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The cost of LIRR tickets will climb by around 4.4%, with monthly tickets capped at $500. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has the story.

MTA: 'Preserves affordability'

Drivers are being encouraged to carpool as an alternative. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'I think it's gonna create an issue'

According to a AAA survey, 96% of people admit to aggressive driving. Newsday reporter John Asbury has the details.

Survey shows drivers admitted to aggressive driving

Monitoring services reported Air Force One and the Spirit Airbus A321 were on potentially converging paths about 11 miles apart.

'Put down the iPad'

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The offers came after Newsday reported Hempstead Town issued more than 80,000 tickets in four school districts that had never agreed to participate in the program.

Town's school bus camera ticket vendor offered payments to woo holdout districts

Work on the Northern State includes about 50 lane miles of new asphalt in a section between Exit 33 at the Wantagh Parkway and Melville.

Roadwork begins on Northern State, Sunrise Highway

The cost of LIRR tickets will climb by around 4.4%. From Ronkonkoma, a one-way peak ticket will rise from $20.50 to $21.50.

MTA makes dramatic changes to LIRR ticketing along with fare, toll hikes

Newsday is launching a new digital feature that will tally traffic fatalities on Long Island's roads this year.

A new count of traffic deaths on LI roads

While it's good news, Americans are still more likely to die on the road than people in Rwanda, Sri Lanka or Indonesia, to name just a few of the 114 countries that outperformed us.

Crash deaths down in first 6 months of year

About 48,000 vehicles are enrolled in the program, which grants exemptions for zero- and low-emission vehicles in high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

Slower LIE predicted as Clean Pass vehicles exit HOV lanes this week

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The top overtime earners' pay slips illustrate lucrative contract provisions. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.

'Lots and lots and lots of overtime'

The deadline for a potential shutdown of the LIRR is delayed by at least two months, and possibly into the spring. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'There's no way I can commute without the railroad'

The agency will provide shuttle buses to Queens subway stations from three LIRR stops during rush hour. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Contigency plan in place for possible LIRR strike

Hochul accused the Trump administration of giving railroad unions the authority to walk off the job for the first time in nearly 30 years. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has the story.

'They could've stopped it'

A decades-old ban on pumping your own gas in Huntington Town has some drivers annoyed, while others say they enjoy being "spoiled a little bit." NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'If it's more expensive, then I care"

With high taxes, in one of the nation's wealthiest areas, why are there so many potholes? NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson and transportation reporter Peter Gill look at the quality of LI's roads and how they're funded.

'It matters ... as a safety issue'

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited Penn Station to discuss the station's future which will include a single "open, airy, bright" level but won't have added tracks in the foreseeable future. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.

New Penn Station 'transformations' set for 2027

Construction has begun on expanding State Route 347 in the Town of Brookhaven. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'Not a perfect design, but it's a huge improvement'

Domestic flights, hotels, gas and car rental prices are on average down compared to last year, the AAA said, citing booking data. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Travel costs lower this year for Labor Day weekend

The heads of five unions representing nearly half of all LIRR workers say they're in a deadlock with management. Newsday Transportation Reporter Alfonso A. Castillo has more.

Potential LIRR strike

A proposed MTA fare adjustment plan would drive up the cost of LIRR tickets. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo looks at some of the proposed changes to e-tickets.

'Tickets are gonna go up about 4.4%'

Newsday examines the increase in aggressive driving on Long Island as part of a yearlong investigative series into the area's dangerous roads. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'He killed my daughter and two other children'

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LIE slowdown predicted as Clean Pass vehicles banned from HOV lane this week

Mariah Carey delighted fans on Tuesday at Looney Tunes Record Store in West Babylon, where she signed copies of her new album, "Here for It All."

Long Island's Christmas Queen had fans in a frenzy

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us out east to a local farm that has fresh vegetables and a local restaurant where they prepare fall cuisine.

Out East: Fall vegetables from farm to table

Newsday travel reporter Carissa Kellman tries indoor skydiving at iFLY in Long Island City.

What it's like to try indoor skydiving at iFLY in NYC

The challenge is to figure out where toxic pipes are buried and who will pay to remove them. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

Old lead pipes connect thousands of LI homes to drinking water, data shows

Newsday travel reporter Carissa Kellman got to hang out with the alpacas at Buck Brook Alpacas in Roscoe.

Roscoe road trip: Walk and feed alpacas at this farm and Airbnb

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa visits a shoe repair shop in Wantagh and its longtime cobbler.

LI Works: The heart and sole of a shoe repairman

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Controversy on the final play as Kellenberg tops St. John the Baptist

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits Haunted House of Hamburgers in Farmingdale.

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