Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Select Bus Service

Bed-Stuy CB Freaks Out Over Adding Pedestrian Space to Fulton and Utica

By Stephen Miller | Apr 8, 2015 | 27 Comments

Creating more space for pedestrians at a dangerous, crowded transfer point between bus lines and the subway — sounds like a no-brainer, right? Not at Brooklyn Community Board 3, where the default position is to reflexively reject even the smallest street safety change. Fulton Street and Utica Avenue are both dangerous streets that the de Blasio administration has targeted […]

Bus Lanes Coming to 125th Street in West Harlem This Summer

By Stephen Miller | Apr 3, 2015 | 15 Comments

Bus riders may not be stuck in crosstown traffic on 125th Street much longer. DOT plans to extend bus lanes from Lenox Avenue to Morningside Avenue this summer [PDF]. The news came last night at a meeting of the Community Board 9 transportation committee. “As far as CB 9 is concerned,” said board chair Rev. Georgette Morgan-Thomas, “I didn’t hear anything that […]

Woodhaven Select Bus Service May Get Physical Separation in Some Areas

By Stephen Miller | Mar 27, 2015 | 8 Comments

After unveiling the preferred design for six miles of the Woodhaven Boulevard Select Bus Service project earlier this week, DOT and MTA met yesterday with advocates, elected officials, and community board members to go into greater detail. The agencies are considering physical separation for bus lanes at key locations on Woodhaven, and they showed potential designs for the southern stretch of the project on Cross […]

DOT’s Design for Woodhaven Blvd Raises the Standard for Select Bus Service

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2015 | 42 Comments

NYC DOT has selected a design for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, and it goes further than previous SBS projects to keep bus lanes clear of cars. Under the proposal, buses would run in dedicated lanes set off from local traffic by concrete medians. While the bus lanes wouldn’t be physically […]

Utica Avenue Select Bus Service Will Roll Out This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Mar 20, 2015 | 3 Comments

The B46 is the second-busiest bus route in New York City, carrying nearly 50,000 passengers each day. A subway line on Utica was planned decades ago but never built, and today bus riders on the B46 struggle with crowded conditions and slow trips. Now service is set to get faster and more reliable with the addition of bus […]

Mark Levine Launches Petition to Bring 125th Street Bus Lanes West of Lenox

By Ben Fried | Mar 3, 2015 | 3 Comments

You don’t see this level of political commitment to repurposing street space that often. Council Member Mark Levine has launched a petition calling on NYC DOT and the MTA to extend bus lanes on 125th Street west of Lenox Avenue. Select Bus Service on 125th was originally envisioned with river-to-river dedicated bus lanes, but neighborhood […]

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