Commuter Rail

MTA Long Island Rail Road rail cars achieved their best mechanical reliability in 2015 since record-keeping began in 1981, the agency said.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is looking to restore the W Line in Queens and Manhattan this fall, thereby allowing the Q Line to begin serving the Second Avenue Subway between 63rd and 96th streets when it opens later this year.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area’s transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency, recently allocated $494 million to help several agencies buy new equipment.

NJ Transit has banned hoverboards on all trains, buses, light rail and Access Link vehicles, at stations and outlying property.