Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

B44 Moving 15-30 Percent Faster After Select Bus Service Upgrades

By David Meyer | Jul 1, 2016 | 4 Comments

As bus speeds decline in NYC, the few routes that are getting dedicated bus lanes and off-board fare collection are bucking the trend. The newest evidence comes from the B44 route along Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn, where buses are moving 15-30 percent faster since NYC DOT and the MTA upgraded the line to Select […]

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Send Us Your Nominations for the Sorriest Bus Stop in America

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 22, 2016 | No Comments

Streetsblog’s “Sorriest Bus Stop in America” contest is back by popular demand. Last year, readers nominated dozens of forlorn bus stops to call attention to the daily indignities and dangers that bus riders have to put up with. This sad, windswept patch of grass between two highway-like roads in a St. Louis inner suburb took the […]

MTA Says Proof of Payment May Increase Fare Evasion, History Says Otherwise

By David Meyer | Jun 21, 2016 | 21 Comments

Last week, transit advocates called on the MTA to ensure that its next-generation fare payment system allows for “electronic proof of payment” on buses. By enabling bus riders to board without dipping a farecard or carrying a paper receipt, such a system would simplify and speed up the boarding process, saving passengers time on every route in the […]

Will the MTA Waste Its Opportunity to Save NYC Bus Riders a Ton of Time?

By David Meyer | Jun 17, 2016 | 47 Comments

The MTA’s next-generation fare payment system can greatly speed up buses all over the city by allowing passengers to board much faster, but so far the agency hasn’t required bidders for the fare system contract to include such technology. With proposals due July 13, a coalition led by the Riders Alliance is calling on the MTA to […]

Ryan Russo on DOT’s “Mobility Report” and the Need for Better Bus Service

By David Meyer | Jun 10, 2016 | 3 Comments

DOT’s “New York City Mobility Report” [PDF], released earlier this week, is the agency’s first overview of NYC transportation trends in three years. As the number of people and jobs in the city has grown prodigiously in the past five years, DOT reports, the subway system and, increasingly, the bike network have allowed more New Yorkers to get […]

DOT Mobility Report: As NYC Grows, So Are Transit and Bicycling

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2016 | 23 Comments

With New York City’s population swelling to a record size, subways and bikes now account for about 700,000 more trips each day than 16 years ago, according to a new report from NYC DOT [PDF]. Car trips into the Manhattan core, meanwhile, are declining, but so is citywide bus ridership. DOT’s “New York City Mobility Report” follows in the footsteps of the […]

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