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COVID-19 changed every facet of life creating what has become the new normal. The impact the pandemic has had is also seen in transportation, particularly in New York City. Transportation Alternatives (TA), an advocacy group the pushes for better bicycling, walking and public transit for all New Yorkers, has tracked data related to transportation as New York has reopened and…

Traffic pursuits by the New Jersey State Police are up 50% compared with last year and are on pace to be the highest on record, state police superintendent Col. Pat Callahan said Monday. There have been 153 pursuits so far this year by troopers, he said during a news conference on COVID-19 Monday, compared with 102 in 2019. He said…

As financial concerns loom over the future of the MTA, transit leadership look to cost-saving measures and a return to at least one source of revenue: bus fares. Starting Monday, fare collection and front-door boarding resume on all buses. Tracie Strahan reports.

A New Jersey mayor has rescinded a $2,500 police overtime bill given to a teen who organized a Black Lives Matter rally in her town. Anjali Hemphill reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York State Police and local law enforcement will be increasing patrols over the next week to crack down on speeding across the state. The enforcement campaign, which will fun Thursday through Aug. 12 and is supported by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, aims to stop speeding and prevent avoidable crashes caused by unsafe speed....

Car mavens normally wouldn’t dare rev their engines in gridlocked Midtown, but they’re eagerly driving into Manhattan to take photos and show off for sparse crowds walking through the famed streets

An accident involving multiple trucks in Middlesex County snarled-up traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. The incident took place around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday on I-95 between exits 9 and 8A in Milltown. New Jersey State Police told News 4 that two box trucks and two tractor trailers going southbound were involved in the incident. Chopper 4 was over the accident…

An accident involving multiple trucks in Middlesex County has snarled-up traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike Wednesday afternoon. Chopper 4 was over the scene.

An SUV hit a patch of ice on westbound Interstate 64 in Virginia,  triggering a 75-car pileup last month, investigators said. Virginia State Police said in a news release that the driver of a 2008 Chevrolet SUV spun out and was hit by other vehicles at the start of the pile-up shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 22, The  Virginian-Pilot reported on…

Police in Virginia say a 69-vehicle pileup on a major interstate in York County left some people with serious injuries. Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya said in a statement that the accident happened at about 7:51 a.m. Sunday. A section of Interstate 64 was shut down as state troopers investigate. All lanes have reopened. Fifty-one people were treated and…

A record 116 million travelers are expected to be on the road and in the air between Christmas and the New Year, according to the AAA, due to a strong economy and low gas prices.

Transit authorities closed both directions of travel through the Lincoln Tunnel Sunday evening when a vehicle caught fire. The north and south tubes of the tunnel reopened shortly before 7 p.m., but the center tube remained closed, according to NYCEM. The NYCEM Twitter account urged drivers to consider alternative routes during the delay. The closure began started around 5 p.m….

A 3-year-old boy whose mother was strolling him through a Manhattan crosswalk was struck and killed by a truck, shortly after the two had finished up breakfast at a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts Monday, authorities say. Surveillance video shows the 25-year-old mom pushing her toddler in the crosswalk on 116th Street in East Harlem. The Ford pickup truck makes a left…

The mother was pushing her 3-year-old son in a stroller across East 116th Street and First Avenue when a truck hit the two, killing the child. The driver is facing charges. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A 3-year-old child has died after being struck by a vehicle in East Harlem Monday morning, police say.

A Tesla that a driver said was in auto-pilot hit the back of a police car that was stopped on Interstate 95 in Norwalk early Saturday morning. State police responded to I-95 northbound at exit 15 in Norwalk in the early morning hours after getting a report that a disabled vehicle was in the left center lane. Both troopers on…

One of New York City’s biggest tourist destinations this time of year had a major change take effect on Friday which should delight pedestrians — but could irritate drivers.

Those hoping to get a head start in to their holiday travel are in for a rough morning after two tractor trailers went across a guardrail on a heavily-used highway in northern New Jersey Wednesday morning.

The New York City’s firefighters union cautioned against Mayor de Blasio’s plan to expand the pedestrian space around Rockefeller Center, calling the plan “misguided and makes this city less safe – plain and simple.”

The city wants to make walking around the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree a lot safer this year. Andrew Siff reports.