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DOT (Finally) Moves Forward With Jamaica Busway, Announced in Mid-2020
The city has started installing a pair of long-delayed parallel busways in Downtown Jamaica, despite local pols’ objections that the agency is simultaneously doing too much and too little to help the neighborhood.
September 30, 2021
SEE IT: In Boston, Bus Rapid Transit Works
The transit system in the Hub of the Universe is undergoing a long overdue transformation thanks to expansion of dedicated space for buses.
September 7, 2021
Watered Down Fifth Avenue ‘Busway’ Inches Forward
Community Board 5 supports "busway lite."
August 24, 2021
SEE IT: Cop-Motorist Mayhem on Fordham Road in the Bronx
What a citizen video tells us about traffic on a notoriously dangerous street.
August 5, 2021
The Mayor’s Time to Implement Bronx Bus Lanes is Running Out
Activists and politicians demanded on Wednesday that Mayor de Blasio fulfill his longstanding promise to begin work on multiple Bronx bus lane projects — and do so before students head back to school, an annual rite that leads to more traffic.
August 5, 2021
DECISION 2021: Meet the Council Candidates, Queens Edition (There are a LOT of Them!)
Earlier this year, we published a mega preview of the key City Council races in Brooklyn. Today, we shift our full attention to Queens.
June 4, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: Another Day, Another Busway Edition
Washington Heights was seeing red on Monday as the DOT made good on its promise to help beleaguered bus riders on a street that the city had been grappling with for a decade. Yes, W. 181st Street got its Busway. Plus other news.
April 27, 2021
Mayor: Andrew Yang is Wrong about Flushing Busway, But Candidate Doubles Down
"I remain committed to the busway in Flushing because this is about thousands and thousands of people," de Blasio said on Tuesday.
March 30, 2021
Upper East Side Candidate Billy Freeland One-Ups Competitor By Calling for Replacing FDR Drive
An Upper East Side council hopeful is pushing his own bold vision for transportation in a neighborhood council race that is already one of the most progressive in town.
March 30, 2021
Upper East Side Candidate Julie Menin Aims To Rein in the FDR Drive
An East Side council hopeful's transportation plan shows the safe-streets movement has penetrated the mainstream.
March 22, 2021
