Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Sadik-Khan: We’re Putting the Square Back in Madison Square

By Ben Fried | | 15 Comments
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan gave a brief, clear-eyed overview of the city’s post-pricing transportation agenda today at the Regional Plan Association’s 18th Annual Regional Assembly. Speaking at a panel discussion called "Making Cars Pay Their Way," she rattled off a list of projects in the works, including some public space improvements that are certain to […]

A Transit Miracle on 34th Street

By Brad Aaron | | 66 Comments
NYC DOT is proposing to turn Manhattan’s 34th Street into a river-to-river "transitway." In what she half-jokingly called "probably the first-ever co-presentation" between their two agencies, Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan stood with New York City Transit President Howard Roberts earlier this week to unveil the city’s current Bus Rapid Transit program in its […]

Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A.

By Brad Aaron | | 3 Comments
Nick Whitaker files this first in a series of Streetfilms on transportation for Streetsblog Los Angeles. Here, we hear from LA City Council Member Wendy Greuel, Director of LA County Regional Transit Planning Rex Gephardt, and Executive Director of the Transit Coalition, Bart Reed, on how the city’s burgeoning Bus Rapid Transit system can be […]

NYC’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx

By Brad Aaron | | 16 Comments
L-R: Assembly Members José Rivera and Adriano Espaillat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, MTA CEO Lee Sander and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión at Fordham Plaza today Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning unveiled details of the city’s first Bus Rapid Transit project, called "Select Bus Service," to debut on the Bx12 line, which […]

Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing

By Ben Fried | | 3 Comments
A map presented by Lee Sander shows routes of short-term transit improvements (slide available in this PDF). MTA chief Elliott "Lee" Sander delivered the first-ever "State of the MTA" address this morning, using the agency’s 40th anniversary to urge the enactment of the full $29.5 billion, five-year capital plan unveiled last week. Speaking before a […]
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