Mets Add 3 Shuttle Routes for Subway Series as LIRR Strike Halts Service

9 articles · Updated · Gothamist · May 16

Three added shuttle options will serve Citi Field for Saturday’s Subway Series game, with the Mets directing fans to buses from Roosevelt Field, Walt Whitman Shops and Manhasset.
The extra service aims to offset the Long Island Rail Road shutdown that began at midnight Saturday, the first strike to halt the railroad in decades.
The Mets’ Citi Field Direct Shuttle program, launched earlier this year, also offers rides from off-site parking in Long Island, New Jersey and the Bronx, while drivers were told to allow extra time and use discounted nearby parking.
Saturday is Game 2 of the three-game Yankees-Mets series after the Yankees won Friday’s opener 5-2, a game in which Mets pitcher Clay Holmes suffered a fractured fibula.
The strike’s duration remains unclear, and with no talks expected Saturday, the MTA said it would deploy limited commuter shuttle buses to subway stations if the stoppage lasts into the workweek.

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