#mta-enforcement

#mta-enforcement

"Is everybody telling the truth? We're not sure," Program Director Kim Comstock told the San Mateo County Transportation Authority on Thursday.

The motorcycle driver, identified as 32-year-old Andy Peralta, made a left turn onto West Mosholu Parkway South after traveling northbound on Jerome Avenue, driving against traffic before colliding with the bus.

Muni fare revenue remains way, way down, with $97 million in 2024 compared to $283 million in 2015, despite ridership being above 70% of pre-pandemic levels.

The Department of Transportation has renewed a five-year contract worth about $998 million with Verra Mobility, the company that runs the city's automated enforcement cameras. The deal keeps Verra in charge of red-light, speed, and bus-lane camera programs, even as a long-running loophole leaves cars with temporary tags effectively immune from camera-issued summonses.

The Redbirds trace their origins to 1959, with the debut of the R26, the first of nine closely related subway car types that became synonymous with New York's transit system.

Police said an 18-year-old girl was sitting on a B41 MTA bus near Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard, by Willink Plaza at Prospect Park, when an unidentified man approached her. Police say that the man performed a sexual act before fleeing the bus on foot in an unknown direction.

The ball drop in Times Square also marked the end of the MetroCard; we live in an OMNY world now. How I'll miss that lime-green student MetroCard, with which I swiped my way into all kinds of adolescent misadventures. For all those feeling similarly sentimental - speaking as someone who, yes, once commuted on the V train - it's time for a visit to the New York Transit Museum.

A Tube fare dodger kicked a commuter in the head and left him with a bleed on the brain after being told off for barging through a ticket barrier. Violent thug Rikki Holmes, 33, was with a friend travelling up an escalator at London Bridge station. But when he sped up and attempted to bump the exit without paying, victim Ian McQueen grabbed Holmes' collar, causing him to stumble as they exchanged heated words.

CITYWIDE - THE MTA ON Wednesday issued a notice that Automated Camera Enforcement fines are set to begin on Friday, Feb. 6, on the B68, B60 and M57 bus routes. Vehicles caught improperly using busways and bus lanes, blocking bus stops or illegally double parked will receive summonses that start at $50 and escalate to $250 for repeat violators. Bus routes with automated enforcement on average have increased speeds by 5%, with some corridors seeing gains as high as 30%, according to the authority.