Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BRT

By Brad Aaron | | 8 Comments
  The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has a new online "clearinghouse" of information on Bus Rapid Transit. From the Mobilizing the Region blog: The clearinghouse explains what bus rapid transit (BRT) is, how it compares to other modes, how it can be implemented in suburban and urban contexts, and how it can anchor transit-oriented development. The […]

Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class

By Ben Fried | | 11 Comments
Streetfilms captured highlights of Enrique Penalosa’s appearance with COMMUTE. One of the most entrenched fallacies in the congestion pricing debate has been the assertion that blue-collar New Yorkers get the short end of the stick. The claim never withstood scrutiny, but now it is facing an especially strong counterargument from Communities United for Transportation Equity […]

New Congestion Pricing Plan, Same Jeffrey Dinowitz

By Brad Aaron | | 10 Comments
The recommendation of a modified congestion pricing plan put forth last week by the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission has elicited another editorial from Bronx Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz. Tellingly, the piece, from this week’s Riverdale Press, starts off with talking points that fellow Assembly Member Richard Brodsky and "Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free" spokesman Walter […]

The Human Rights Argument For BRT And Pricing

By Ben Fried | | 16 Comments
A map produced by the Pratt Center [pdf] shows neighborhoods with a high concentration of low-income commuters with long commutes. With congestion pricing now before the City Council, the coalition pushing it forward shows signs of strengthening at exactly the right time. One group we’ll be hearing more from is Communities United for Transportation Equity (COMM.U.T.E!), […]
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