Queens
Officials Want Woodside Station Improvements
If some elected officials in Queens get their way, the MTA will be making some much needed improvements to the 61st Street-Woodside station on the . City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer and Congressmember Joseph Crowley met with the MTA late last month to discuss potential funding for the work. Corey Flayman of The Queens Courier [...]
Shuttle Bus For Hong Kong Boat Festival
As was the case last year, MTA NYC Transit will be operating a shuttle bus for those attending the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadow Park. Here are the complete details courtesy of a press release I received: The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Queens’ Flushing Meadow Park [...]
Traffic Pilot To Affect Flushing Bus Service
Just a short time ago, MTA NYC Transit announced that 15 bus routes in the Flushing area would be affected due to a 6 month traffic pilot program by the New York City Department Of Transportation (NYCDOT). Here are the complete details courtesy of the release I received: Flushing Bus Service Advisory: Q12, Q15, Q15A, [...]
TransportAzumah Receives Restraining Order
Eight days ago, I wrote about 16-year-old Ali Fadil of Little Neck, Queens. He was the starting force behind the QM22 being saved after it was one of the numerous routes to be cut by the MTA due to their financial crisis. Ali had reached out to elected officials & got nowhere in his attempts [...]
Clerk Assaulted While Trying To Help A Rider
This story should cause some interesting debate in the fight of the usefulness & need for token booth clerks in the NYC Subway. Elected officials & transit advocates like to point out at every possible chance that eliminating these positions poses as a threat to riders security even though rules are in place preventing them [...]
