Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Cy Vance to Albany: TWU Bill Would Hinder Cases Against Drunk Drivers

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2015 | 49 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance sent a letter to state lawmakers warning that a bill to prevent police from detaining bus and taxi drivers at crash scenes would undermine law enforcement’s ability to collect evidence of impaired driving. The bill, which sailed through the State Senate yesterday with no public notice and without a public hearing, would bar police […]

With Bus Fatalities Down, Albany Shouldn’t Meddle With Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2015 | 4 Comments

Violate my right of way? That’s wrong, no matter who you are. @CarlHeastie #DefendRoW no exceptions! #walkingfamilies pic.twitter.com/yNp5nRRbXA — TransAlt (@transalt) June 19, 2015 In 2014 MTA bus drivers killed eight people in crosswalks. Some of those fatalities occurred after the Right of Way Law took effect last August, and several bus drivers were arrested […]

Unless Albany Acts, NYC Bus Lanes Are About to Get Clogged With Cars

By Stephen Miller | Jun 17, 2015 | 31 Comments

Five years ago, the state passed a bill allowing the city to install cameras that catch drivers who illegally use bus lanes on six Select Bus Service routes. Unless Albany acts soon, that legislation will expire and the cameras will have to be turned off at the end of this summer. There’s a fix waiting to be voted on […]

Ydanis Rodriguez: “We Should Leave the Right of Way Law As It Is”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 10 Comments

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez opposes an amendment to the Right of Way Law that would provide a special exemption for bus drivers. “I stand in support of the bill as written,” he told Streetsblog this afternoon. “I think that we should leave the Right of Way Law as it is.” The Transport Workers Union is seeking an […]

TWU Demands to Be Allowed to Kill People Who Have the Right of Way

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 48 Comments

Wadsworth & 181 in Upper Manh: Bus waits to take a left turn as oblivious pedestrian crosses intersection pic.twitter.com/1sdNUEcyZo — TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) June 16, 2015 The Transport Workers Union is making a great case for why the Right of Way Law should apply to all drivers. The law made it a misdemeanor for drivers to […]

Unions Agree: Let Bus Drivers Kill People With the Right of Way

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2015 | 40 Comments

Just about all of New York’s major labor unions signed a Transport Workers Union letter demanding that MTA bus drivers be allowed to legally injure and kill people who are walking or biking with the right of way. The letter, dated June 11, was sent to New York City Council members [PDF]. The unions want the council to […]

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