Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Will Letters From Two Uptown Electeds Get DOT to Restart 125th Street SBS?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 20, 2013 | 2 Comments

The plan for 125th Street Select Bus Service died on the vine after a lack of support from community boards and elected officials. But now, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito [PDF] and State Senator Adriano Espaillat [PDF], along with council candidate Mark Levine, are asking Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to restart plans to bring SBS to […]

Kenneth Yard, 65, Killed by MTA Bus Driver and Unforgiving NYC Streets

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2013 | 2 Comments

A man who stepped out of his car onto Rockaway Boulevard was struck and killed by an MTA bus driver Sunday. Kenneth Yard, 65, was driving at around 11:40 p.m. when he began to feel unwell and pulled over, according to the Post. “He kept squeezing his head, his chest, stomach,” said his devastated wife, […]

Quinn Proposes Triboro BRT Line With Separated Bus Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jul 26, 2013 | 24 Comments

Since Scott Stringer left the mayoral field for the comptroller race, the mayoral candidates haven’t spoken much about the Triboro RX, a plan to bring circumferential rail service to Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx using existing tracks and rights of way. But they have spoken highly, if not very specifically, of Bus Rapid Transit. And […]

Lander Intros Bill to Push NYC Bus Service to the Next Level

By Stephen Miller | Jul 25, 2013 | 12 Comments

Yesterday, Council Member Brad Lander introduced a bill that would require DOT, in consultation with the MTA and the public, to create a citywide master plan for developing Bus Rapid Transit. The bill, if enacted, would require the agency to submit a plan to the City Council, borough presidents, and community boards within two years. At a […]

Livable Streets Advocates Campaign for Better Bike Access to S.I. Ferry

By Stephen Miller | Jul 24, 2013 | 16 Comments

Advocates looking to improve access for cyclists at the Staten Island Ferry terminals have run into a roadblock from DOT, and, facing an impasse, are pivoting to a different strategy that seeks to at least protect waiting cyclists from the elements. In the meantime, a bus shelter near the ferry terminal has been spruced up […]

MTA Maps a Five-Borough Network for Select Bus Service

By Brad Aaron | Jul 23, 2013 | 10 Comments

At a press event yesterday to announce service restorations and upgrades, the MTA also went public with a citywide plan to expand Select Bus Service. With tunnel-boring mega-projects consuming billions of capital dollars apiece, the agency is featuring low-cost bus improvements more prominently in its strategy to increase transit capacity. Stephen Smith at the Observer reports: […]

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