Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Eyes on the Street: Going Soft on Bus Lane Violators

By Brad Aaron | Oct 14, 2008 | 9 Comments

Photo pool contributor Jacob-uptown tagged this shot of new "soft barriers" intended to keep cars and trucks out of the 34th Street Select Bus lanes. His conclusion: "not successful yet." Don’t forget to add a "streetsblog" tag to your photos of city street conditions.

Streetfilms: Parisian Bus Rapid Transit

By Brad Aaron | Sep 29, 2008 | 15 Comments

For the third installment in her series of Paris, France Streetfilms, Elizabeth Press checks out Le Mobilien, the Parisian version of Bus Rapid Transit. Le Mobilien features curbside and onboard bus arrival info, mid-street boarding kiosks, a MetroCard-esque payment system, and — perhaps most crucial to its success — lanes that are physically separated from […]

Is It Time to Swap the 2nd Ave Subway for Bus Rapid Transit?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 24, 2008 | 32 Comments

In today’s New York Times, Jim Dwyer poses a question that some city transit advocates have to this point discussed only in hushed tones: "Is it really such a great idea to be digging subway tunnels in Manhattan?" Given the logistical difficulties and escalated costs of boring underground, Dwyer points to an alternative (link added). […]

Cops, Cabs and Trucks Ignore 34th Street SBS Lane

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2008 | 14 Comments

DOT plans to use cameras to keep cabs and government vehicles out of the 34th Street lanes. Last Monday the city launched phase one of its second Select Bus Service route, on 34th Street in Manhattan. From what we could tell on Friday, so far some new signage and fresh terracotta paint are about all […]

DOT, MTA Launch 34th Street Select Bus Service Today

By Brad Aaron | Sep 15, 2008 | 4 Comments

SBS lanes are the first phase of the 34th Street Transitway concept DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and MTA CEO Lee Sander are scheduled to officially roll out 34th Street Select Bus Service at a 1 p.m. press conference today. The new Manhattan route will be the city’s second foray into bus rapid transit, following a […]

Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year

By Ben Fried | Aug 13, 2008 | 4 Comments

You know a city is getting serious about tackling traffic when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region. In New York, it was the 2006 release of Growth or Gridlock, which pegged the annual price of traffic at $13 billion, that set off a public debate about congestion pricing that […]

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