And this is why the MTA is installing partitions to protect bus drivers. Last night around 6:50 p.m. a B45 bus crashed into scaffolding outside 210 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. According to the driver he was being assaulted by a passenger at the time, an MTA spokesman says. more ›

A New Jersey bus driver probably is looking for a new job after students on her bus busted her for driving them while drunk earlier this week. The Courier Post reports that police in Westampton, New Jersey, have arrested Carole Crockett, 46, and charged her with 25 counts of driving under the influence with a minor, driving under the influence on school property, disorderly conduct and another 25 counts of endangering the welfare of a child for good measure. Luckily, nobody was hurt on Carole Crockett's wild ride. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] And here we have video of a NJ Transit private bus driver multitasking while cruising down the highway on Friday. He's probably just sending a text to his wife to let her know he's going to be home late because he picked up a second shift at the other job he works as part of a desperate attempt to pay off their mortgage. Hopefully he won't get fired, but we have to weigh this man's pension against the public's right to not die in a fiery bus crash. Also, page views! more ›

For the second time this summer, a female bus driver on the Bx9 line has been attacked by an irate passenger at Fordham Plaza. Driver Maria Hogan says that a 6-foot-tall male passenger punched her because she didn't pull over for his stop. "The punch hit me on the right side of my face, right next to my ear. I ended up on the seat. I tried to push him away with my legs," Hogan told the News. more ›

We've heard of MTA bus drivers using their vehicles as sexy expresses before...but usually the sexy part happens after work. In the video below, the bus driver seems far more concerned with roping his ladyfriend into sitting on his lap (check the :50 mark) than focusing on driving the bus. The uploader writes: "I was on the M20 from 29th street to 44th. The driver paid more attention to his girlfriend than the road. This driver had no regard for safety or [its] passengers. Why should we pay more when there is no regard for passenger safety." The other question is, why should one woman be so lucky as to get to sit on the bus driver's lap? It's only fair if we all get to. more ›

No one could be blamed for losing their minds a little on the migraine-inducing unavoidable major artery that is the BQE—many who came before us have cursed the name Kosciusko as some karate-techno song drifted through the window during some endless traffic jam caused by a broken down truck...and many after us will as well. But it still doesn't mean you should resort to choking your bus driver for not letting you off in the middle of the bridge. more ›

The MTA bus that fatally struck a bicyclist has been found. The Post reports that the express bus, which kept going because the apparently driver didn't realize he hit someone at Second Avenue and East 96th Street, "was identified once it arrived at a Yonkers depot earlier this morning after the driver completed his shift." A witness told the Daily News, "The bus was heading downtown. The car swerved in front of the bus. The bus tried to avoid an accident and curved into the delivery guy... He didn't even see him." more ›

NY State bus driver crackdown, which has been going on since the March 12 fatal Bronx bus crash, has now caught city school bus drivers. According to WABC 7, "The men, drivers in Queens, had reportedly been driving with suspended licenses, in one instance for more than 15 years. They were picked up by detectives with the Queens District Attorney's Office for obtaining new licenses by submitting false names and different dates of birth and social security numbers to the Department of Motor Vehicles." more ›

The driver involved in the Bronx tour bus crash that killed 15 passengers on I-95 is denying claims that he was sleeping at the time of the 5:30 a.m. collision. While investigators suspect he may have fallen asleep at the wheel (some passengers claim that the bus repeatedly veered into the rumble strips), Ophadell Williams insists that he swerved to avoid a tractor trailer. His lawyer Sean Rooney told the NY Times, "This is, plain and simple, an accident, a tragic one." more ›

It takes the patience of a saint sometimes to ride the MTA's buses, and not all New Yorkers are saints. Take, for instance, Coney Island's Alicea Diaz, a 25-year-old waitress who's charged with assault, menacing, harassment and criminal mischief for a fight that broke out between her and the driver of the B82 Limited, which runs between Coney Island and Canarsie. Diaz and the driver, 60-year-old Jacqueline Benjamin, have different accounts of what sparked the altercation, but Diaz says one thing can't be disputed: Benjamin "drives slow on purpose." more ›

