Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Wiki Wednesday: Zürich, Where Transit Gets Priority on the Street

By Ben Fried | Mar 11, 2009 | 6 Comments

Ready for some transit system envy? This week’s StreetsWiki entry comes from Livable Streets member Andrew Nash, who fills us in on how surface transit became the mode of choice in Zürich, Switzerland: Photo: Nicholas Kibre/Wikipedia The first thing one notices about Zürich is that trams are ubiquitous downtown. The city considered changing its tram […]

Bus Riders Testify About the Necessity of Transit

By Ben Fried | Mar 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Like New York and dozens of other American cities, Minneapolis is facing the prospect of higher transit fares and less service amid the economic downturn. To impress upon state lawmakers that their constituents depend on transit to meet basic needs, the St. Stephen’s Human Rights Campaign compiled this video of testimonials from bus riders (hat […]

Streetfilms: Seattle’s Bus Chick on the Rewards of the Riding Life

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 4, 2009 | 13 Comments

Carla Saulter pens a very eclectic blog called Bus Chick, Transit Authority, which you can find on the Seattle Post Intelligencer’s web site. Carla, who lives car-free with her husband and young daughter, is all about riding transit and inspiring others to do the same. The bus has indeed figured prominently in her life: she […]

Commute Times in Weiner Land Lag as Bus Ridership Booms

By Brad Aaron | Feb 6, 2009 | 14 Comments

Average commute times, in minutes, according to the US Census Bureau A study hitting the papers this week says the middle class is fleeing New York City, in part because of long commute times faced by residents of boroughs outside Manhattan. The study, from the Manhattan-based Center for an Urban Future, examines a number of […]

Real-Time Bus Info: There’s Always Next Year

By Ben Fried | Jan 30, 2009 | 26 Comments

Time and temp? Check. Next bus? Still unknown. Photo: City Room. On Wednesday, the Daily News reported that Dov Hikind, State Assemblyman representing Borough Park, called the MTA "the worst agency" in the run-up to a fare hike hearing in Brooklyn. Shame on Dov for not shouldering any responsibility for adequately funding our transit system. […]

Connecting Transportation and Politics in Southern Queens

By Ben Fried | Jan 30, 2009 | 4 Comments

NYLCV is sending out 12,000 mailers for the February 24 City Council special election in southern Queens. On the scale of absurd political theater, fare hike hearings in New York City rank very close to the top. Elected officials heap scorn on the MTA, diverting attention from their own responsibility for underfunding transit, while beleaguered […]

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