Bx6 Riders Rave About Bus Lanes and All-Door Boarding
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Dedicated bus lanes and all-door boarding debuted on the Bx6 earlier this month, and riders are noticing the difference.
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Rafael Salamanca and Bronx Pols Pressure DOT to Scrap Bus Lanes for Bx6
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The bus route serves 24,000 daily trips in an area where 76 percent of households don't own cars, but Salamanca, Marcos Crespo, Ruben Diaz Sr., and Jeff Klein are more worried about car traffic.
Richmond, Virginia, Shows How Smaller Cities Can Get Serious About Transit
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The city has started work on its first BRT route, which could be the beginning of an 80-mile network.
Will Brooklyn Streets Get the Transit Priority They Need During the L Train Shutdown?
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During the L shutdown, the MTA plans to run shuttle buses at rush hour connecting Williamsburg to Manhattan. Some sort of transit priority treatment is on the table for Brooklyn streets where buses connect to the bridge, but what DOT has in mind isn't clear.
Trump Budget Threats and the Local Anti-Transit Brigade Spike Lansing BRT
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Eight years in the making, the project was undone by suburban opposition. Now, transit advocates in Michigan's capital are figuring out what can be done to improve transit while their opponents take a victory lap.
Scores of New Yorkers Turn Out to Reimagine 14th Street
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A capacity crowd of around 80 people gathered at a community center in Chelsea last night to brainstorm the future of 14th Street. The forum was the second 14th Street PeopleWay workshop, hosted by Transportation Alternatives, to help prepare for the crush of people who will need a new way to get around when the L train tube under the […]