Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Select Bus Service

New Year, Same Old Community Board 10

By Stephen Miller | Jan 16, 2015 | 11 Comments

Despite serving an area of the city where the vast majority of people don’t own cars, Manhattan Community Board 10 has delayed, watered down, or otherwise worked to foil several major projects to improve transit and street safety in the past few years. After obstructing 125th Street Select Bus Service and refusing to support traffic […]

Bus Lanes Worked Wonders on East 125th. Now What About the West Side?

By Stephen Miller | Jan 12, 2015 | 20 Comments

Since debuting last year, Select Bus Service on 125th Street has dramatically improved transit speeds, especially on the section with dedicated bus lanes east of Lenox Avenue, according to NYC DOT and the MTA. The results strengthen the case for adding bus lanes west of Lenox, which DOT had scuttled in 2013 in response to resistance […]

First Look: Woodhaven BRT Could Set New Standard for NYC Busways

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2014 | 29 Comments

NYC DOT and the MTA have developed three design concepts for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard in southeast Queens, and two of them go further than previous SBS routes to keep cars from slowing down buses [PDF]. All of the options include some measures to shorten crossing distances for pedestrians […]

On Webster Avenue SBS, Buses Run 20% Faster and More People Are Riding

By Stephen Miller | Sep 12, 2014 | 1 Comment

Last June, DOT and the MTA cut the ribbon for Select Bus Service along Webster Avenue in the Bronx. Now the agencies have released a status report showing the impact of the 5.4-mile, $9 million project [PDF]. The bottom line for bus riders is that, as on other SBS lines, trips are faster and more […]

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 […]

Hints About Woodhaven BRT at MTA Reinvention Commission Panel

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2014 | 5 Comments

The “transportation reinvention commission” convened at the request of Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off its public hearings yesterday with a panel of experts at MTA headquarters. Appointees, still trying to figure out the commission’s exact role, chewed over some of the region’s big transportation issues in a discussion that mostly lacked specifics. Still, there were […]

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