Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Congestion Pricing: Bloomberg Needs to Sweeten the Deal

By John Kaehny | Dec 14, 2007 | 35 Comments

Webster Avenue and Fordham Road, the Bronx Congestion pricing is in trouble. With just weeks to go before the Traffic Mitigation Commission makes its recommendations to the City Council and State Legislature, public support is waning and opponents appear to have the upper hand. The one sales pitch that scored high in public opinion polls, […]

Good Streets Include Streetcars

By Alex Marshall | Dec 4, 2007 | 50 Comments

Last stop for Brooklyn’s trolley dodgers at Fairway Market in Red Hook. Devotees of the Red Hook, Brooklyn Fairway grocery store can have the pleasure, after loading up on gourmet salt and other essentials, of sipping coffee on their back veranda over looking the river. It’s a wonderful view. On your right is the Statue […]

New Refuge Islands for Bronx Pedestrians & Bus Riders

By Jason Varone | Nov 26, 2007 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog reader Ed Ravin sends along a photo of a new pedestrian refuge island that has recently emerged beneath an elevated subway platform in the Bronx. While the new sidewalks make bus riders’ lives a bit easier (and, perhaps, longer-lasting), Ed also has some ideas for additional improvements. He writes: Bus passengers on streets under […]

Spitzer Calls on MTA to Retain $2 Base Fare

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2007 | 18 Comments

Governor Eliot Spitzer has "directed" the MTA to keep the base fare for subway and bus rides at $2. City Room reports, however, that Spitzer held out the possibility for increases in unlimited ride card rates at a press conference held this morning. Mr. Spitzer said it was possible to keep the base fare at […]

StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing

By Jason Varone | Nov 19, 2007 | 18 Comments

StreetFilms joined up with Transportation Alternatives’ Executive Director, Paul Steely White to talk about congestion pricing with express bus commuters in Bay Ridge. Bus riders told White that they’d like to have more buses and a faster commute. One commuter pointed out that virtually every automobile on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway carries just one person. Another […]

For the Best in Transportainment, Try a Pedicab

By Brad Aaron | Nov 8, 2007 | 8 Comments

This week’s Time Out New York offers advice on the best ways to navigate the city (all of them sans private automobile). In addition to tips on cheating the MTA out of a subway fare and knowing when the bus is better, TONY explains that pedicabs aren’t just for tourists. “I’ll get you anywhere […]

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