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2022 ‘Pokey and Schleppie' Awards Name M102 Bus Slowest in NYC
The Straphangers Campaign, an NYC-based public transit group who advocates on behalf of riders, has released their annual list of the slowest and most unreliable bus routes. This year’s winner of the dreaded “Pokey” award — given to the slowest ride in the city — was the M102 bus. Following the M102, the next slowest lines were the Bx19, B35,…
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Three Teens Knifed During Fight Aboard Bus in Manhattan: Police
Three teenagers were stabbed or slashed during a fight that broke out aboard a bus that was in motion in Manhattan, police said.
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MTA Trying to Close the Door on Bus Fare Beaters
The agency is reminding bus drivers to not automatically open the rear doors, but critics say that isn’t going to deter fare-dodgers. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.
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MTA Trying to Close Doors on Bus Fare Beaters Using Rear Exit to Board Without Paying
The number of city bus riders is continuing to go up from the record lows during the pandemic, a good sign for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. What’s not good news: The number of fare-beaters is also increasing.
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MTA Bus Hits 15-Year-Old in Brooklyn, Leaving Him Critically Injured
A 15-year-old boy has critical injuries after being hit by an MTA bus in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon, the NYPD said. Just before noon Saturday, the boy was crossing Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge when the bus, turning right from Third Avenue, struck him in the crosswalk. The boy was found unconscious and unresponsive and taken to Lutheran Hospital with head…
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Teenager Hit by MTA Bus, Critically Injured
The 15-year-old was crossing the street in Bay Ridge. There were no arrests.
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70-Year-Old Man Shoved Off MTA Bus Suffers Broken Hip
Police in New York City want to find the suspect responsible for sending a 70-year-old man to the hospital with a broken hip.
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MTA Bus Still Stuck Inside Brooklyn Building Day After Crash
An MTA bus is still stuck inside a Brooklyn brownstone a day after it crashed. Erica Byfield reports.
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MTA Bus Slams Into Brooklyn Apartment Building
Over a dozen people were treated for injuries Monday after an MTA bus slammed into a Brooklyn apartment building. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.
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Woman Gets Stitches After Anti-Asian Attack on MTA Bus: NYPD
A group that included three teenage girls attacked a woman on an MTA bus after making anti-Asian statements, the NYPD said. The 51-year-old woman was riding a Bx13 bus near West 166th Street and Ogden Avenue in the Highbridge section of the Bronx around 3 p.m. on March 28 when three 15-year-old girls and another female of an unknown age…
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Woman Dies After Unruly Bus Ride in Brooklyn
The woman jumped off the MTA bus as it was moving in Flatlands, after she was seen kicking chairs and windows while demanding to be let off. She forced her way out of a door, and apparently hit a pole on the sidewalk that bounced her back into the bus, suffering fatal injuries. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Gov. Cuomo Wants to Ban Sex Offenders from Riding on NYC Subways, Buses, Rail
Governor Cuomo released a statement on Tuesday calling for a ban on sex offenders from using MTA services
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Rude Passenger Kicked off Bus, Spits on and Hits Driver With Cane: Police
A rowdy and rude city bus rider who was kicked off for causing a scene spit on the driver when getting off and then hit her with his cane in Brooklyn, police say.
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12 Hurt After SUV Crashes Into Bus, Pedestrians in Harlem: Police
An SUV struck a city bus while making a U-turn in Harlem on Saturday, spinning out of control and crashing into pedestrians in the sidewalk.
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Man Crossing Street in the Bronx Hit by MTA Bus: FDNY
A man crossing the street was hit by an MTA bus in the Bronx Tuesday night, authorities say.
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N.C. College Shooting Probed as Possible Hate Crime After Suspect Caught Sleeping on Fla. Beach
A deadly shooting of a North Carolina community college worker is being investigated as a possible hate crime, police said Tuesday, hours after authorities arrested a suspect more than 500 miles away.