Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bus Rapid Transit

Candidate Billy Freeland (inset) says he shares this vision for Third Avenue. Source: Credit: Massengale & Co LLC, Dover Kohl & Partners, Zeke Mermell

Upper East Side Candidate Billy Freeland One-Ups Competitor By Calling for Replacing FDR Drive

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 30, 2021 | No Comments

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.

The FDR Drive, looking south. The six-lane highway hosts thousands of polluting vehicles daily. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Upper East Side Candidate Julie Menin Aims To Rein in the FDR Drive

By Eve Kessler | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

An East Side council hopeful's transportation plan shows the safe-streets movement has penetrated the mainstream.

Opinion: Why Curbside Bus Lanes Aren’t Great

By Annie Weinstock | Mar 18, 2021 | No Comments

As a bus advocate, I have been skeptical of curbside bus lanes. Here's how to make them better.

Coming to Washington Heights this spring! File photo: Dave Colon

Survey Says: Washington Heights Residents Want Their Awful Bus Service Fixed

By Dave Colon | Feb 23, 2021 | No Comments

Even half of the drivers said better bus service would be a good thing.

Will the redesign help this? File photo: Angela Stach

Welcome to DOT, Commissioner Gutman — Now Create Better Bus Service, Advocates Say

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 4, 2021 | No Comments

The new DOT leader arrived at his desk this morning with an urgent call to end the "tale of two cities" transportation system that disproportionately affects people of color.

A Round and a Roundy: The DOT Takes the Long Cut

By Streetsblog | Jan 27, 2021 | No Comments

Our national treasure cartoonist, Bill Roundy, is sick of how the Department of Transportation always chooses the long cut of delay, over-analysis and fake consensus-building instead of just improving the lives of transit users.

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