Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

DOT and MTA Years Behind Schedule on Traffic Signal Tech to Speed Buses

By Stephen Miller | May 21, 2015 | 6 Comments

Bus riders spend a lot of time stopped at red lights, but they don’t have to. A technology called transit signal priority, or TSP, speeds up transit trips by adjusting signal timing so buses hit more green lights and fewer reds. TSP has a proven track record in New York, but on several routes, implementation is years behind schedule. Transit signal priority […]

Trottenberg: DOT Skipped Its Legally-Required Data Report Last Year

By Stephen Miller | Apr 30, 2015 | 2 Comments

DOT is almost six months past due on a report card required by city law that measures whether the city is meeting its goals of reducing car use, improving safety, and shifting trips to walking, bicycling, and transit. Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg says her department is skipping a year and will instead issue a report covering […]

As Subway Trips Climb, MTA Bus Ridership Continues to Stagnate

By Stephen Miller | Apr 23, 2015 | 19 Comments

While subway ridership hit a 65-year high last year, the story for surface transit in NYC is different. Bus ridership has yet to recover from a major round of service cuts in 2010, and in 2014 it lost some ground, according to new stats from the MTA. After the MetroCard boom in the late 1990s, bus ridership has dropped 10 percent since […]

Subway Ridership Hits 65-Year High. Does Cuomo Care?

By Stephen Miller | Apr 20, 2015 | 9 Comments

Subway ridership hit a 65-year high in 2014, serving 1.75 billion trips last year, the most since the New York City Transit Authority was formed in 1953. That’s an increase of 2.6 percent over 2013 and 12 percent since 2007, according to the MTA. The subway now serves 5.6 million passenger trips on an average weekday, and 6 million on an […]

Harlem Bus Lane Foes: Good Streets for Bus Riders “Trampling Our Liberties”

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2015 | 34 Comments

Community board meetings in central Harlem have officially gone off the deep end. A DOT plan to extend bus lanes and add turn restrictions on 125th Street was shouted down last night by the same hecklers who have filibustered street safety improvements at Community Board 10 for years. Noticeably absent from last night’s meeting: People who ride the bus on 125th Street. […]

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 […]

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