Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

MTA Bus Driver Runs Over 15-Year-Old Girl in Brooklyn Crosswalk [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 13, 2015 | 15 Comments

Update: NYPD told Streetsblog the bus driver involved in this crash was arrested and charges are pending. Transportation Alternatives tweeted that, according to police, he was charged under the Right of Way law. An MTA bus driver ran over a teenage girl in a Brooklyn crosswalk this morning. The 15-year-old victim was walking north across […]

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St. Louis Stunner Runs Away With the Vote for America’s Sorriest Bus Stop

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 13, 2015 | No Comments

In the end, it was never even close. This bus stop on Lindbergh Boulevard in suburban St. Louis won wire-to-wire in the voting for the Sorriest Bus Stop in America. There was plenty of worthy competition, but something stood out about this stick in the ground next to what seems to be a divided highway. The only […]

Who’s Against Better Sidewalks and Bus Stops? These People…

By Stephen Miller | Feb 6, 2015 | 23 Comments

Bus bulbs are sidewalk extensions at bus stops that enable passengers to board without the driver pulling in and out of traffic. They save transit riders time, shorten crossing distances for pedestrians, and keep sidewalks from getting cluttered by bus stop furniture. Who could be against that? Well, on the Upper East Side, a few […]

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Help Streetsblog Find the Sorriest Bus Stop in America

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 27, 2015 | No Comments

It’s contest time again, and competition is going to be stiff for this one. After handing out a Streetsie award for the best street transformation in America at the end of 2014, we’re going to do some good old public shaming this time: Help us find the most neglected, dangerous, and all around sorriest bus […]

Bus Lane Foes Lancman and Simanowitz: Car Dependence Is a Fact of Life

By Stephen Miller | Jan 23, 2015 | 21 Comments

What happens when you hold a meeting about better bus service but bus riders don’t show up? Residents of Kew Gardens Hills packed an open house last night in a near-panic about the carmageddon they fear if bus lanes are installed on Main Street in their neighborhood. While the crowd last night was big and […]

Lancman and Simanowitz: Let’s Keep Queens Bus Riders Stuck in Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2015 | 47 Comments

Tonight, DOT and the MTA will hold an open house to solicit input for proposed Select Bus Service routes linking Flushing and Jamaica. The plan to reduce travel times for tens of thousands of Queens bus riders has broad support from advocates and local electeds, including Assembly Member Nily Rozic. But the Times Ledger reports that […]

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