Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Mark Levine Launches Petition to Bring 125th Street Bus Lanes West of Lenox

By Ben Fried | Mar 3, 2015 | 3 Comments

You don’t see this level of political commitment to repurposing street space that often. Council Member Mark Levine has launched a petition calling on NYC DOT and the MTA to extend bus lanes on 125th Street west of Lenox Avenue. Select Bus Service on 125th was originally envisioned with river-to-river dedicated bus lanes, but neighborhood […]

Parents of Seth Kahn: Ineffective MTA Protocols Contributed to Son’s Death

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2015 | 7 Comments

After Wednesday’s MTA board meeting transit chief Tom Prendergast said the agency may revise bus routes to reduce the number of turns bus drivers have to make, in order to minimize conflicts between buses and pedestrians, according to the Daily News. Prendergast said another possibility would be to move crosswalks away from intersections where buses […]

Will DA Ken Thompson Drop Case Against Bus Driver Who Killed Senior?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2015 | 9 Comments

On the evening of December 23, 2014, 78-year-old Jean Bonne-Annee was crossing New York Avenue at Farragut Road in Brooklyn when an MTA bus driver ran him over while making a left turn. Bonne-Annee died at the scene. He was the eighth pedestrian killed by a turning MTA bus driver in 2014. Police arrested driver Reginald Prescott […]

De Blasio Defends Right-of-Way Law to Dimwits in Albany [Updated]

By Stephen Miller | Feb 25, 2015 | 33 Comments

Update [February 26]: The quote from the mayor has been updated to include his full response. At a hearing in Albany this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the new city law that enables police to file misdemeanor charges against drivers who injure or kill people with the right of way. He also shed some light on […]

Eastern Queens Electeds Want Bus Lanes. Will DOT Deliver?

By Stephen Miller | Feb 19, 2015 | 29 Comments

Council Member Rory Lancman and Assembly Member Michael Simanowitz have taken up the cause of opposing bus lanes for Select Bus Service in their eastern Queens districts. While the pair has gotten a lot of attention, they are outnumbered by almost a dozen city, state, and federal elected officials along the route urging the city to […]

Pedestrians With the Right of Way Should Always Have Protection of the Law

By Ben Fried | Feb 16, 2015 | 39 Comments

Jiahuan Xu, 15, had the walk signal when she started across Grand Street in Williamsburg Friday morning. Before she reached the far side of the street, she was struck by a bus driver turning from Union Avenue and “pinned under the left front wheel,” according to the Daily News. After emergency responders rescued Xu, she was […]

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