Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about bus lanes

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins won't fight blocked bus lanes. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

State Pols: Go Ahead, Drive In Bus Lanes and Don’t Pay Tolls — See If We’re Going to Do Anything About It

By Dave Colon | Mar 15, 2022 | No Comments

State legislators used their budget proposals stick it to mass transit by prioritizing drivers blocking bus lanes and messing up their license plates to evade tolls.

A bus. Does it need to be fast or does it need to be free? Photo: Tdorante10 via Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: It is Time to Revive the 34th Street Busway

By Deborah Baldwin | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

As Gov. Hochul talks up her plans for Penn Station, our trains need a rapid transit link now more than ever.

A driver deciding to take the Jay Street Busway could face a higher fine under Gov. Hochul's executive budget. Photo: Dave Colon

Gov. Hochul’s Executive Budget Takes Aim at Bus Lane Blockers, Toll Cheats

By Dave Colon | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

No free rides for drivers in the bus lane or the license plate defacers on the highways.

Mayor Adams rode the subway on his first day in office. File photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's Office

Wait, What? Does Mayor Adams Really Think Our Transit System is the Best in the World?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

An otherwise unrelated press conference veers into shaky territory for the new mayor.

Despite End of Holiday Season, DOT Has No Update on Long-Stalled Fifth Ave. Project

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

New mayor, same old problem. We are nearly two weeks into the New Year and the city still doesn’t have a plan for restarting the long-delayed redesign of Fifth Avenue — a street improvement project announced by former Mayor de Blasio in 2020, delayed and watered-down, but then scheduled to begin “after the holidays” of […]

Buses are not as good as they could be, advocates say. Photo: DOT

THE DE BLASIO LEGACY: Eight Years Of Broken Bus Policy

By Dave Colon | Dec 27, 2021 | No Comments

Two terms in office and one big missed opportunity to end the "Tale of Two Cities" for transit.

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