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School Bus into Syosset home (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

L.I. School Bus Driver Gets 1 Year In Prison For DWI Crash

Frederick Flowers of Massapequa Park had pleaded guilty to drunk driving and other charges in connection with the Oct. 4, 2012 incident.

2013/04/30

MTA Bus (file/Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Driver Slams Into Back Of Bus In Brooklyn, Dies

A 23-year-old Brooklyn man is dead, after his car slammed into the back of an MTA bus in Cypress Hills.

2013/03/11

The subway on Nov. 1, 2012. (credit: Jesse Zanger/CBSNewYork.com)

Cost Of Public Transportation Going Up, MTA Bus And Subway Fares Increase At Midnight

Subways and buses will now cost at least a quarter more _ $2.50 with a MetroCard and $2.75 for a single ride. Express buses are going up to $6.

2013/03/02

Metro-North Railroad train at the Croton-Harmon Station - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - Jul 20, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

First Round Of MTA Fare Hikes Take Effect; Subway, Bus Fares Increase Sunday

Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Rail Road fares have gone up between eight and nine percent, depending on distance and ticket type.

2013/03/01

A Fung Wah bus rolls into Chinatown on Feb. 25, 2013. (Photo: CBS 2)

US DOT Orders Fung Wah Bus To Immediately Cease Passenger Service

Amid growing safety concerns over its fleet, US Department of Transportation Officials ordered Fung Wah Bus Transportation Inc. to immediately suspend its service.

2013/02/26

Guns On Staten Island Bus

Police: Off-Duty 911 Operator Texts For Help, Saves Bus From Armed Teen

An off-duty 911 operator was not in a position to call emergency dispatchers herself Tuesday when an armed man had her in sight on a Staten Island bus – but she was able to text for help.

2013/01/22

Strikers stand in the rain outside of the Atlantic Express Transportation Crop. after more than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning on January 16, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Report: Federal Intervention Could End Bus Strike As Early As Tuesday

The National Labor Relations Board is expected to take a formal complaint about the strike from private bus companies who are calling the strike illegal. A ruling by the board could end the strike as early as Tuesday.

2013/01/19

Children ride a school bus in NYC (Photo credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

More Angst: Mayor Bloomberg Warns Of Potential School Bus Drivers’ Strike

The wheels on New York City school buses could stop going round and round first thing in the New Year.

2012/12/21

Long Island Railroad ticket machine (credit: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

MTA Approves Fare, Toll Hikes; Changes Take Effect March 1

The MTA board voted on the proposed increases on Wednesday. Members unanimously approved the fare hikes. Only one member voted against increasing tolls.

2012/12/19

New York City Subway (file / credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Proposed MTA Subway And Bus Fare Hike To Go Easier On Everyday Riders

It might be the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s final offer, a fare hike plan for bus and subway riders that spares frequent users and slaps the biggest hikes on those who don’t take mass transit very much.

2012/12/10

Ophadell Williams in court on Dec. 7, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

Bus Driver In Deadly Bronx Crash Not Guilty Of All Charges Except One

Ophadell Williams was cleared of the most serious charges against him in connection with the March 12, 2011 crash. He was found guilty of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the 3rd degree.

2012/12/07

MTA Bus Road Rage

Cops: Man Hurls Objects At MTA Bus In East Harlem Road Rage Incident

The 26-year-old suspect was involved in a road rage incident with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus driver shortly before 8 p.m., police said.

2012/12/05

Debris is seen on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 after a bus crashed into a multi-family home in Hempstead, NY, killing a little boy. (credit: CBS 2)

Shocked Hempstead Neighborhood Still Trying To Make Sense Of Tragic Bus Crash

Chopper 2 HD was over the scene late Wednesday afternoon where the home was boarded up, looking completely different than at the same time on Tuesday.

2012/11/28

Ophadell Williams (credit: CBS 2)

Jury Deliberations Expected To Begin In Trial Of Ophadell Williams

Ophadell Williams was driving a tour bus on a return trip to Chinatown from a Connecticut casino when the bus overturned and slammed into a pole on Interstate 95 in March, 2011.

2012/11/27

New York City Subway (credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

MTA Subway, Bus Fare Hike Hearing To Go On Despite Nor’easter

As we’ve seen over the past week plus, weather can’t bring New York City to a grinding halt. So, despite the foul weather of a nor’easter, the MTA’s Aaron Donovan says the agency will hold its first fare hike hearing tonight at 5 p.m.

2012/11/07

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