Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

First Phase of Woodhaven Bus Upgrades Coming This Fall. Then What?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 26, 2014 | 16 Comments

Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards is coming to Queens in two phases. The first round, due early this fall, will bring nearly two miles of painted bus lanes and a road diet for service roads along more than a mile of Woodhaven Boulevard [PDF]. DOT has said it will release a […]

Will Cy Vance Fail to Prosecute Another Serious Midtown Curb-Jump Crash?

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2014 | 15 Comments

New Yorkers have seen this before. On a beautiful summer day, a professional driver with a history of recklessness behind the wheel drives onto a crowded Midtown sidewalk, striking multiple people and causing serious injuries. The driver lays blame elsewhere, on factors he claims were beyond his control. Meanwhile, staff from Manhattan District Attorney Cy […]

One Mindblowing Fact Missing From BuzzFeed’s Port Authority Listicle

By Stephen Miller | Jul 25, 2014 | 22 Comments

Earlier this week, BuzzFeed gleaned some fun facts about the Hudson River bridges and tunnels from a Port Authority data dump on the number of eastbound automobiles, buses, and trucks. If you took the numbers at face value, you might be left with the impression that cars are the most important thing moving around New York. But when […]

Crashes Highlight the Hell’s Kitchen Bus Crunch

By Stephen Miller | Jul 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last Monday, a left-turning coach bus driver struck two Spanish tourists in the crosswalk at 47th Street and 10th Avenue in Manhattan, sending them to the hospital with critical injuries. On Thursday, another bus driver crashed into scaffolding a few blocks away, causing minor injuries to passengers. The local community board chair says that without adequate […]

The Case for Center-Running Bus Lanes on Woodhaven Boulevard

By Ben Fried | Jul 10, 2014 | 71 Comments

The proposal to improve bus service on Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens is the most exciting street redesign in the works in New York City right now, with the potential to break new ground for bus riders and dramatically improve safety. With as many as five lanes in each direction, Woodhaven Boulevard […]

Every Bus Should Get Priority at NYC Traffic Signals

By John Petro | Jun 19, 2014 | 12 Comments

New York City buses serve more than two million trips on an average weekday — more than twice the ridership as Los Angeles, which has the nation’s second-largest bus system. And yet the city’s buses are also notoriously slow and unreliable. Gridlocked traffic, long boarding queues, and the succession of traffic lights bog down surface transit in NYC […]

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