Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Feds Green Light Funding for Better Nostrand Avenue Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2010 | 5 Comments

A potential configuration for the Nostrand Avenue SBS Route. Image: NYCDOT. As Elana reported earlier today, the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget includes $28 million for the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service project. The announcement should help build momentum for a high-priority transit project set to launch in 2012. Nostrand Avenue SBS would ply the B44 […]

U.S. DOT Names the Transit Projects Set for Federal Funding

By Elana Schor | Feb 2, 2010 | 2 Comments

The Obama administration last night revealed the names of local transit projects getting recommendations for federal aid under the U.S. DOT’s New and Small Starts programs, which are set to receive $1.8 billion during fiscal year 2011. The list includes some familiar urban projects — New York’s Second Avenue Subway, for instance, already had a […]

Infrastructure Bigs: To Compete, NYC Needs Congestion Pricing, Tolls

By Noah Kazis | Feb 1, 2010 | 12 Comments

Tolls at the Holland Tunnel. Now the Port Authority is looking for the next financing model. Image: Library of Congress. At a panel put on by the New School last week, some of New York’s biggest players in transportation and planning came together to discuss the future of the city’s infrastructure. They all seemed to […]

Electeds: Separated Bus Lanes Would Make East Side Plan Even Better

By Noah Kazis | Jan 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

From left to right: State Senator José Serrano, Assembly Member Micah Kellner, Assembly Member Jonathan Bing, Borough President Scott Stringer, and Council Member Jessica Lappin. East Side electeds continue to express support for the MTA and NYCDOT’s redesign of First and Second Avenues while pushing for a more complete corridor. In exchanges with Streetsblog this […]

Electeds React: East Side Plan Should Do More for Buses

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jan 15, 2010 | 23 Comments

Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, and State Senator Liz Krueger want to see the MTA and DOT take their plan for First and Second Avenues further. Elected officials gave plans for redesigning First and Second Avenues positive reviews today, tempered by the desire to improve the initial outline presented by the MTA […]

MTA, DOT Sketch Out East Side Plans: Separated Lanes for Bikes, Not Buses

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jan 15, 2010 | 40 Comments

One configuration in the plan calls for a protected bike lane and a curbside bus lane. Image: MTA/NYCDOT The MTA and NYCDOT released an outline last night for faster bus service and safer biking and walking on First and Second Avenues. The redesign is the flagship project in New York City’s plans to enhance its […]

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