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Notify NYC - Silver Alert June 2, 2020
Silver Alert issued 06-02-2020 at 9:43 AM. A Silver Alert has been issued for Antonio Cipollone, a 84-year-old white male from the area of Hobart Avenue and East 196th Street in The Bronx. The missing has Alzheimer's and may be in need of medical attention. Description: 5'4" tall, 90lbs, with gray hair and blue eyes. […]
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Notification issued 06-02-2020 at 9:27 AM. Following a prior closure, all lanes of the Belt Parkway have reopened at 156 Avenue in Queens. Expect residual delays. To view this message in American Sign Language (ASL), العربية, বাঙালি, 中文, Français, Kreyòl Ayisyen, Italiano, 한국어, Polski, Pусский, Español, اردو or ייִדיש : http://on.nyc.gov/2shvDYi.
Notify NYC - Unplanned Road Closure June 2, 2020
Notification issued 06-02-2020 at 3:35 AM Due to a vehicle collision, all westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway are closed at 156th Street in Queens. Consider alternate routes and allow for additional travel time. To view this message in American Sign Language (ASL), العربية, বাঙালি, 中文, Français, Kreyòl Ayisyen, Italiano, 한국어, Polski, Pусский, Español, اردو […]

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Lo que necesita saber: El plan final de rediseño de la red de autobuses del Bronx

Adi TalwarBandada de autobuses se prepara para salir en la calle 206 cerca de la avenida Rochambeau en el Bronx. La autoridad metropolitana de transporte (MTA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha venido desarrollando audiencias públicas para recoger comentarios sobre el servicio de autobuses locales.
A Subway Chat About NY-12 Candidate Harrison’s Transit Plan

MurphyPeter Harrison, Democrat for Congress, waits for a downtown train. His transit plan would make all public transit free, at a cost of $1.7 trillion over 10 years to the federal government.
New NYPD Unit Will Crack Down on Drivers Who Fail to Yield — But Nearly Half of Those Tickets Are Still Tossed Out

NYCDOT, FlickrThe city's Zero Street Team in the Bronx in 2019. (Credit: NYCDOT, Flickr) During the annual State of the City speech last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio detailed plans for his remaining months in office, including the creation of a new NYPD unit to specifically enforce traffic safety violations.
Opinion: An Open Letter on Policing the Subway

Pamela DrewNYPD officers at the Union Square station. As we enter the New Year, we, the collective body of artists and cultural workers of The Laundromat Project’s alumni and extended communities, would like to address the MTA and the NYPD from a place of deep commitment to the people of New York City.
Push for Extending ‘Fair Fares’ Program to the Disabled, Vets

Flickr/NYCMayorsOfficeMayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson celebrate Fair Fares funding being included in the Budget in 2018. On Monday, the city launched open enrollment for its Fair Fares program, which provides half-priced MetroCards to low-income New Yorkers.
MTA Studies Adding Passenger Service to Rail Line Linking Brooklyn and Queens

MTAThe MTA is studying the potential of adding new passenger service along this route between Brooklyn and Queens. An engineering firm launched a study this week, on behalf of the MTA, exploring the possibility of adding passenger transit service along what’s currently a freight-only rail line that runs between Brooklyn and Queens, transit officials announced Wednesday. The study, conducted by AECOM under a $1.3 million MTA contract, would look at the potential of adding "subway, commuter rail, light rail or bus service" along the Bay Ridge Branch, a 16-mile existing freight rail line that runs from Astoria to Bay Bridge, passing through the neighborhoods of Midwood, East New York, Brownsville, Bushwick, Glendale, Middle Village and Elmhurst.Any passenger service added on the route would run alongside existing freight service along the line, sections of which are owned by the MTA, New York & Atlantic Railway and the freight company CSX.
Task Force Tally: The Many Groups Cuomo Has Convened to Fix the MTA

Office of the GovernorGov. Cuomo is joined by members of the MTA Train Speed & Safety Task—Ronnie Hakim, managing director of the MTA; Jane Garvey, chair of the task force and Earl Phillips, Secretary-Treasurer of TWU Local 100—at an October 2019 event. This time next year, New York is poised to start implementing the nation’s first congestion pricing program, which will charge drivers a fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street.
Dangerous drivers still on city streets despite thousands of speeding tickets

Liam QuigleyFollowing an expansion of the program in July, more than 500,000 speeding tickets have been issued by the city's speed cameras. Most people who get caught don’t do it again, But not all.