Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Pricing Foe Hakeem Jeffries Demands G Train Service Increase

By Aaron Naparstek | May 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

How cynical is this? Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is calling on the MTA to increase service on the G train. His office just sent out an invitation to a "Save the G Train" rally on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 pm at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene. Hakeem Jeffries was, of course, […]

Bus Rapid Transit Under Fire in Delhi, India

By Brad Aaron | May 13, 2008 | 14 Comments

As a new class of automobile owners floods the streets of India with cheap cars, the city of Delhi is trying to stem the tide with a new Bus Rapid Transit program. Unfortunately, along with the cars has come the requisite sense of entitlement and modal prejudice, as EMBARQ reports: This last week Delhi began […]

A Bridge and Tunnel Transit Solution

By Ben Fried | May 12, 2008 | 23 Comments

Historically, East River bridges have carried more transit — and more people — than they do today. View a larger version of this image. Last week, Cap’n Transit posted a series about running express bus lanes over bridges and tunnels, which would boost the capacity of crossings and put them on a de facto road […]

Rivera: Pricing Still the Way to Go

By Ben Fried | May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

City Council Member Joel Rivera, whose stance on congestion pricing remained unclear until he voted "Yes" on March 31st, came out as a full-fledged supporter yesterday with an editorial in the Daily News. The Bronx rep added another wrinkle to speculation that pricing might come back: Those of us who voted for pricing and those […]

Chicago Gets NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 29, 2008 | 19 Comments

The New York State Assembly is doing a great job… for the people of Chicago. Remember the $354.5 million federal grant that New York City was going to get to implement congestion pricing before the deal collapsed in Albany? US DOT Secretary Mary Peters announced today that Chicago will receive $153 million of New York […]

COMMUTE’s BRT Plan: A Denser Network and Interborough Lines

By Ben Fried | Apr 25, 2008 | 11 Comments

COMMUTE’s proposals for BRT routes in the five boroughs, shown next to DOT’s current plan. View an enlarged version. As part of its "Sustainability Watch" series this week, Gotham Gazette ran a great piece on Bus Rapid Transit by Joan Byron of the Pratt Center for Community Development. Byron is one of the organizers at […]

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