A memorable year on the roads and rails
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Check out some of the stories that shaped the transit system serving 2.3 million Queens residents.
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Fair fares is unfair for disabled New Yorkers, lawyers say
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Attorneys from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest have criticized the city for excluding Access-A-Ride from the Fair Fares program.
Read MoreThe year in photos: 16 images that defined Queens in 2019
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
Read MoreCuomo nixes e-bike legalization
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The bill would have eliminated the $500 fine and threat of confiscation that comes with riding an e-bike or e-scooter.
Read MoreFive more Queens subway stations will become ADA accessible
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The stations join six other Queens subway stations slated for accessibility improvements under the 2020-2024 Capital Plan.
Read MoreByford blames vendor for No. 7 train slush slow down
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NYC Transit President Andy Byford called the failure “wholly inexcusable” after slush caused track transponders to malfunction.
Read MoreMTA’s tap-and-go payment system spotted in Jamaica
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OMNY readers will be activated for use at a Jamaica transit hub before the end of December.
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Councilmember denounces churro vendor arrest
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Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, transit advocates and immigrants’ rights groups have denounced the arrest of a churro vendor at the Myrtle-Wyckoff subway station.
Read MoreInaccessible Sunnyside subway stations await MTA Capital Plan
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All of Sunnyside’s subway stations are currently inaccessible to people in wheelchairs.
Read MoreGet a discounted lift to the polls on Election Day
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Ride-sharing giant Lyft is getting in on Get Out the Vote efforts by offering discounted rides to polling locations in New York City on Election Day.
Read MoreConstantinides' chief of staff is running for his boss’ Western Queens council seat
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Nick Roloson says he would work to establish more affordable housing in the area and expand the network of protected bike lanes.
Read MoreOPINION: QueensWay or revived rail link are both OK, but the status quo isn’t
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Ever since the Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway Beach Branch was discontinued in 1962, various proposals for the right-of-way have been floated, but none have taken root.
Read MoreMTA tests out safer signal system on several LIRR lines
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Positive Train Control will now be deployed on select trains operating on the Far Rockaway, Long Beach, Oyster Bay, and West Hempstead branches.
Read MoreMTA announces ‘inspection blitz’ to stop train debris raining from sky
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There have been eight reported incidents of debris falling from elevated tracks in the city this year.
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