beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, November 6, until 5 a.m. on Monday, November 9, to facilitate bridge deck maintenance. Robbins Lane will also be closed in both directions between the North Service Road and South Service Road. Motorists will be detoured onto the North Service Road for approximately two miles to access the LIE. Passenger vehicles are advised to use the westbound Northern State Parkway as an alternative route. Commercial traffic is advised to use Exit 44N for the northbound Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (State Route 135) to Exit 14W towards westbound Jericho Turnpike (State Route 25) for approximately four miles for access to the westbound LIE.

Nassau County, NY · 2d
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News 12

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Early morning tractor-trailer rollover closes I-80 westbound lanes in Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park, NJ · 11h

Secret NYC

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In 1930, these iconic subway cars were built to transport New Yorkers across the five boroughs; 96 years later, New Yorkers can hop aboard the beloved vintage trains and head on a magically nostalgic journey through NYC

Halloween is officially in the rearview mirror , which means our favorite city is now ready to shift into full festive mode! And New York has its own time-honored December magic: rolling back the clock nearly a century aboard the city’s beloved vintage subway cars. Whether you want to channel your inner 1930s commuter or take in the subway’s mid-century aesthetic, here is everything you need to know about stepping aboard NYC’s most iconic tracks this season. The Ultimate NYC Winter Tradition: Holiday Nostalgia Rides Every December , the New York Transit Museum pulls its legendary vintage fleet out of the yard and places it right back onto regular subway tracks for its annual Holiday Nostalgia Rides. Stepping into these carriages is a cinematic experience: Vintage interiors: Rattan woven seats, ceiling ceiling fans, incandescent light bulbs, and genuine leather hanging straps. Period adverts: Authentic, retro posters lining the walls advertising long-forgotten department stores, shoe polishes, and 1930s Broadway shows. Period-dress straphangers: Riders often lean into the charm, dressing up in sharp fedoras, cloche hats, zoot suits, and flapper coats, accompanied by impromptu swing dancing on the platform. Best of all, these holiday rides are famously accessible—operating at normal subway fares

New York, NY · 3d
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MTA suspends NYC bus fare inspectors as questions grow over passenger safety

New York City bus riders may notice fewer fare checks following an unexpected decision by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The agency temporarily removed its EAGLE inspection teams from service on October 22, 2026, after two confrontations raised concerns about passenger safety and enforcement procedures. The decision raises questions about...

New York, NY · 2d
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Herald Community Newspapers

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Hempstead woman joins Rep. Laura Gillen to address rising gas prices, commuting costs

For longtime Hempstead resident Beatriz Braxton, rising gas prices are about more than the cost of filling a tank. They’re affecting grocery bills, transportation and the daily decisions families make to stretch their budgets, particularly seniors living on fixed incomes. Braxton, a community advocate who has lived in Hempstead...

Hempstead, NY · 1d

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Parked Knight Rider Replica in Illinois Gets Hit With Brooklyn Speeding Ticket

A car that hasn't moved from its display pedestal in years somehow got busted speeding through Brooklyn. The Volo Museum in Illinois says it received a $50 traffic citation from New York City for its replica of KITT, the talking black Trans Am from Knight Rider, even though the car never left the building.

Brooklyn, NY · 2d

PIX11

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New bus lanes coming to popular Brooklyn route

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Faster and more reliable bus services are coming to busy portions of Brooklyn soon. Construction has started across sections of DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues in Brooklyn to allow the B38 bus service to speed up, the mayor’s office announced on Thursday.  The B38 bus serves 18,000 daily riders between Downtown Brooklyn […]

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

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Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx Get Subway Power Design

NEW YORK — STV said on November 2 that MTA Construction & Development has selected the firm to manage the design of power-supply work on the New York subway. The assignment covers 10 substations and 12 circuit breaker houses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. STV stated no price.

Brooklyn, NY · 2d

thestute.com

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Hudson Tunnel Project’s massive boring machines get to work

The North River Tunnel, in service since 1910 and used for intercity passenger rail service, will be rehabilitated and remain in service alongside the Hudson Tunnel Project, expected to finish by 2035, with progress swiftly underway. Initially, the North River Tunnel was built with two tunnels in mind; however, only...

New Jersey · 19h

WNBF News Radio 1290 AM & 92.1 FM

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Saturday Proved The Deadliest Day Of The Week For Fatal Crashes In New York, With 908 Incidents Over Five Years

Fatal crashes spiked on weekends across New York State from 2020 to 2024. Saturday saw the most with 908 deadly incidents, while summer months like August recorded 564 fatal crashes, according to a new five-year study.

