Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Joan Byron

Pratt Center Suggests Eight Routes for Robust BRT — Is de Blasio Listening?

By Stephen Miller | Dec 17, 2013 | 40 Comments

In 2008, a coalition led by the Pratt Center for Community Development laid out a vision for 12 Bus Rapid Transit lines across the city. Nearly six years later, NYC DOT and the MTA have installed six Select Bus Service routes in four boroughs, with plans for more. At a panel discussion this morning, the […]

With No Separated Busway on 34th Street, What’s Next for BRT in NYC?

By Noah Kazis | Apr 1, 2011 | 4 Comments

The walkback of the city’s plans for 34th Street from a physically separated transitway to a package of painted lanes and bus bulbs was unquestionably a defeat for bus riders on the extremely congested street. While features like off-board fare payment, scheduled to go into effect this summer, will provide a speed boost to buses, […]

What Does the Future Hold for New York’s Transit Infrastructure?

By Noah Kazis | Feb 23, 2011 | 16 Comments

Last night, the Museum of the City of New York hosted a panel discussion about the future of large-scale transportation projects in the region. Hosted by New York Times reporter Michael Grynbaum, the panel — the RPA’s Jeff Zupan, MTA Capital Construction’s Michael Horodniceanu, the General Contractors Association’s Denise Richardson, and the Pratt Center’s Joan […]

Feds Green Light Funding for Better Nostrand Avenue Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2010 | 5 Comments

A potential configuration for the Nostrand Avenue SBS Route. Image: NYCDOT. As Elana reported earlier today, the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget includes $28 million for the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service project. The announcement should help build momentum for a high-priority transit project set to launch in 2012. Nostrand Avenue SBS would ply the B44 […]

High Hopes — And Higher Standards — for Bloomberg 3.0

By Joan Byron | Nov 17, 2009 | 22 Comments

Our series on the next four years of NYC transportation policy continues with today’s essay from Joan Byron, Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development’s Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative. The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy recognized Byron’s work at the Pratt Center with the 2009 Civic Leadership Award. Read previous entries in this […]

COMMUTE’s BRT Plan: A Denser Network and Interborough Lines

By Ben Fried | Apr 25, 2008 | 11 Comments

COMMUTE’s proposals for BRT routes in the five boroughs, shown next to DOT’s current plan. View an enlarged version. As part of its "Sustainability Watch" series this week, Gotham Gazette ran a great piece on Bus Rapid Transit by Joan Byron of the Pratt Center for Community Development. Byron is one of the organizers at […]

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