Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

If Bus Stops Disappear, What Will Happen to All That Space?

By Noah Kazis | May 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

Photo: cyclosity/Flickr Starting June 27, 570 bus stops across New York City could disappear. Unless Congress delivers an 11th hour reprieve — still a distinct possibility — service cuts will axe or reroute dozens of bus lines, raising the question of what to do with all the curbside real estate at these potentially defunct stops. […]

There’s More to Bus-Pedestrian Safety Than “Crossing With Caution”

By Brad Aaron | Apr 6, 2010 | 5 Comments

View Larger Map New York City Transit has updated its annual list of bus crashes, and 2009 data show E. 57th Street and Third Avenue, mapped above, to be the most dangerous intersection citywide, with 29 collisions. Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue in Queens saw 20 crashes last year, while Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue and Avenue […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Chivalry Is Dead on 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 12, 2010 | 38 Comments

The officers who parked here apparently aren’t the type to help old ladies cross the street. Photo: ddartley/Flickr Thanks to tipster ddartley for the latest chapter in NYPD’s ongoing mistreatment of bus riders on 34th Street. Yesterday, eight cruisers from northern Queens (precincts 110, 111, 112, 114 and 115) sat parked in the bus lane […]

Bus Cams on the Table in Gov’s Budget

By Noah Kazis | Mar 8, 2010 | 7 Comments

If New York were allowed to install bus lane enforcement cams, bus riders wouldn’t be slowed so much by illegally parked delivery trucks. Tucked into an otherwise bleak state budget, there’s one piece of good news for transit riders. One of Governor Paterson’s amendments to the state budget would authorize New York City to keep […]

Eyes on the Street: Livable Streets a Mile High

By Noah Kazis | Jan 28, 2010 | 8 Comments

A little end-of-day action from the Streetsblog Flickr pool, courtesy of BeyondDC: Here’s Denver’s 16th Street Shuttle, also called the MallRide. Check out those three low-floor doors for easy-on, easy-off boarding and alighting. The MallRide travels up and down a mile-long pedestrian mall — the only vehicle allowed there — arriving every 90 seconds. It’s […]

Better Transit Service, Space for Peds Top CB4 Goals for 34th Street

By Ben Fried | Dec 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Manhattan CB4’s transportation committee passed a resolution last night in favor of speedier transit and improved pedestrian conditions on 34th Street. The vote followed a brief presentation from NYCDOT outlining several options for a second phase of transit enhancements on the crosstown corridor. It’s still very early in the process: The decision whether to pursue […]

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