buses
Deli owner bans MTA drivers from store over bathroom use
The long-simmering pissing match between the Dumbo deli and the bus drivers came to a crescendo last month, after the store owner had a bus-sized beef with a driver who...
Dozens injured when tour bus overturns en route to Niagara Falls, shutting down parts of I-490
Nearly 30 people were injured -- including one critically -- when a tour bus from New York City flipped over on its way to Niagara Falls Thursday, forcing first responders...
At least 36 dead after overcrowded and dilapidated bus skids into a deep gorge in India
Authorities said earlier they believed there were 42 passengers, which was how many people the bus could accommodate.
NYC tourist bus company tries to edge out rival with violent beatdowns, weed smoke and megaphone attacks on customers: suit
A double-decker tour bus company has been waging all out war against a rival in Times Square -- beating up its workers and harassing its customers with weed smoke and...
Passengers on bus aid driver, steer vehicle to safety: 'Your driver is having a seizure'
Mountain Metropolitan Transit driver taken to hospital, dies despite efforts of first responders.
Port Authority bus terminal replacement OK’d by city planners – but ‘long overdue’ makeover could take a decade
The Port Authority bus terminal in Midtown finally got the greenlight for a $10 billion “eyesore to eye-popping" transformation Wednesday – but it could take a decade to see major...
Fewer fare beaters hopping on MTA buses after transit 'enforcers' deployed throughout NYC
An MTA program launched in August to deploy uniformed and plainclothes 'enforcers' has cut down on the number of fare beaters trying to hop on city buses for free.
MTA bus driver rescues girl, 5, who skipped school alone to go to pet store after fish died
Luis Jimenez, 60, pulled his bus over and, with the help of his passengers, got the little girl to board while they waited for police to arrive.
MTA's $68.4B capital plan: pure fiction and 'a cry for help'
Unless and until Gov. Hochul becomes a firmer leader, the MTA's massive infrastructure plan will remain unfunded — a lot of ideas, and no way to pay for them.
Roosevelt Island locals go scorched earth on paltry bus service, choose to walk island’s 147 acres instead
"Lately it sucks,” Karen, a 45-year-old human resources worker, said on Sunday. “I walk. I don't wait for it anymore. It's been terrible service.”
MTA can defeat the bus-fare deadbeats — here's how
With just half of riders paying, the only thing that will change people’s minds is if they know a penalty will be swift, certain and actually collected.
Bus crashes into students and parents outside school in eastern China, killing 11 and injuring 13, police say
The driver was in police custody and the incident was under investigation, it said.
NYC man claims bus driver choked him — but he was the one arrested for the caught-on-video attack
A Brooklyn man claims his life screeched to a halt when he was wrongfully charged with attempted murder after a bus driver allegedly attacked and choked him.
Eight killed in Mississippi bus crash, including 6-year-old boy
Eight people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed and dozens more seriously injured in a horrific bus crash Saturday morning in Mississippi.
MTA deploys crew of enforcers to stomp out fare-beating as nearly half of NYC bus riders don't pay
Fare evasion is so rampant on city buses that almost half of all riders aren’t paying -- as scrambling transit officials deploy a new crew of enforcers to catch the...
Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan
The killings occurred overnight in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan province, senior police official Ayub Achakzai said. The attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing the scene.
Unhinged transit passengers assaulted, harassed 90% of NYC subway, bus workers during pandemic: shocking study
All aboard the terror train. Nearly 90% of New York City's public-facing subway and bus workers said they were assaulted or harassed by unruly, unhinged and violent passengers during the...
NJ bus driver savagely beats passenger, puts him in chokehold for spitting: video
The New Jersey Transit bus driver, Toron Walker, was nabbed after the violent altercation with the male passenger erupted on a crowded bus in Newark on Friday afternoon.
Public transport enthusiast traveled from Canada to Mexico by only taking city buses during nine-day journey
“At no point in this trip did I have to walk more than maybe 15 minutes from one bus stop to another.”
Kamala Harris touted greener school buses -- but good luck finding them with only 7% of districts switching
Veep Kamala Harris touted federal grants two years ago to replace thousands of gas-guzzling school buses with greener versions — yet fewer than 7% of the initial districts have actually...