{"id":804970,"date":"2026-05-18T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/804970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:41:12","slug":"mta-providing-shuttle-bus-service-during-lirr-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/804970\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA providing shuttle bus service during LIRR strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ntxor56us5h9g57e.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters express concern over possible LIRR strike\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>LONG ISLAND, NY<\/strong> &#8211; With the Long Island Rail Road paralyzed by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/hochul-mamdani-warn-nyc-commuters-prepare-after-lirr-strike-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first strike in 30 years,<\/a> Monday morning&#8217;s commute to New York City looks completely different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">While state officials are strongly urging all Long Islanders to work from home, the MTA has rolled out a massive contingency plan, including free shuttle buses, cheap park-and-rides, and boosted subway service, for essential workers who have no choice but to head into the city.<\/p>\n<p>  Shuttle buses <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Free shuttle buses will transport essential workers from six locations across Nassau and Suffolk counties directly to subway stations in Queens from 4:30 to 9 a.m. Return shuttles will run from 3 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p> Peak and reverse peak direction service: <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Bay Shore (LIRR) to Howard Beach-JFK Airport\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Huntington (LIRR) to Jamaica-179 St\u00a0F\u00a0at Hillside Av and 179 Street<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Ronkonkoma (LIRR) to Jamaica-179 St\u00a0F\u00a0at Hillside Av and 179 Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Peak direction service only: <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Hempstead Lake State Park, near Lakeview (LIRR), to Howard Beach-JFK Airport\u00a0A<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Hicksville (LIRR) to Howard Beach-JFK Airport\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Mineola (LIRR) to Howard Beach-JFK Airport\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pp4qg07zsv67tjwf.jpg\" alt=\"FULL: LIRR, MTA talk strike contingency plans for commuters\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   NICE bus <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) will run extra weekday bus service connecting directly to Queens subway stations.<\/p>\n<p> MTA locations with NICE Bus connections: <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">179 Street\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Flushing-Main Street<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Jamaica Bus Terminal<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Jamaica Ctr-Parsons\/Archer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">For more information and service changes, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicebus.com\/Passenger-Information\/LIRR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NICE Bus website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Citi Field parking <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Commuters can park at Citi Field for $6 and transfer directly to the 7 train, which runs on two-to-three-minute headways.<\/p>\n<p> Subway <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials say the subway system is fully prepared for the influx. Lines including the 7, A, E, F, J, and Z have plenty of capacity, and &#8220;gap trains&#8221; are on standby to deploy immediately if stations become overcrowded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information from this article was provided by the MTA.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/organization\/lirr\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Island Railroad<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/long-island\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Island<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG ISLAND, NY &#8211; With the Long Island Rail Road paralyzed by its first strike in 30 years,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":804971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10209,6084,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,12632,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-804970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-lirr","tag-long-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-organization","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116595398468549093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}