Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Long Arm of the Koch Brothers Extends to Nashville to Slap Down Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 3, 2014 | No Comments

On Tuesday, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean announced that he might do away with dedicated transit lanes on two stretches of the Amp, the proposed seven-mile bus rapid transit line that could set an important precedent for the car-centric city. Dean is the main political backer of the project, so the fact that he’s buckling says […]

Pratt Center Suggests Eight Routes for Robust BRT — Is de Blasio Listening?

By Stephen Miller | Dec 17, 2013 | 40 Comments

In 2008, a coalition led by the Pratt Center for Community Development laid out a vision for 12 Bus Rapid Transit lines across the city. Nearly six years later, NYC DOT and the MTA have installed six Select Bus Service routes in four boroughs, with plans for more. At a panel discussion this morning, the […]

How One Merchant Group Went From Bus Lane Opponent to SBS Supporter

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

When B44 Select Bus Service launched last month, regular Streetsblog readers may have recognized Lindiwe Kamau’s along with the elected officials celebrating Brooklyn’s first SBS route. Kamau, who is president of the Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association, spoke with Mayor Bloomberg at the grand opening and had her photo snapped by the press. Under sunny skies, it was all […]

With Debut of B44 SBS, Major Brooklyn Bus Route Poised to Draw More Riders

By Stephen Miller | Nov 18, 2013 | 38 Comments

After years of planning, B44 Select Bus Service launched yesterday on the Nostrand Avenue corridor. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast marked the occasion this afternoon at a newly-expanded bus stop at Church and Nostrand. The B44, which serves nearly 40,000 riders each weekday along a 9.3-mile route between the […]

Cuomo Administration in Absolutely No Rush to Provide Tappan Zee Transit

By Stephen Miller | Nov 12, 2013 | 15 Comments

After the state dumped transit in its rush to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge, Governor Cuomo announced a transit task force and promised to open the new bridge’s emergency shoulders to buses. But connections for bus riders on either side of the bridge remain a mystery, and the state continues to throw out overblown […]

MTA Plans Busway Beneath the M Train in Ridgewood

By Stephen Miller | Oct 4, 2013 | 16 Comments

The MTA is working on a plan for a short busway in Ridgewood that would run for six-tenths of a mile beneath the elevated M tracks, between Fresh Pond Road and Palmetto Street. While the project wouldn’t transform a car-choked traffic sewer into a pedestrian-friendly transit boulevard (the right-of-way is currently a series of weed-strewn […]

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