A bus and four cars collided in the southbound tube of the Lincoln Tunnel this afternoon. All traffic is being diverted to the center tube of the inbound Lincoln Tunnel, which means it will be traffic hell for much of the next few hours. Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman says the crash occurred around 12:10 p.m. in Weehawken after the bus driver apparently suffered a seizure shortly before the New York tunnel exit. According to Coleman, at least two passengers were injured during the collision, but neither injury is life-threatening. more ›

Police have arrested MTA bus driver Richard Davidson, 36, of Brooklyn for shooting another man after "exchanging words" with him outside a Valley Stream, LI office building. Davidson reportedly shot Anthony Hinds six times in the legs and twice in the shoulder yesterday morning before walking away. But unlike some trigger-happy slackers who squeeze off a few rounds and take the rest of the day off, investigators say Davidson proceeded directly to work and clocked in for his regular shift. more ›

A Queens bus driver was arraigned today on disturbing charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted three elementary school girls between the ages 7 and 9. Nelson Painchault, 69, was charged with 18 counts of sexual abuse and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors allege that he continually touched the girls' private parts numerous times between Sept. 9 and Nov. 3. Painchault was fired from Adrilliz Transport this month after working as a private contractor for them for 11 years; his bus route this year included two elementary schools in Corona. He was held on $100,000 bail. more ›

The man who stabbed a bus driver over a $2 fare dispute two years ago was found guilty of murder today. Horace Moore, an ex-con with at least eight arrests in the last decade, was convicted of killing Edwin Thomas on a B46 bus in December 2008. “If it was up to me, I’d give him the electric chair...I don’t want to get into what I’d like to do to him,” said Edwin Thomas' son Jeffery. more ›

According to Bx10 driver Rosario Aristy, the passenger who threw a caustic liquid at his face as he was exiting the bus had these parting words: "I'm sorry but I have to do this." But as he lies in the burn unit at Jacobi Hospital, investigators are questioning his version of the story. more ›

A Bx10 bus driver was rushed to the hospital last night after the last passenger on his bus threw a "caustic liquid" at his face and ran off. The driver said the two were having a friendly chat about the bus schedule and he didn't suspect a thing. Well, the new bus schedules are pretty enraging! The suspect fled down West 263rd Street and the driver was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center with minor burns to his face and chest. For all you amateur sleuths out there, the suspect was wearing a Derek Jeter jersey, which totally narrows it down. more ›

Thanks to some bad publicity, the MTA has decided to re-hire Sgts. Alvin Taylor and Anddy (Angel) Moreno, who were laid off from their bus driving jobs while serving overseas. The two had originally lost their jobs because of MTA downsizing, and though federal law guarantees members of the military may resume their civilian jobs upon return from deployment, they can't guarantee jobs in companies that have downsized or collapsed. But the MTA pulled some strings, and the two are now under payroll at MTA Bus, an authority where there are job vacancies. more ›

Even though it hit the presses nearly three weeks ago that Sgt. Anddy (Angel) Moreno, currently serving in Iraq, had lost his job as a Bx55 driver, it's news to him. Moreno learned just yesterday that he would be returning to America unemployed, and told the Daily News he is "going nuts." "It's not fair," he said. "I'm over here fighting for everyone." more ›

You know those little stickers plastered all over the subways and buses saying you could face up to seven years in prison for assaulting an MTA employee? Well, maybe Jason Ferreira should have read them again before punching B6 driver Gilberto Davila. Ferreira now faces up to seven years in prison for the assault, which left Davila's left eye swollen shut. Davila told the Daily News, "I'm just hoping he gets the max. I'm out here doing my job, trying to put food on the table for my family...and I have to deal with somebody's stupidity? I have to deal with being assaulted?" more ›

So here's how it went down with that MTA bus driver who got punched in the face by a rider dissatisfied with the quality of his commute. According to driver Gilberto Davila, the situation devolved pretty quickly after he stopped to let on Jason Ferreira, 22, in Bensonhurst Monday morning. Not long after boarding, Ferreira asked if the bus had arrived at Flatbush Avenue yet, prompting Davila to laugh and tell him that since the bus had only traveled two blocks, Flatbush was still at least 20 blocks away. "That's why you goddamn bus drivers always get beat up," Ferreira "exploded," according to Davila's account in the Daily News. (They also get spat upon and stabbed, too.) more ›

