Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

A More Democratic Use of Space on 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Apr 23, 2010 | 29 Comments

Image: NYCDOT This graphic tells you all you need to know about the rationale behind DOT’s plans for 34th Street, which are getting some play today in the Times and on Gothamist. DOT displayed it prominently at Wednesday’s info session about the project. The biggest group of users — pedestrians — will get wider sidewalks […]

MTA Committed to October Launch Date for East Side Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Apr 6, 2010 | 17 Comments

Two months after the MTA and NYCDOT first presented East Side Select Bus Service to Manhattan Community Board 6, officials were back with a modified plan last night, hoping to get a vote from the transportation committee. After a combative couple of hours, they didn’t get one. The committee chose to put off a vote […]

Do Bus Cams Cost Too Much? Actually, They Pay for Themselves

By Ben Fried | Mar 30, 2010 | 15 Comments

We have yet to get an official reply from the state Assembly about why bus lane cameras were not included in their budget proposal last week, but the excuse that’s floating around is that camera enforcement just costs too darn much. That’s what Assembly member Jim Brennan said in a constituent letter, and one reader […]

Jim Brennan on Bus Cam Rejection: NYC “Irrationally Expanding” Bus Lanes

By Ben Fried | Mar 26, 2010 | 16 Comments

Thanks to reader Geck for sending along this email from Brooklyn Assembly member Jim Brennan, who was replying to a question about the rejection of bus lane cameras in the Assembly’s draft budget. The district that Brennan represents doesn’t include any bus lanes, existing or proposed. That didn’t stop him from offering this excuse: There […]

Better Bus Service in Jeopardy Thanks to Shelly Silver and Assembly Dems

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Mar 25, 2010 | 12 Comments

Chances to improve service on New York City’s dedicated bus lanes appeared to narrow yesterday, when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his Democratic conference rejected bus lane enforcement cameras in the chamber’s draft budget. Camera enforcement is one of the linchpins in the city’s strategy to put the "rapid" in Bus Rapid Transit. Without it, […]

Silver, Assembly Dems Reject Better NYC Bus Service

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2010 | 29 Comments

Sheldon Silver’s office just announced the outlines of the Assembly’s budget resolution. On a day when transit riders saw subway and bus cuts start to loom a whole lot closer, the speaker and his conference have piled on. Here’s the final line item under "Metropolitan Transportation Authority" in the summary of the Assembly’s budget [PDF]: […]

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