Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Cleveland’s Health Line Setting a National Example for Bus Rapid Transit

By Ben Fried | Jul 14, 2008 | 9 Comments

The Tribune reports that the Chicago Transit Authority is studying Cleveland’s new Bus Rapid Transit service, called the Health Line, as it prepares to launch its own BRT lines next year. Four miles of the Health Line are currently operational along Euclid Avenue, a major downtown thoroughfare that was once packed with streetcars, buses and […]

Eyes on the Street: Red Means “Stop” … in the Bus Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2008 | 12 Comments

Streetsblog regular BicyclesOnly is posting shots of Midtown bus lane violators on his Flickr photo stream. He writes: [T]his cop is manually writing tickets for blocking the bus-only "red lane" on 57th St. instead of dealing with more serious crimes … For every violator ticketed, several others get away scot free. Plus FedEx ends up […]

Rider Report: Select Bus Service Shaves Trip Time

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2008 | 16 Comments

Three days after the debut of Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bronx resident and Tri-State Transportation Campaign Associate Director Veronica Vanterpool rode the route from Co-op City to Inwood. On Mobilizing the Region, she reports that riders are becoming accustomed to the pre-payment system and rear-door boarding, with the help of bus drivers and New York […]

Bus Riders Warm to Select Bus Service, Drivers Love Red Parking Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jun 30, 2008 | 34 Comments

New York City Transit staff introduce passengers to Bx12 Select Bus Service at Broadway and Isham in Inwood New York City Transit’s Select Bus Service made its prime time debut this morning on the Bx12 line, which connects Co-op City in the Bronx with Inwood in Upper Manhattan via Fordham Road and 207th Street. As […]

How David Gantt Sent Bus Cameras to Defeat in Albany

By Ben Fried | Jun 27, 2008 | 25 Comments

After state lawmakers dealt a setback to the city's Bus Rapid Transit plans, Streetsblog looked into how Assembly transportation committee chairman David Gantt was able to bring down a bill that reportedly enjoyed majority support among his members and won approval in the New York City Council by a 40 to 7 vote.

Eyes on the Street: Ikea Shuttles Tearing Through Brooklyn ‘Hoods

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2008 | 49 Comments

A pair of Ikea buses clog Clinton St. in Cobble Hill. A tipster sends along a disturbing Red Hook Ikea traffic update. The residents of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are going nuts about the Ikea buses that have decided against Hicks and gone with Clinton as a route. The buses, every hour on the […]

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