Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

You Can Now Bring Street Transformations to Life With Google Street View

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 25, 2014 | No Comments

If you ever want to show someone that it’s possible to change streets and cities for the better, Google Street View can now help you do it. Google recently made it possible to view archived Street View images. This means it’s easier than ever to show what streets looked like before and after a redesign. […]

Trottenberg: The Goal Is to Roll Out 13 New SBS Routes in Four Years

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2014 | 10 Comments

It’s been a big week for buses. Public meetings kicked off for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven Boulevard, signs of SBS are starting to crop up on 125th Street, and news broke that bus lanes are coming to Utica Avenue. After Wednesday’s infrastructure forum, I caught up with Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to discuss the de […]

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State Interference in Nashville BRT Could Have National Implications

By Annie Weinstock | Apr 23, 2014 | No Comments

Annie Weinstock is the regional director for the U.S. and Africa at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. Last week saw the quiet death of the misguided, Koch brothers-funded Tennessee Senate Bill 2243, which would have effectively banned real bus rapid transit in Tennessee. The Senate’s outrageous overreach, attempting to prohibit transit from using dedicated […]

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Long Arm of the Koch Brothers Extends to Nashville to Slap Down Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 3, 2014 | No Comments

On Tuesday, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean announced that he might do away with dedicated transit lanes on two stretches of the Amp, the proposed seven-mile bus rapid transit line that could set an important precedent for the car-centric city. Dean is the main political backer of the project, so the fact that he’s buckling says […]

Pratt Center Suggests Eight Routes for Robust BRT — Is de Blasio Listening?

By Stephen Miller | Dec 17, 2013 | 40 Comments

In 2008, a coalition led by the Pratt Center for Community Development laid out a vision for 12 Bus Rapid Transit lines across the city. Nearly six years later, NYC DOT and the MTA have installed six Select Bus Service routes in four boroughs, with plans for more. At a panel discussion this morning, the […]

How One Merchant Group Went From Bus Lane Opponent to SBS Supporter

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

When B44 Select Bus Service launched last month, regular Streetsblog readers may have recognized Lindiwe Kamau’s along with the elected officials celebrating Brooklyn’s first SBS route. Kamau, who is president of the Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association, spoke with Mayor Bloomberg at the grand opening and had her photo snapped by the press. Under sunny skies, it was all […]

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