I have a story in today’s paper about NJ Transit shutting down the Pascack Valley line this weekend.

Buses will serve all of the line’s stops, which include Spring Valley, Nanuet and Pearl River so construction can be done.

Here’s the special schedule that will be in effect this weekend. Train service resumes Monday morning with the [...]

NEWBURGH — Connecting Stewart International Airport in Orange County and New York City via mass transit will be discussed at an open house in June.

A study team commissioned by Metro-North Railroad and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, have narrowed down the options from 80 alternatives.

The team also [...]

Rockland Coaches plans to scale back service to and from Rockland, as well as raise fares, starting June 1.

Five lines — 9, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 — will see some service reductions during the morning or evening rush hour, or both.

But bus officials said riders will be able to catch buses that operate 10 [...]

Lawyers representing the parts of the Northeast, including Rockland, are in federal appeals court today to oppose a plan that redirects air traffic over our area.

The lawyers are appearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Rockland County and 11 governments and organizations from Delaware to Connecticut are suing to prevent [...]

The state Department of Motor Vehicles today said that some of its 2010 inspection stickers and registration stickers are not sticking to vehicle windshields.

The DMV’s common sense solution: Reaffix any defective sticker to the vehicle with tape or other adhesive.

Several customers complained to the DMV about the problem.

The agency notes “only a fraction of stickers [...]

You’ve probably noticed that gas prices have been slowly climbing since the beginning of the year.

But they likely won’t reach the $4-a-gallon levels we’ve seen during the past few summers.

Yesterday, the average gallon of regular gas was selling for $2.20 in New York state.

This summer, drivers can expect to pay about $2.50 a gallon for [...]

Drivers who travel the Tappan Zee Bridge tomorrow will find the new-and-improved metal construction plates featuring 100-foot asphalt ramps at two spots in the Rockland-bound lanes.

On Sunday, drivers heading toward Westchester will also pass over the plates and ramps.

The plates, needed to replace 10 joints on the bridge, will be around until late August/early September.

To [...]

In case you missed it, Journal News columnist Bob Baird today writes about how New Jersey Transit has gone ahead and repaired a fence along its railroad tracks in Spring Valley. Click here to read his column.

Bob’s column two weeks ago prompted Sen. Charles Schumer to get involved last week, and, ultimately, resulted in the [...]

The state Department of Transportation will be closing the deteriorating James A. Farley Memorial Bridge on Route 9W in Stony Point at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The 86-year-old bridge will remain closed until December while it is rebuilt.

As a result, all traffic will be forced to use local roads:

• All southbound traffic will be detoured along Lowland [...]

Improvements to the Tarrytown, Croton-Harmon and Peekskill train stations, bus and van purchases in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties and power improvements to Metro-North’s Harlem and Hudson lines are among the transit projects eligible to receive millions of dollars in federal stimulus money.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council will hold a public hearing to accept [...]

Due to rain this past Wednesday, the work to install metal construction plates and asphalt ramps on the Tappan Zee Bridge has been pushed back to next Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25.

Ted Nadratowski, the state Thruway Authority’s New York division director, said this morning that the work had been expected to be completed [...]

The state Thruway Authority and the State Police Troop T next week will step up enforcement of the state law’s prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving.

“Operation Hang Up” begins Tuesday and runs through Friday.

In 2008, Troop T patrols issued 5,403 tickets to Thruway drivers violating the cell-phone law.

State law prohibits the use of [...]

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council may not exactly be a household name but it does important, far-reaching work in our region when it comes to planning.

The video below covers 10 desired “growth areas” in the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City and Long Island that the group, and leaders in the area, want to [...]

SPRING VALLEY — New Jersey Transit should inspect and fix a fence, and step up inspections along its rail tracks in the village, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said today.

The tracks along Lawrence Street have a deadly history. Used a shortcut by some residents, 13 people have died there since 1985.

In 2002, Schumer, D-N.Y., successfully pressured [...]

If you’re looking for your friendly, neighborhood E-ZPass office in Spring Valley, don’t bother.

The office is now located a mile away at the Rockland Plaza in Nanuet.

The new walk-in center opened on March 23, but most people are finding out only after they show up to the old location at the Pascack Plaza on Perlman [...]