Traffic & Transit
SEE IT: Crazed Commuter Attacks MTA Bus On Lower East Side
An unhinged straphanger lost it on a MTA bus after chasing the coach for several blocks, video shows.

LOWER EAST SIDE, NY β Talk about fare beating. A livid commuter was caught on video attacking a MTA bus after chasing the coach for several blocks on the Lower East Side Thursday.
Expletive-filled footage posted on Twitter shows the man screaming at the driver through the windshield as he begins ripping the rearview mirrors off of the bus about midnight near Houston and Allen streets, police said.
Warning: This video contains graphic language.
Find out what's happening in Lower East Side-Chinatownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
new york niggas donβt play pic.twitter.com/99YgNxkIsY
β TJANI (@TJANI) December 5, 2018
The attacker accused the driver of whizzing past him at stops and making him run 23 blocks to catch up.
βYou piece of s--t, I bang on your f---ing door, you made me chase you from 23rd Street, motherf---er,β he raves.
Find out what's happening in Lower East Side-Chinatownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
βThis is Houston β I chased you 23-f---ing blocks and you wouldn't f---ing stop. F--k you, you piece of s--t.β
The driver was forced to stop in the middle of the street and flashed "Call police" and "Emergency" in bright-yellow print on the bus message board above the windshield.
Police said the vehicle suffered more than $2,000 in damages. A police investigation is ongoing.
Lead photo courtesy of Chris Hondros/Getty Images
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.