Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

With Debut of B44 SBS, Major Brooklyn Bus Route Poised to Draw More Riders

By Stephen Miller | Nov 18, 2013 | 38 Comments

After years of planning, B44 Select Bus Service launched yesterday on the Nostrand Avenue corridor. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast marked the occasion this afternoon at a newly-expanded bus stop at Church and Nostrand. The B44, which serves nearly 40,000 riders each weekday along a 9.3-mile route between the […]

Cuomo Administration in Absolutely No Rush to Provide Tappan Zee Transit

By Stephen Miller | Nov 12, 2013 | 15 Comments

After the state dumped transit in its rush to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge, Governor Cuomo announced a transit task force and promised to open the new bridge’s emergency shoulders to buses. But connections for bus riders on either side of the bridge remain a mystery, and the state continues to throw out overblown […]

MTA Plans Busway Beneath the M Train in Ridgewood

By Stephen Miller | Oct 4, 2013 | 16 Comments

The MTA is working on a plan for a short busway in Ridgewood that would run for six-tenths of a mile beneath the elevated M tracks, between Fresh Pond Road and Palmetto Street. While the project wouldn’t transform a car-choked traffic sewer into a pedestrian-friendly transit boulevard (the right-of-way is currently a series of weed-strewn […]

Eyes on the Street: Painting SBS Bus Lanes on Nostrand Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Sep 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Brooklyn’s B44 bus carried more than 12.5 million passengers last year between the base of the Williamsburg Bridge and Sheepshead Bay, making it the city’s fifth-busiest bus route. But the B44, which runs primarily along Nostrand Avenue, is notoriously unreliable and spends less than half of each run in motion. Half the time, it’s stuck in traffic or at bus […]

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ITDP Study: “A Coming Out for Bus-Based Transit-Oriented Development”

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 26, 2013 | No Comments

In a new report making the rounds this week, “More Development For Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors,” the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy does two things. First, authors Walter Hook, Stephanie Lotshaw, and Annie Weinstock evaluate which factors determine the impact of urban transit on development, coming up […]

MTA Planning Chief: NYC’s Next Mayor Needs to Stick Up for Bus Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Sep 12, 2013 | 5 Comments

After a presentation on regional transit ridership trends at NYU’s Rudin Center this morning, William Wheeler, the MTA’s planning director, said the city’s next mayor needs to firmly support the reallocation of street space for dedicated bus lanes, and should not back down in the face of opposition to changes that take away real estate […]

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