Whitestone Bridge bus fire shuts down all lanes for a.m. commute
The fire was reported around 8:35 a.m. on the Queens-bound side.
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The fire was reported around 8:35 a.m. on the Queens-bound side.
Bally's Corporation took over operation of the course in September and has a 20-year lease with the city.
The MTA says one driver who was stopped owed over $86,000 in tolls and fees, and another owed over $66,000.
Extensive traffic delays are reported in both directions as FDNY and Emergency Service crews attempt to rescue the injured worker.
Two southbound lanes on the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge were to be closed overnight for pothole repairs.
Commuters just can't catch a break. Fares and tolls will be going on up virtually everyone commuting or driving into and around New York City.
The MTA board voted on the proposed increases on Wednesday. Members unanimously approved the fare hikes. Only one member voted against increasing tolls.
Sam Schwartz, known as "Gridlock Sam" to many, wasn't kidding Friday when said his new plan to raise $1.2 billion a year tolling the East River bridges will hit a lot of people.
The Cross Bronx Expressway and the Van Wyck Expressway are reliably awful, but some of the New York City area roadways are, according to the Texas Transportation Institute, reliably unreliable when it comes to traffic jams.
Ready! Set! Travel! (Right now, if possible.)
October 27 is T Day.
