Transportation Updates

See below for links to updated information regarding roadways and public transportation.

Last updated on Monday, November 5th, at 1:41 P.M.

  • Roadways, Bridges, and Tunnels
    • BE ADVISED: Tolls on the Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge to the Rockaways are SUSPENDED, retroactive to when the bridges reopened after the storm through the end of November as recovery efforts continue.
      • The $3.25 cash toll and $1.80 E-ZPass toll for cars on both bridges will be suspended immediately tonight, MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota said. E-ZPass tolls paid since the bridges reopened will be retroactively credited back to their customers’ accounts.

        The Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge closed in advance of Hurricane Sandy at 6:58 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, and reopened at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge closed in advance of Hurricane Sandy at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 and reopened at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31.

        Both bridges are operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, a unit of the MTA commonly known as MTA Bridges and Tunnels. Under the state Public Authorities Law and the related covenants with holders of TBTA bonds, the MTA is legally required to charge tolls to all users of the bridge with very few exceptions.

        Governor Cuomo consulted with Senate Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Sheldon Silver and they concurred, thus satisfying the MTA’s legal requirements.

    • BE ADVISED: New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) access restrictions to vehicles with fewer than three people will be rescinded on the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge, effective Friday, Nov. 2. at 5 p.m. as repairs to the city's transit system continue. Additional changes and updates to the transportation response will be issued as necessary. In conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, DOT also announced that Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended on Saturday Nov. 3. All other parking regulations remain in effect.Click here for complete details.