Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Rukhsana Khan, 41, Third Pedestrian Killed by MTA Bus Driver in November

By Brad Aaron | Nov 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

New York City motorists killed three people walking over the holiday break. At around 6 p.m. last Wednesday, November 25, an MTA express bus driver hit 41-year-old Rukhsana Khan on Ocean Avenue between Avenue J and Avenue K. From the Daily News: “The lady was in the middle of the street crossing,” said William Bizaldi, 64, […]

Trucker Who Killed Woman Admits Negligence, NYPD Still Blames Victim

By Brad Aaron | Nov 6, 2015 | 21 Comments

Update: The Daily News identified the Queens hit-and-run victim as Agalia Gounaris, 84, of Flushing. Police said the bus was located in Connecticut, en route to a casino, and that by that time evidence was lost due to rain. The driver was being questioned, the News reported. Motorists took the lives of two people walking yesterday, […]

MTA Bus Drivers Killed Two People With the Right-of-Way This Week

By Ben Fried | Nov 4, 2015 | 12 Comments

An MTA bus driver making a left turn struck and killed a woman crossing a Queens street Sunday morning. The victim, Leila Enukasvili, 59, was in the crosswalk and likely had the right of way at the time she was struck, based on available information. The investigation is ongoing and charges have not been filed […]

Joe Addabbo Tells Voters to Fight Bus Lanes on Street Where He Drives Daily

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2015 | 15 Comments

The overhaul of Woodhaven Boulevard in southeast Queens promises to make buses faster and more reliable while preventing injuries and deaths on one of the most dangerous streets in the city. Naturally, State Senator Joseph Addabbo is mobilizing constituents to oppose the project and keep Woodhaven the way it is. Addabbo has been agitating against the […]

NYPD: “No Criminality” When MTA Bus Driver Kills Senior and Leaves Scene

By Brad Aaron | Nov 3, 2015 | 31 Comments

Update: Bus driver Paul Roper was charged with felony leaving the scene, failure to yield, and careless driving, according to NY1. An MTA bus driver struck and killed a senior with a walker at a Brooklyn intersection and left the scene this morning. Though it was a hit-and-run crash and it appears likely the victim had […]

Next Up for SBS: 23rd Street in Manhattan, Canarsie to Gravesend in Brooklyn

By Stephen Miller | Oct 5, 2015 | 8 Comments

Two more enhanced bus routes are entering the project pipeline in NYC, one along a busy Manhattan crosstown street and the other snaking across a transit-hungry stretch of Brooklyn. The Manhattan project will run across 23rd Street. The Brooklyn project would tackle a long route following the B6 and B82 between East New York and Gravesend, which carried a […]

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