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There’s More to Bus-Pedestrian Safety Than “Crossing With Caution”

By Brad Aaron | Apr 6, 2010 | 5 Comments

View Larger Map New York City Transit has updated its annual list of bus crashes, and 2009 data show E. 57th Street and Third Avenue, mapped above, to be the most dangerous intersection citywide, with 29 collisions. Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue in Queens saw 20 crashes last year, while Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue and Avenue […]

Take the Bus Rapid Transit Online Survey

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2009 | 7 Comments

Staten Island pols have weighed in opposing center-lane SBS for Hylan Boulevard. DOT and NYC Transit want to know which configuration you prefer. Image: DOT/NYCT Following up on the recent series of Bus Rapid Transit workshops, DOT and New York City Transit have posted an online survey to collect more public input on existing and […]

Final BRT Phase II Workshops This Week

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Brad Aaron Tonight and Thursday, DOT and New York City Transit will conduct the last of their spring and summer Bus Rapid Transit Phase II workshops. The workshops are intended to allow DOT and NYCT to educate the public on Select Bus Service, and gather feedback on neighborhood transit needs, as the agencies plan […]

Tonight: Tell Transpo Planners Your Ideas for the Next Round of BRT Routes

By Ben Fried | May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments

NYCDOT photosim of an off-set bus lane. Physically-separated lanes are also being considered for some routes. Preparations for the next phase of Bus Rapid Transit in New York City ramp up tonight with the first of seven public workshops to gather ideas for future routes. Tonight’s workshop gets underway at 6:30, at the College of […]

BRT and New York City, Part 2: What We’ve Got So Far

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2009 | 10 Comments

Select Bus Service has sped trips along the Bx12 route, but falls short of full BRT. Photo: Brad Aaron. In the second installment of our interview with ITDP director Walter Hook, we look at the package of bus improvements implemented last year along the Bx12 line, and how it stacks up against full-featured Bus Rapid […]

Eliminate the Parking Requirement

By Alex Marshall | Nov 27, 2007 | 65 Comments

I’ve long bristled at the word "subsidies" that is applied so frequently to subways, buses and trains, and so infrequently to driving, even when the latter is "subsidized" much more lavishly than the former. The latest subsidy I’ve encountered most viscerally is the requirement that exists, even in most parts of New York City, to […]

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