The MTA's been planning to screw up your winter commute with consecutive subway shutdowns for a while, but we thought the Q train was safe—until now. Starting in January and lasting through March, there will be no Q train service across parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, so get ready to bundle up for your good pal the shuttle bus instead. more ›

Have you been missing the much maligned L train shuttle bus? Good news, its back! Among the many planned service changes for this weekend is the first return of the bus we like to call "shuttLe" since last October. So if you want to get to an L stop between Lorimer and Broadway Junction this weekend, be prepared to bus it. And you'll be happy to know this won't be the buses only appearance, the MTA expects to utilize it on at least six weekends this year to upgrade the line’s “communication-based train control” system. more ›

With work planned on nearly every subway line and about 600 shuttle buses dispatched to cart around the huddled masses, straphangers are saying service couldn't be more of a bitch this weekend. And sorry, L train riders, you've now been cursed with the "Planned Work" label too! "On the bus, off the bus! On the bus, off the bus! It's just a hassle," said Steven Malcolm as he tried to get from Washington Heights to the Bronx. Diana Perez was ready to take names, griping, "I'm very irritated. Really mad. What's the point of me buying this MetroCard? This is a lie." more ›

You might want to extend "Bike to Work Day" into "Bike All Weekend" if you live along certain parts of the F and G lines. Once again, from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, there is no G service in two sections of the line: between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues, and between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets and Church Avenue. Free shuttle buses will run between Queens Plaza and Bedford-Nostrand Avenue, and between Jay Street and Church Avenue. PLEASE BE PATIENT! more ›

We knew F train shuttles were expected next year, but it seems whatever the opposite of Christmas is has come early! According to the Brooklyn Paper, the MTA will replace weekend train service between Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn and Church Avenue in Kensington with shuttle buses in order to work on portions of the elevated line. This starts February 20th and will last "for an unspecified number weekends over the next 11 months." The agency says they'll try to inform straphangers of the exact dates to expect the shuttle buses, and so far they have confirmed the weekend of the 20th and 27th. On the upside, maybe you can become the Mayor on Foursquare? more ›

More 1 train riders will have to deal with the fun of shuttle buses, because the MTA is closing the West 168th, 157th, and 145th Street stations from midnight on Sunday till 5 a.m. Monday—and the Post said the closing could last "possibly longer." Why? Because the MTA wants to inspect the ceiling at 168th Street which is very similar to West 181st, where a chunk of the ceiling collapsed earlier this week, sending subway riders north of West 168th into shuttle bus hell. So, if the inspection is at 168th Street, why are 157th and 145th stations closing? The MTA explains, "Trains can reverse direction only at locations where there are track switches, this inspection will necessitate the lengthening of the bus shuttle south to 137th Street," where free shuttle bus service is available to Dyckman Street—more details here. more ›

Commuting woes continue for 1 train riders north of 168th Street, as the MTA has continued to suspend service—details here—as it works clear up debris from a ceiling collapse at the West 181st Street station. (And if yesterday's commute was any indication, 2 and 3 line riders are also being squeezed.) The MTA explained that around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, "A section of the brick architectural façade fell 35 feet to the track bed below. A downtown 1 train was in the station, but did not sustain any major damage." And luckily no one was injured. more ›

Well, we had a good run. Brooklyn commuters who've been enjoying a free ride on the IKEA Water Taxi that runs between Red Hook and Wall Street are going to have to make some adjustments: The Swedish retailer will be reducing hours on the service, which since June has been running every 20 minutes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Starting October 1st, the boat will run every 40 minutes, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays. more ›

The free coach style shuttle buses that deliver riders from two Brooklyn subway stops to the new Red Hook IKEA are filling up with passengers who never set foot inside the Swedish retailer. "I'd say before one o'clock, about half the riders from Smith and Ninth Street don't even go into IKEA," one bus driver told the Daily News, adding that many riders are going to a local methodone clinic for treatment. And, as predicted, freeloaders are pulling the same move with the free Water Taxi between IKEA and lower Manhattan, an area also renowned for its methadone. more ›