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Cumbo Wants to Shut Down Fulton Street Bus Lane During Busy Afternoon Hours
Scaling back the hours would render the bus lane useless during a time of day when thousands of people ride and the need to bypass car traffic is most acute.
November 21, 2017
Council Member Laurie Cumbo Opposes Fulton Street Bus Lane
Cumbo is fighting a transit improvement that will benefit tens of thousands of people in an area where about two-thirds of households don't own cars.
November 17, 2017
Levine Introduces Bill to Speed Up Installation of Signal Priority for Buses
Transit priority at traffic signals is one of the easiest ways to speed up NYC's sluggish buses. But DOT is aiming to add it on just 20 more routes by 2020. Instead of the five routes per year where DOT is currently planning to implement Transit Signal Priority, Levine's bill would mandate at least 10 routes annually.
November 16, 2017
Never Mind the BQX, Fix the Bus System
New Yorkers will be fine without a Brooklyn-Queens waterfront streetcar. But without a useful bus system, the city's in trouble.
November 16, 2017
Select Bus Service Launches on Woodhaven Boulevard
Select Bus Service is live on Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens. As of Sunday, the SBS package - off-board fare collection, camera-enforced bus lanes, and other transit-priority treatments - is speeding trips for tens of thousands of people who ride the Q52 and Q53 each day.
November 14, 2017
TransAlt Pushes Cy Vance to Upgrade Charges Against Bus Driver Who Killed Dan Hanegby
The criminal complaint indicates the driver, who was charged with a low-level misdemeanor, admitted to driving aggressively in the moments before the crash. Vance’s office wouldn’t say why the evidence didn’t support more serious charges.
November 1, 2017
Our Bus Stops Are Too Close Together
Bus service is faster for everyone if stops are about a quarter mile apart instead of crammed every 750 feet or closer, like in NYC.
October 30, 2017
De Blasio Admin Waffles on Williamsburg Bridge Bus Lanes During L Train Shutdown
As the L train shutdown approaches and the deadline for a detailed plan of action from DOT and the MTA draws closer, the de Blasio administration is hesitating to take the necessary steps to prioritize buses and high-occupancy vehicles.
October 26, 2017
MTA’s Next-Gen Fare System Contract Treats All-Door Boarding as an Experiment, Not an Urgent Priority
While the capability for citywide all-door boarding will be embedded in the new fare payment technology, the MTA's contract with Cubic shows the agency is still in no rush. It includes a pilot of all-door bus boarding on some lines but no firm commitment to citywide adoption.
October 24, 2017
De Blasio Announces 10-Year Plan for 21 More Select Bus Service Routes
The map of enhanced bus routes looks good, but the timetable isn't much more ambitious than what the city is doing already.
October 20, 2017
