Sentences with phrase «l trains»

Green line L trains have had some delays but Metra trains were operating mostly on schedule.

Pedestrians are a part of Chicago and are as common of a sight as taxi cabs, L trains, and city buses.

Fortunately, Chicago has a plethora of public transportation and alternative transit options including the L trains, CTA buses, Metra trains, rideshares like Uber and Lyft, and simply walking around the city so that personally driving can be unnecessary.

The A, C, J, Z, and L trains as well as several buses running through, he said.

The gubernatorial candidate and hundreds of fed - up commuters watched as several crowded L trains bypassed the overflowing station because of delays on the line.

«Jesus appears (in these ads) like people of the L train,» he said.

If you haven't heard yet, here's the good news: RAW Wine Fair, the natural wine expo originally founded in London, is popping - up in Bushwick this weekend, Sun + Mon Nov 6 - 7 (99 Scott Av in Brooklyn, a 5 - minute walk from the Jefferson L Train).

At 6:30 p.m., the MTA holds the second of two meetings to discuss future reconstruction work on the Canarsie Tunnel, which carries the L train under the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, speakers include MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast and NYC, Transit President Veronique Hakim, Salvation Army Theater, 120 West 14 St., Manhattan.

amNewYork article on the demand by BP Adams that the MTA mitigate the effects of shutting down L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

He's committed to advocating for a comprehensive plan to minimize commuting disruptions during the L train shutdown, and will push for a complete - streets overhaul of his district's dangerous Meeker Avenue.

He supports the creation of a «PeopleWay» on 14th Street during the extended shutdown of the L train, and would like to see complete - streets treatments implemented on 5th and 6th Avenues.

Strategists nod to her recent appointment of L. Joy Williams, the president of the Brooklyn NAACP and board chair of Higher Heights, as a senior adviser, and Nixon's campaign launch in Brownsville, Brooklyn, a majority black neighborhood that encapsulates many of the flashpoints in the Democratic primary: It's the poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn and among the poorest in New York City, it's at the center of the affordable housing crisis, and residents are prepping for the 15 - month L train shutdown in early 2019, a symptom of New York City's dilapidated subway system that Nixon's branded» #CuomosMTA.»

That amounted to $ 5.4 billion just for the subway system alone, according to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and of that, $ 700 million was set aside for L Train repairs.

Against a montage of state and city images — the Brooklyn Bridge, Nixon riding the L train — she lists off her platform, including improving health care, ending mass incarceration and «fixing our broken subway.»

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz (along with some City Council members) wrote to the MTA last week calling on the agency to make three stations that will be most impacted by the L train shutdown ADA accessible.

At 1 p.m., Transportation alternatives hosts a NYC Council candidate forum to discuss street design innovations and plans for affected neighborhoods due to the L Train shutdown, 150 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn.

Councilwoman Margaret Chin and Borough President Gale Brewer's legislation comes following a failed 2015 bid for stricter regulations against Downtown's double - decker blight, but increased congestion promised by the L train's impending closure spurred the local pols to action, Chin said.

Downtown's clogged traffic arteries are now poised to get even worse when the L train shuts down for 15 months beginning in April 2019, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to run 70 shuttle buses — per hour — shuttling folks in and out of Manhattan along the Williamsburg Bridge.

Massey spoke at Macri Triangle Park in East Williamsburg, riding the L train to and fro with reporters.

Of New York's 22 lines, however, only 1 (the L train) has an advanced signal system.

SPOTTED: Cynthia Nixon hugging a nursery school teacher on Thursday morning at the MTA's Lorimer Street station as she was about to board a Manhattan - bound L train this morning — pic http://bit.ly/2GsgABH... Boris Epshteyn with Rudy Giuliani Thursday morning at 1100 Wilson Boulevard in Rosslyn for an interview for the Sinclair daily segment, «Bottom Line with Boris» — pic http://bit.ly/2IO26BC

Speeding Cyclists, Dogs, MCIs, L Train and Other Issues Addressed at ST - PCV Tenants Association Meeting

Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey held a press conference this afternoon propounding a solution for an upcoming long term disruption of the L train.

Another concern, raised by a few tenants, was crowding on the L train and First Avenue station that was likely to get worse following the opening of new residential developments along East 14th Street and another planned for Avenue C.

Republican NYC mayoral candidate Paul Massey says he's got a plan to work around the impending L train closure — with a G train loop through Manhattan using existing tracks.

-- A recap of last night's town hall regarding the dreaded L Train shutdown.

There, she spent a good deal of time on a crowded L train platform at Lorimer Street, where commuters faced heavy delays as many overloaded trains skipped the station altogether.

Ben Fried, editor - in - chief of Streetsblog, noted that the proposed route does not include stops near J / M / Z trains and is two to three «long» blocks away from any L train stops.

A resolution calling for the MTA and the DOT to Suspend the Radical 14th Street Transportation Plan Imposed by the Shutdown of the L Train Tunnel, ran into some strong opposition.

In an intricate feat of urban engineering, the L train will be shut for repairs for 15 months, transforming streets in Lower Manhattan into the busiest bus route in the country.

Here is the final Resolution on the L Train.

John Weatherall spoke a meeting addressing the L train shutdown at a February 14 MTA Open House.

A future shutdown of the L train's East River tunnel for repairs has had Brooklyn residents and businesses on edge, but Manhattan could get its own transit headache.

Transit officials have outlined alternatives for the 15 - month L train shutdown between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey says he's got a plan to work around the impending L train closure — with a G train loop through Manhattan using existing tracks.

The rat, which is going down a flight of stairs at the First Avenue L train station, nearly drags the pizza down to the bottom before giving up and scampering off.

The MTA plans to shut down the New York City subway L train's East River tunnel for 18 months for repairs starting in 2019.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering two proposals to shut down the L train tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn that would close the subway line under the East River or reduce its service by 80 percent.

North Brooklyn wants its gondola over the East River before the L train shuts down, thank you very much.

Commercial and residential brokers expect the L train shutdown to put a damper on North Brooklyn's retail, office and residential rental markets.

Survey of passengers taken at the L train at the Bedford Avenue North Seventh Street stop in Brooklyn and the Roosevelt Avenue Broadway stop in Queens on Monday February 13, 2017.

• The L Train shutdown starting in 2019 will have a big effect on these same streets, as non-HVO cars are diverted from the Williamsburg Bridge.

With new retail opening this fall at Essex Crossing, and especially the L Train shutdown starting in 2019, we need to develop a better plan to handle cars now so that the problem doesn't get out of control.

Discuss and vote on resolutions regarding the MTA's current contingency plan for the L Train shutdown.

Brian Kavanagh at a recent media event in Brooklyn meant to raise concerns about the looming L Train shutdown.

The L Train East River Tunnel requires extensive repairs that will disrupt the commute of thousands of New Yorkers for 18 months or more.

We urge our city council members and state representatives to officially support these efforts to improve the existing L Train contingency plan.

The club will also discuss and vote on resolutions regarding several big issues, including congestion pricing, neighborhood parking permits and the MTA's contingency plan for the L Train shutdown.

There was, additionally a big discussion about the coming work on the L train, and how that would affect the neighborhood, along with the need for more benches, elevators and escalators in the MTA.

Over 40 million Brooklynites rely on the L train and have expressed frustration with the MTA's alternative service plans.