Bus Rapid Transit

Bus to Move: Bus Cameras for New York City

Status: Passed
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Level: NY State Legislature
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Sponsor(s):
Assemblymember Jonathan Bing
Senator Martin Dilan
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T.A. supports this legislation

This legislation will speed service for millions of New York City bus riders by authorizing the New York City Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to operate bus

View T.A.'s memo of support (PDF)


Submitted by lindsey on December 21, 2011 - 11:01. categories [ ]

Propuest Para Mejorar Las Calles

Author: 
Gloria Medina
Media Outlet: 
El Diario
Date: 
January 29, 2011
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Peñalosa especificó que algunas de las propuestas están para las calles 86, 42 y 117, donde se propone un carril rápido para buses y un ciclo de ruta protegida para los ciclistas, la ciclovía.

Image Caption: 
La organización Alternativas de Transportación creó una guía de planificación que pide a Nueva York adoptar una meta de cero muertes de tráfico. Foto: Cortesia Transportation Alternatives
Submitted by volunteer on February 3, 2011 - 16:39. categories [ ]

Native New Yorkers Still Adjust To East Side Select Bus Service

Author: 
John Mancini
Media Outlet: 
NY1
Date: 
December 22, 2010
Image: 
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Select Bus Service has been rolling on Manhattan's East Side for about 10 weeks now, and while MTA officials says trips have gotten faster, some riders still haven't gotten over the shock of paying cu

Submitted by volunteer on January 3, 2011 - 16:56. categories [ ]

Straphangers Announces Slowest and Least Reliable Buses

Author: 
Theresa Juva
Media Outlet: 
am New York
Date: 
December 7, 2010
Image: 
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The M42 is still a total tortoise, while catching the Bx41 is as predictable as a Lady Gaga outfit.

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Photo credit: Getty Images
Submitted by volunteer on December 9, 2010 - 17:24. categories [ ]

Q58 is boro’s slowest, but M42 takes Pokey prize: Straphangers

Author: 
Philip Newman
Media Outlet: 
Your Nabe
Date: 
December 8, 2010

The Q58 bus may be the slowest in Queens, but it practically flies when compared to the winner of the Straphanger Campaign's annual Pokey Award.

Submitted by volunteer on December 9, 2010 - 17:19. categories [ ]

Join the Rider Rebellion

Author: 
DomenickRafter
Media Outlet: 
Queens Tribune
Date: 
November 24, 2010
Image: 
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Fares are going up, service is being cut or scaled back, and no one is really sure how to fix it -- or if the people in charge even want to.

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Transportation Alternatives is hoping to have Queens Subway riders join its Rider Rebellion. Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen
Submitted by volunteer on December 6, 2010 - 16:26. categories [ ]

Next NY Governor Must Reinvest in Mass Transit to Avoid State Fiscal Disaster

With New York's gubernatorial election less than two weeks away, a report jointly released today by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and Transportation Alternatives urges the candidates fo

Subtitle: 
Report Proposes Five Steps to End Harmful Cycle of Disinvestment and Debt in Transit System
Release Date: 
October 21, 2010
Press Release Contact: 
Kim Martineau
Submitted by noah on October 22, 2010 - 17:45. categories [ ]

One stop forward, two stops back: Bus lane cameras will help - but trouble's coming for straphangers

Author: 
Gene Russianoff and Lindsey Lusher Shute
Media Outlet: 
New York Daily News
Date: 
June 23, 2010

Brace yourself, city subway and bus riders. Next week - in the heat of summer - we'll begin feeling the brunt of the worst service cuts we've seen in decades.

Submitted by volunteer on June 29, 2010 - 16:21. categories [ ]

East Side Re-Design Moves Ahead, But Full Bike Corridor Is on Hold

Author: 
Ben Fried and Noah Kazis
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
June 7, 2010
Image: 
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The plan unveiled today for First and Second Avenues leaves bigger gaps than anticipated in the bike network above 34th Street. Click here to enlarge [PDF]. Image: NYCDOT
Submitted by volunteer on June 28, 2010 - 09:04. categories [ ]

Construction to Begin for Bus-Only Lanes on Manhattan’s East Side; Bike Lane Plans are Curtailed

Author: 
Andrea Bernstein with Matthew Schuerman
Media Outlet: 
WNYC
Date: 
June 7, 2010
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NEW YORK, NY June 07, 2010 --The city said Monday that workers will begin installing bus-only lanes on First and Second Avenues next week, in order to speed up transit in a heavily-used transit corri

Submitted by volunteer on June 28, 2010 - 08:58. categories [ ]