Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Eyes on the Street: Words Fail

By Brad Aaron | Sep 26, 2008 | 21 Comments

We were out last Friday taking shots of cars parked in the new Select Bus lanes on 34th Street — you know, the ones NYPD has pledged to help keep clear. If only we had walked a few blocks west we might have hit the mother lode. This shot, submitted by a tipster, is of […]

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 […]

TSTC Issues Lincoln Tunnel Emancipation Proclamation

By Ben Fried | Sep 17, 2008 | 4 Comments

When it comes to reducing traffic in New York City, improving transit performance over river crossings is a no-brainer. Faster buses lure people out of their cars and take traffic off the streets, which is why the Tri-State Transportation Campaign is advocating for a New Jersey-bound express bus lane through the Lincoln Tunnel. In a […]

At Grand Central, Sen. Clinton Calls for Funding Mass Transit

By Sarah Goodyear | Sep 15, 2008 | 9 Comments

Clinton was joined by (l-r) Larry Hanley, of the Amalgamated Transit Union, NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and MTA chief Elliot Sander Surrounded by a throng of curious commuters under the clock at Grand Central Terminal last Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton held a press conference calling for increased federal funding for mass […]

Going Back-to-School in the Age of the $4 Gallon

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2008 | 10 Comments

Today is the first day of class for New York City public school students, while other districts across the country have been in session for weeks. The Times reports that some are grappling with how to get kids to and from school in the face of $4-per-gallon gasoline. Schools in many states have cut bus […]

Eyes on the Street: 34th Street Runs Red With Paint

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2008 | 18 Comments

Streetsblog’s Brad Aaron — on vacation in exotic, uh, Midtown — sends this pic of a newly-striped 34th Street bus lane, looking east from Eighth Avenue. Red lanes on each side of 34th are part of the first phase of improvements to what is intended to become the city’s first "transitway." Another witness says the […]

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