Defunct toll booths on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge started coming down Monday after more than two decades of uselessness, reports silive.com. Borough President James P. Molinaro commemorates the event by evoking President Reagan’s call to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Underground cell phone snatchings are on the rise in subway systems in Boston and Washington D.C. The New York Times says public transit officials are concerned that improved cell service on the trains exacerbates the problem.

NY1 reports the latest tally on bus stop cuts – 611. The means replacing 8600 route maps, the news outlet notes.

Turns out, if you beat up your supervisor, you’ll lose your job. The New York Post explains how an MTA bus driver learned that lesson this week.