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‘We’ve Done An Amazing Job Building Bus Lanes,’ Says Mayor Who Keeps Killing Bus Lanes
It must be Opposite Day in Albany as Mayor Adams said something that is literally counter to the facts.
February 6, 2024
NYC Transit Boss Says He’ll ‘Personally’ Clear MTA Cars Out of Livingston St. Bus Lanes
New York City Transit's president claims he'll stand up to workers blocking bus lanes outside his agency's Downtown Brooklyn offices.
January 29, 2024
Mayor’s Year-End Self-Praise Neglects the Bus — Because There’s So Little To Praise
Hizzoner fell far short of both legally mandated benchmarks for bus lane mileage and his own promises to bus riders.
December 22, 2023
MTA’s Queens Bus Redesign: $30M in Service, 8 More Routes, Skepticism from Brooks-Powers
The improvements mean that 200,000 more people will get 10-minute-or-better service, among other things. Who could complain?
December 12, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: The Sexy World of Bus Speeds
When you start to add up the numbers, you can see why agency leaders would be interesting in finding ways to reduce those costs.
November 30, 2023
As Greyhound Stations Go Extinct, Low-Income Thanksgiving Travelers are Left Out in the Cold
America's largest motor coach carrier is shifting away from stations — and a lot of customers aren't happy.
November 27, 2023
Opinion: Escaping Our Car Culture by Bus
"We are, paradoxically, dependent on public transit and plagued by the congestion posed by millions of cars, choking exhaust, hundreds of annual traffic crash deaths, and the nation’s slowest bus service."
November 22, 2023
Eyes on the Street: How Are De Blasio’s Pandemic Era Busways Doing?
Four busways started by the former mayor and made permanent by Mayor Adams have sped up service for transit riders. But how much depends on car drivers.
November 17, 2023
Bus Ridership is Near 2019 Levels (If You Count the People Who Don’t Pay)
In September, bus ridership was close to 2.3 million people — near the totals in the pre-pandemic halcyon of 2019 — if you include riders who didn't pay.
November 16, 2023
City Traffic Helps Make Bus Service Unbearable, Expensive And Difficult To Improve
Bus riders didn't win the same kind of improvements as subway riders. And here's why.
November 14, 2023
