That's one way to see if the subway is coming

Plus: MTA cracking down on bus fare evaders. [FORWARD TO A FRIEND]( [VIEW IN BROWSER]( [DONATE]( [WNYC Politics Brief] [There's a hole in the sidewalk in SoHo. For a bit, you could see into a subway station.]( [an MTA conductor sticks their head out the window of a train]( A hole in an eroding SoHo sidewalk offered passersby a view into the Spring Street subway station below ground on Monday. After noticing a hole about 1.5 inches in diameter in front of their workplace, Tuscany Foussard memorialized it in a TikTok video that now has over 750,000 views. Foussard then filed a 311 complaint. The MTA has now covered it with a traffic cone and blocked the area both around it and in the station below to pedestrian traffic. [Read the story.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🚆 --------------------------------------------------------------- More transit stories to know this week MTA taking stand against bus fare evaders Next month, unarmed MTA guards part of the so-called “EAGLE Team” will be deployed onto local buses, issuing tickets between $50 to $100 to those who can’t prove they swiped a MetroCard or tapped to pay on the agency’s OMNY readers. ([Gothamist]( Cyclist fatally struck in BX hit-and-run A 29-year-old man was hit Wednesday morning in Hunts Points and police are now searching for the driver responsible. ([Gothamist]( New Queens bus route revamp nearly completed On Tuesday, the NYC Department of Transportation said the redesigned 5-mile bus route on Northern Boulevard is almost finished. Buses will be able to move faster with the new lanes, and more than a dozen pedestrian islands were added, as well as painted curb extensions. ([Gothamist]( City implements overweight truck crackdown on BQE The NYC Department of Transportation began issuing warnings this week to trucks that weigh more than 80,000 pounds and cross the triple-cantilever section of the BQE in Brooklyn Heights. Come November, officials said those trucks will start receiving tickets with fines of $650. ([Gothamist]( NYC’s Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program set to expire after few results The program requires repeat offenders who run red lights or speed through school zones to take a safety course, or risk having their vehicle seized. After three years, the program is expiring in October with the city only seizing 16 vehicles. ([Gothamist]( NYC comptroller says state spending too much federal money on NYC highways Last week, Comptroller Brad Lander called out the state Department of Transportation for spending hundreds of millions of federal dollars on expanding local highways instead of investing that money into greenways, bike paths and other measures to help fight climate change. ([Gothamist]( MTA increasing weekend subway service Weekend service on the 1 and 6 subway lines will be more frequent thanks to new state funding. Riders should expect to wait no more than six minutes for a train on those lines. ([Daily News]( NYC Ferry operator scores huge new city contract Hornblower, the California-based company that operates NYC Ferry, was just granted a new contract from the city worth up to $405 million. An audit by the city Comptroller last year accused the company of overcharging taxpayers by $12 million. ([amNY]( Guinness World Record achieved for visiting ferry stops The fastest time to travel to all of NYC’s ferry stops was recorded by a New York City trio who clocked their time at 7 hours, 49 minutes and 9 seconds. ([Guinness World Records]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🚆 --------------------------------------------------------------- Support WNYC + Gothamist Make a donation to support local, independent journalism. Your contributions are our largest source of funding and pays for essential election coverage and more. [DONATE]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [WNYC]( [WQXR]( [NJPR]( [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 All rights reserved. [Terms of Use.]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your [preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list