New York · 3d

New York Post

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MTA saw record-high ridership over Halloween, marathon weekend in NYC — but straphangers have complaints

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority saw a record-breaking surge of riders over Halloween and New York City Marathon weekend — but many fed-up straphangers complained of dangerously crowded platforms and lengthy delays. Some 3.14 million riders took the subway Sunday, marking an all-time ridership high for the first day of the week and shattering last year’s record by 11%, Governor Kathy Hochul and the MTA announced Monday. Similarly, the day before, on Halloween, straphangers smashed the previous post-pandemic Saturday record with 3.59 million riders, marking the most on a single Saturday since 2016. Roughly 3.59 million straphangers rode the subway on Halloween Saturday. Zuma / SplashNews.com Even before the Big Apple’s mammoth weekend, the subway carried a whopping 4.72 million passengers on a record-shattering Thursday, marking the highest single-day ridership since the pandemic with a 9.7% increase in ridership compared to the same day last year. “From the streets to the subways, New Yorkers were on the move this weekend in record numbers,” Hochul said in a press release. MTA bus-fare retreat could doom all NYC public transit “The subway is the lifeblood of our city and from Halloween to the marathon, the major events that make New York special simply

New York, NY · 2d

98.1 The Hawk

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Saturday Proved The Deadliest Day Of The Week For Fatal Crashes In New York, With 908 Incidents Over Five Years

Fatal crashes spiked on weekends across New York State from 2020 to 2024. Saturday saw the most with 908 deadly incidents, while summer months like August recorded 564 fatal crashes, according to a new five-year study.

New York · 3d

New York Post

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How the congestion-toll scam hides behind the fantasy of a carless city

Congestion pricing is a huge failure if you look at its stated goals, but a brilliant ploy to rob the public by appealing to the war on cars. Despite the mutual back-patting from Gov. Kathy Hochul and her MTA minions, traffic is no faster and the air is no cleaner since the city started tolling cars and trucks in much of Manhattan. It has raised money, yielding the MTA about $750 million this year, almost covering the lost revenue from bus and subway fare evasion. So if picking the pockets of working people is a win, then it’s going gangbusters. Dem pol blames congestion pricing for breakup after beau couldn’t afford toll — as she rips Hochul-backed tax But the warm-and-fuzzy crowd feels like the tolls are a win for the environment and so on, and feelings are what matter, right? Hence, too, the push to redesign the city to make driving a car as expensive and inconvenient as possible. Hochul just confessed: She’ll give Mamdani his tax hikes next year Bicycles account for about 1% of all commuting, but romantics feel they’ll become New Yorkers’ most popular option if we’re relentless enough in expanding mostly-empty bike lanes — and

New York · 6d

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Saturday Proved The Deadliest Day Of The Week For Fatal Crashes In New York, With 908 Incidents Over Five Years

Fatal crashes spiked on weekends across New York State from 2020 to 2024. Saturday saw the most with 908 deadly incidents, while summer months like August recorded 564 fatal crashes, according to a new five-year study.

New York · 3d

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Work begins on $1.9 billion NYC subway upgrade funded partly by congestion pricing

The largest signal and track replacement project in MTA history will modernize equipment that dates back to the 1930s. New York transit officials have launched a $1.9 billion project to replace nearly century-old subway signals and aging tracks in Brooklyn and Queens, using revenue from Manhattan’s controversial congestion pricing program to help finance the largest overhaul of its kind in Metropolitan Transportation Authority history.

New York, NY · 7d

Transportation Today News

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New York State DOT completes most of Van Wyck Expressway Project

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has completed a substantial portion of main line work on the $1.4 billion Van Wyck Expressway Project. Managed-use lanes opened on Friday in both directions between the Kew Gardens Interchange and Atlantic Avenue and John F. Kennedy International Airport.  The managed-use lanes will operate as high-occupancy vehicle […] The post New York State DOT completes most of Van Wyck Expressway Project appeared first on Transportation Today .

New York · 9d

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Governor Hochul Announces MTA Ridership Surge; Long Island Rail Road Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Levels & Metro-North Breaks Weekend Records

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) achieved several significant milestones following a surge in railroad ridership, with the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the second time this year, and Metro-North Railroad setting new weekend ridership records, driven by fall travel, including foliage trains serving the Hudson Valley. Ridership on both railroads is at or near historic highs for both weekday and weekend travel, with LIRR monthly ridership in September now exceeding pre-pandemic 2019 levels.

New York · 9d

FireEngineering.com

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Ex-FDNY Commissioner Issues Safety Warning on Autonomous Vehicles: ‘I Am Terrified’

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A former FDNY commissioner from Staten Island is calling on state leaders to prevent autonomous vehicles from operating in New York, citing a series of incidents across the country where driverless cars have interfered with emergency responders. In an op-ed that appeared in the New...

New York, NY · 10d

centraljersey.com

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Midtown Bus Terminal Project Moves to Temporary Facility, With NJ Commutes Already Slowed

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has advanced the $11 billion Midtown Bus Terminal replacement to preparatory work on a temporary storage and staging facility, ROI-NJ reported after the agency's Oct. 23 announcement. That building will serve as the interim terminal once the existing main terminal is...

New Jersey · 11d

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MTA Commuter Rail Ridership Rises as Weekend Travel Sets Records

Long Island Rail Road use exceeded its September 2019 level, while Metro-North set a new weekend record during the fall travel season. The gains show how commuter rail is changing as leisure trips grow, even as the MTA faces rising long-term costs. MTA commuter rail ridership reached several post-pandemic milestones...

New York, NY · 9d