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Agenda 2026: Will Zohran Mamdani’s Left-Progressive Backers Mobilize for Faster Buses?
The new mayor must mobilize the coalition that got him elected if he wants to avoid his recent predecessors' failure to speed up buses.
December 1, 2025
Opinion: Free Buses Can’t Come at Paratransit Riders’ Expense
Critically missing from the discourse on free buses are the implications a fare-free system would have for the MTA’s Access-A-Ride.
November 12, 2025
Redesign for Brooklyn’s Fifth Ave. Shopping Strip Puts Customers First
"The core takeaway from the small business community on this strip is that they want a pedestrian- and transit-priority street," said the architect.
October 22, 2025
‘Outrage’: Pols — And Even DOT Boss — Protest Trump’s Block on 34th St. Busway
A huge rally in Midtown to urge President Trump to get his meathooks off our transit included DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who is poised to capitulate.
October 20, 2025
The MTA Is Headed To The Lab To Design The Ridgewood Busway
A filthy private road underneath the elevated M tracks could become a gleaming bus-first corridor.
October 3, 2025
Opinion: DOT’s Flatbush Plan Is A Model For Fast Buses in the Heart of Brooklyn
The DOT commissioner, plus two top transit advocates, weigh in on the city's bus rapid transit plan.
September 24, 2025
OPINION: Here’s How to Bring Real Bus Rapid Transit to Flatbush Avenue
It is worth a little extra time and money to get this right.
September 17, 2025
Opinion: Let’s Put a Real Busway on Atlantic Avenue
Yes, everyone is talking about the city's busway plans for Flatbush Avenue, but Brooklyn’s true corridor for bus rapid transit is its east-west spine.
September 9, 2025
Adams Admin. Will ‘Begin Installing’ Flatbush Ave. Bus Lanes After Years of Dithering
The full plan which includes pedestrian bump-outs and bus boarding islands will have to wait until the spring, officials said.
September 8, 2025
Zapped: ‘Emergency Vehicles’ (Ahem, Cops) Repeatedly Caught Clogging the Jay Street Busway
Squad cars, ambulances, sheriffs department vehicles and other exempted scofflaws are blocking the busway an average of six times every day.
September 5, 2025
