Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Another Reason to Embrace Pre-Payment

By Ben Fried | Dec 3, 2008 | 9 Comments

From today’s Times, published after bus driver Edwin Thomas was stabbed to death by a passenger who refused to pay the fare: There is one bus route on which drivers do not have to worry about fare beaters: the Bx12 Select Bus Route, which runs along Pelham Parkway and Fordham Road in the Bronx and […]

Ravitch Rumor Mill: Report to Urge More Investment in BRT

By Ben Fried | Dec 3, 2008 | 9 Comments

Mobilizing the Region has scooped up some interesting nuggets about the Ravitch Commission’s soon-to-be-released report: …insiders tell MTR that Ravitch is likely to recommend improved bus service, including increased investment in bus rapid transit and the establishment of a MTA Regional Bus Authority. The latter would take control of suburban bus systems like Long Island […]

Blocking the Box: Traffic Concerns Nix Big Retail From GWB Bus Station

By Brad Aaron | Dec 2, 2008 | 10 Comments

Rendering: PA Associates Plans to bring "big box" retail to a remodeled George Washington Bridge Bus Station have been scuttled due to fears that it would attract more car-commuting shoppers to Washington Heights. Instead, according to the Manhattan Times, the Port Authority will build spaces for about a dozen smaller commercial shops and offices, says […]

Pedestrians, Bus Riders, and Cyclists Get a Better Bronx Hub

By Ben Fried | Dec 1, 2008 | 9 Comments

These DOT photos [PDF] show off the revamped Bronx Hub — the shopping district and transit nexus in Melrose that just received a slew of livable streets improvements. Planters, surfacing, and a few strategically placed concrete islands demarcate pretty substantial new swaths of pedestrian space, including a block-long plaza (shown above and in bird’s eye […]

Dear Mr. Brodsky: What Now?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2008 | 8 Comments

In today’s Times, Richard Brodsky weighs in on the pitfalls of shortchanging capital needs in the face of the immediate MTA budget crisis. "The need for investment in the system is gargantuan," said Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, a Democrat from Westchester County who is chairman of a committee that oversees the authority. "Twenty-five years from […]

Manhattan Buses Dominate Pokey and Schleppie Awards

By Brad Aaron | Nov 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign (l) and TA’s Paul Steely White unveil this year’s honorees Two Manhattan bus routes took home awards for slowest and least reliable service in the 2008 Pokey and Schleppie Awards, issued today by the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives. The Pokey went to the M96 crosstown, which clocked an […]

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