2019 Holiday Gridlock Alert Days
That time of the year has come again—when New Yorkers have to deal with especially terrible traffic in Midtown Manhattan because of the holidays.
2 MTA buses collide injuring 10 people
Two MTA buses collided on Madison Avenue and East 1116th Street Thursday morning.
Google Maps now alerts drivers to police speed traps, crashes and traffic jams
The reporting feature has been available on Android devices, but is now expanding to iOS in the latest app update, the company said.
More car free cross-street proposals
Some city officials want to expand private car bans along major thoroughfares in Manhattan.
Steam leak disrupts traffic on East Side
Con Edison crews and emergenc personnel responded to a steam leak on the Upper East Side Tuesday.
Car ban in effect along stretch of 14th Street in Manhattan
A stretch of 14th Street in Manhattan is now a buses-only throroughfare or 'busway' from 6 a.m.- 10 p.m.
Buses only along 14th street
Only buses, trucks, access-a-ride services and emergency vehicle ambulances will be allowed on 14th St. between 9th Ave. and 3rd Ave. from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Toll, fare hikes OK'd for New York-area airports, crossings
Driving over bridges, through tunnels, taking the PATH, accessing airports, practically everything the Port Authority does that costs you anything at all, could soon cost you more.
City Council passes bill to encourage overnight deliveries in NYC
A new bill passed by the New York City Council on Wednesday requires the city to study its facilities below 60th Street in Manhattan, and in two other heavily congested outer borough locations to see if and where off-peak deliveries make sense.
Mom who lost 3 kids in drunk driving crash shares lunchbox photo to raise awareness
A grieving mother who lost her three children in a drunk driving incident is raising awareness with a heartbreaking photo on Facebook.
You've been in a car crash: now what?
Ines Rosales speaks with AAA's Robert Sinclair Jr. about what to do after you've been in an fender bender.
Traffic havoc at LaGuardia Airport
Forget Crossfit. there’s a new fitness fad exclusive to NYC. It’s called the LaGuardia shuffle!
Pothole hotline
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Monday announced a $7 million investment into several countywide road resurfacing projects. Thanks to the county's new state-of-the-art 311 call center, launched earlier this year, he says crews will be able to patch up potholes more quickly and efficiently.
11th Avenue traffic pattern confusion
A day after changing the traffic pattern on 11th Avenue near the Lincoln Tunnel without notice, the Department of Transportation reversed course, but the damage was already done. Motorists driving along 11th Avenue near the Lincoln Tunnel were met with the surprise traffic pattern Tuesday afternoon. Southbound 11th Avenue was one-way only from 57th St. to 44th St. from about Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning.
14th St. traffic plan
In June, the city will turn 14th Street between 3rd Avenue and 9th Avenue into a first-of-its-kind "truck and transit priority street," cutting off all private vehicle through traffic to make way for buses, trucks and emergency vehicles. Under the 18-month pilot plan, private cars will only be allowed to do local drop-offs and pick-ups and will have to make the next available right turn off of 14th Street.
Opposition to Manhattan tolls
Two New Jersey congressmen are adding their voices in opposition to New York City's plan to charge motorists a fee for entering Manhattan, a move they say unfairly burdens New Jersey commuters.
Dangers of left turns
New York City's Vision Zero initiative is zeroing in one of the most disturbing statistics when it comes to pedestrian safety: a vehicle making a left-hand turn is three times more likely to injure pedestrians and cyclists than one making a right-hand turn.
Crash on I-80
A bus and several cars were involved in a serious crash on Interstate 80 in Parsippany, New Jersey, Thursday evening. At least one person was killed and several others were hurt.
Bike lane? What bike lane?
School buses turn a service road into a parking lot during the morning drop-off on a busy stretch of Queens Boulevard at Jacobus Street. That prompts motorists to go rogue and drive in the protected bike lane.
Snowstorm aftermath
The snowstorm hit New York shortly before the evening rush hour. Snow fell very quickly and didn't stop at a slushy one inch, as forecasters had predicted. De Blasio and Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia said the die was cast, so to speak, and that agencies couldn't recover and had no time to deploy snow plows.