The story reads like a Bruce Springsteen song: hardworking Americans sent to fight for their country, only to come back and find they don't have jobs. That happened to Sgts. Alvin Taylor and Anddy (Angel) Moreno, who both lost their jobs as bus drivers when the MTA began downsizing. TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen called the layoffs "despicable." He told the Daily News, "[The MTA] should honor their military service and not lay them off." more ›

The Post reports a Greyhound bus driver "driven by love" (har) stole a $600,000 coach from Port Authority Bus Terminal to visit his girlfriend in Mount Vernon, NY. A surveillance video caught him disabling the bus's security system and driving it away last Wednesday, and he caused a terror scare when he abandoned the bus in Mount Vernon. more ›

MTA bus driver Yvonne Farrington got a second chance at meeting the sailor with a "beautiful smile" she ran into over the weekend. After spotting him near the Circle Line pier, Farrington was able to snap a quick photo with the sailor before continuing on her bus route. With the help of 1010WINS, the Navy handed over information on where Farrington could find her man, and the two got to meet yesterday. Unfortunately, 34-year-old Navy Ens. Larry Chester is already taken! more ›

Most Fleet Week interactions are, well, fleeting, but one city bus driver is getting another lucky shot at a chance encounter with a handsome sailor. Bus driver Yvonne Farrington was only able to snap a photo with the sailor near the Circle Line Pier on Friday, and had to continue on her bus route before even getting his name. She turned to 1010WINS for help, and the Navy came through with her man! more ›

MTA bus driver Yvonne Farrington is searching for the sexy sailor she snapped a photo with near the Circle Line Pier, and is asking for help! She told 1010WINS, "I would really love to see him again and give him a copy of our picture," but was in such a rush to keep to her bus route that she forgot to ask him for his name, e-mail or which ship he's on. The sailor was last seen at the corner of 42nd and 12th Avenue at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, looking fiiiiine. more ›

Since it was reported that 51 NYC Transit bus drivers took an average 64 paid days off last year after being spat on by passengers, the expectorated drivers have been coming forward to defend themselves and explain why they needed so much time to recover. Yesterday former city bus driver Oneisha Shade told CBS2 about the five months she took off before coming back to work after the spit assault, recalling how the saliva from an angry passenger hit her in the face and eye. But what CBS2 omitted is that Shade had also been assaulted on duty seven years earlier, when she was six months pregnant. And that attack happened with knives, not saliva! more ›

Months before the MTA implements widespread transit cuts, the cash-strapped agency has been staffing fewer back-up drivers and reducing bus service as a way to save money, according to union officials and bus drivers. For the past two months, the agency has been cutting costs by lowering the number of subs available when other drivers call in sick—meaning in some instances there aren't enough drivers to complete all of the scheduled bus trips, amNY reports. more ›

Despite the picture, nursing student Theressa Compere says the injury inflicted when a B6 painfully peeled the skin from her ankle three years ago has left her permanently unable to wear mini skirts and shorts. (Here she is wearing pants.) In 2008 the teen was crossing a Brooklyn intersection when the B6 bus rolled on top of her foot. Damage might have been minimal, reports the Daily News, had the driver not turned the wheel—causing the skin to come off completely—but backed up instead. Now, she says "when I go to the beach I have to cover up. I can't wear heels and it hurts when I walk up a flight of stairs." Compere is suing the city, demanding reparation for the accident that hospitalized her and caused her great pain and inconvenience. more ›

Considering city street conditions, a union leader thinks the $27.99/hour wage earned by some senior bus drivers is completely merited. "New York City bus operators work in the most dangerous work environment of any bus operators in the country," Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samuelsen told the Daily News. "The notion that they are overpaid is now clearly debunked." Even at that generous rate, NYC bus drivers aren’t the best paid in the nation, according to a ranking by a transit research firm. In Boston, bus drivers earn $30.18/hour, and in San Jose, Chicago, Seattle and Rockville they get close to that much. Still, another recent ranking showed NY traffic could be a lot worse.
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