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MTA officials outline transportation plans for Queens and beyond at Jamaica roundtable discussion

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Sep. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson MTA officials held a roundtable discussion in the Jamaica Central Control Building on Thursday, Sept. 12, to provide an overview of the agency’s current and future plans for its extensive transportation system. The officials invited reporters from a handful of local media organizations to the event, including QNS,…

Senator Addabbo condemns attack on MTA bus; police still searching for suspects

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Aug. 2, 2024 By Anthony Medina Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. has called the attack on an MTA Q53 bus rider in Woodhaven last month a senseless act of violence and is urging commuters to practice caution on public transportation.  Police say a 37-year-old man riding the Q53 bus on Sunday, July 7 suffered…

‘Why people don’t trust politicians,’ Queens pols react to Hochul’s congestion pricing snafu 

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Jun. 7, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Governor Kathy Hochul surprised everyone on Wednesday when she announced that congestion pricing would be paused indefinitely.  “Circumstances have changed and we must respond to the facts on the ground — not from the rhetoric from five years ago. So, after careful consideration, I have come to the difficult…
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Queens lawmakers demand MTA include the borough in express bus service expansion

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May. 17, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Queens lawmakers are calling on the MTA to expand express bus service in the borough after it was excluded from a recently announced pilot program focused on Brooklyn and Staten Island.   Seventeen state elected officials collectively penned a letter to MTA Chief Janno Lieber on May 15, calling on…
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MTA’s Queens bus network redesign plan comes under fire by transportation advocates  

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Jan. 8, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Advocates standing up for elderly, disabled and low-income bus riders brought up several issues with the MTA’s proposed plan to redesign the entire Queens bus network during a virtual meeting held by a transit advocacy group on Thursday.  About a dozen participants who familiarized themselves with the MTA’s $30 million bus plan, which was unveiled in December, say that its proposed removal of over a thousand bus stops will hurt riders. While the MTA hopes to give riders faster and more consistent service, while also combatting low ridership, advocates argue that it has failed…
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Councilman Holden voices frustration with MTA’s response to letter requesting extended express bus service

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Sep. 28, 2023 By Anthony Medina Queens Councilman Robert Holden says the MTA constantly fails New Yorkers in response to the MTA’s letter to the councilman earlier this month. Holden initially sent a letter to the MTA Chairman John Lieber, on Thursday, July, 27,  urging him to extend the QM24 and QM34 express bus service to 10 p.m. every day instead of 7:20 p.m. Holden continued in his letter by stating the two bus schedules are severely restricting the residents in his district, whose primary means of travel is public transportation. Holden also suggested the MTA should offer a senior discount…
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