Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Transit Deserts Leave New Yorkers Thirsting for Access to Jobs

By Dani Simons | Nov 22, 2011 | 8 Comments

Much progress has been made in the five years since Scott Stringer’s first transportation conference, but many transit riders are still wandering in the “transportation deserts” that were the focus of one afternoon panel at the Manhattan borough president’s follow-up event, Transportation 2030, this past Friday. Transportation deserts include neighborhoods from City Island in the […]

Graphed: How East Side Select Bus Service Cut Trip Times and Gained Riders

By Noah Kazis | Nov 15, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, we reported on the impressive gains in speed and ridership along the First and Second Avenue Select Bus Service route. Since then, NYC DOT and the MTA released their official progress report on the project. It’s full of graphics that show the boost for bus riders even more clearly. Select Bus Service cut the […]

Select Bus Service Boosted East Side Bus Ridership 9%; 34th Street Is Next

By Noah Kazis | Nov 14, 2011 | 5 Comments

Speaking this morning at the launch of weekday Select Bus Service along 34th Street, Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and New York City Transit President Thomas Prendergast released the latest stats documenting the effect of Select Bus Service improvements along First and Second Avenues. On the East Side, travel times improved 18 percent thanks […]

34th Street Select Bus Service Launches This Sunday

By Noah Kazis | Nov 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

It’s no physically separated transitway, but bus riders can still get excited about the launch of Select Bus Service along 34th Street this Sunday. Additional SBS features should significantly speed trips along.34th Street, which already has dedicated lanes for the heavy crosstown bus traffic. By taking care of fare payment before riders board and allowing […]

Chicago Proposes “Congestion Fee” On Parking to Fund Transit

By Noah Kazis | Oct 19, 2011 | 7 Comments

In last winter’s Chicago mayoral election, all the leading candidates made ambitious promises to increase funding for the city’s struggling transit agency. Now, with a proposed $2 “congestion fee” — really a downtown surcharge on the city’s parking tax — Emanuel plans to make drivers pay their fair share and use the proceeds to build […]

Will Cuomo Scrap Transit on the Tappan Zee and Just Widen the Highway?

By Noah Kazis | Oct 11, 2011 | 9 Comments

For nine years, the state of New York has been studying how to replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge. The bridge, which is more than 50 years old, requires ever more expensive repairs to stay structurally sound and was never intended to carry the volume of traffic that pours over it every day. Since 2002, […]

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