Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Miracles Are for Movies: No World-Class Bus Service for 34th Street

By Brad Aaron | Mar 14, 2011 | 6 Comments

Three years ago, when Streetsblog first wrote up NYC DOT’s proposal for a transitway and pedestrian plaza on 34th Street, we called it a “transit miracle.” For this story, however, there will be no Hollywood ending. The city will undoubtedly tout the latest design, expected to be unveiled today, as an improvement for pedestrians and […]

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Moving Beyond the Automobile: Bus Rapid Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 8, 2011 | No Comments

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provides faster and more efficient service than an ordinary bus system. While a proper BRT route operates like a surface subway, the cost is much lower. In the latest installment of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” Streetfilms explains the key features of bus rapid transit around the world and how BRT helps […]

City Scraps Pedestrian Plaza Option for 34th Street Transitway

By Ben Fried | Mar 3, 2011 | 15 Comments

Pedestrians who navigate Midtown’s crowded sidewalks won’t get as much as they could have from the proposed 34th Street Transitway. The Times reported last night that NYC DOT will not pursue plans for a pedestrian plaza between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue as part of the project. The plaza was the focus of serialized attacks […]

Despite NY Post Report to Contrary, Stringer Supports BRT for 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 2, 2011 | 8 Comments

The Post’s unhinged crusade against the 34th Street Transitway appears to be bleeding over from the editorial page into news content. The paper ran a story yesterday strongly implying that Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer opposes plans for separated bus lanes along 34th Street (headline: “Beep blasts 34th St. plan”), while in reality, Stringer seems […]

To Stay Connected to Jobs, New Yorkers Need Better Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Feb 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

Over the last decades, the economic geography of New York City has begun to shift. While Midtown and Lower Manhattan remain job centers without peer, more and more of the city’s jobs are located outside of the central business districts. As employment shifts into the other boroughs, however, the transit system hasn’t shifted with it. […]

With 34th Street Design Due in Spring, CB 6 Is Ready For Busway to Fail

By Noah Kazis | Jan 4, 2011 | 22 Comments

A preliminary design for the proposed 34th Street Transitway is due this spring, DOT said officials at a community board meeting last night. While up until now the department has been using three different concepts of how the city’s first physically separated bus lanes could be sited on 34th — in a median, along one […]

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