MTA to provide more Queens bus service later this year

From the Queens Tribune:

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced this week that it will soon offer additional rush hour train service and weekend bus service due to high demand.

Last week the Queens Tribune published a feature titled “Surviving The Summer Of Hell In Western Queens” that informed borough commuters regarding delays and closures that are expected in the upcoming months.

The president of New York City Transit has since announced that additional A, D, E and F subway trains will operate during weekday rush hours beginning in November. There will also be additional Q6, Q8, Q29, Q47, Q49, Q101 and Q65 buses on the weekends beginning in July.

Grand Central cat rescue

NYPD Highway Officer Saves Cat

A Worthwhile Traffic Jam An NYPD Highway Unit officer stopped traffic last Friday to help save a cat that accidentally wandered on to the Grand Central Parkway in rush hour traffic -- #ItsWhatWeDo. Cat and cop are now new friends and doing well!

Posted by NYPD on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

From NYPD:

An NYPD Highway Unit officer stopped traffic last Friday to help save a cat that accidentally wandered on to the Grand Central Parkway in rush hour traffic -- ‪#‎ItsWhatWeDo‬. Cat and cop are now new friends and doing well!

Technology can't keep up with ridership

From PIX11:

The New York City subway system, which celebrated it’s 110th birthday this week, is experiencing record ridership. More than 6 million daily rides were reported not once, but five times in September.

For many trying to get to work or around town, that means waiting for trains and buses that arrive already filled to capacity.

MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, asked about peak capacity by PIX11 News Reporter Greg Mocker, said the increases have been on the weekend, evenings and during the afternoon.

“The first place where we are going to see a crush, literally and figuratively, is in the rush hour,” Chairman Prendergast said. “We do need to be able to respond to that.”

The subway system operates with a signal system that was built, in many cases, decades ago. The MTA’s latest investment plan calls for expansion and new technology.