Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about bus lanes

The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.

SPEEDY! Mayor Takes Victory Lap On Hylan Boulevard Bus Lane*

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments

* Though that's the lane he trimmed from 6.6 miles to 4.7 miles to appease car owners.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg during a press conference over the summer. Photo: Dave Colon

Mayor Admits Many Promised Bus Lanes May Not Happen This Year — If Ever

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 23, 2020 | No Comments

Two times in as many weeks, fed-up straphangers have asked the mayor about the busways he promised back in June — and both times, de Blasio's answers were embarrassing.

De Blasio Says, ‘Busways? Busways? But I Fixed Alternate-Side Parking!’

By Dave Colon | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

Once again, the mayor's brain is stuck in park.

We know a place where some cars go. Photo: Dave Colon

So Far, So Good: Early Results Show Faster Transit Trips on Jay Street Busway

By Dave Colon | Oct 15, 2020 | No Comments

Bus speeds are up 50 percent!

No one wants to spend time on crowded buses in the age of COVID. Transit Signal Priority could help speed the buses, but the city has stalled on rolling it out. Photo: Adam Light

OPINION: Give Buses Signal Priority — Now!

By Samuel Santaella | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

The DOT's laborious process is holding up a sensible measure that will speed transit and could make riders safer in the age of COVID.

Sign of the times: A temporary 'street for people' on the Upper West Side. Photo: Eve Kessler

New Civic Group — CityRise — Will Push Mayor To Counter ‘Carmageddon’

By Eve Kessler | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

CityRise will reach into tactical urbanist playbook in bid to make city streets livable post-COVID.

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