Council Member Laurie Cumbo Opposes Fulton Street Bus Lane
Cumbo is fighting a transit improvement that will benefit tens of thousands of people in an area where about two-thirds of households don't own cars.
November 17, 2017
Report: Subways and Buses Don’t Get Their Fair Share in MTA Capital Program
The current MTA capital plan disproportionately funds commuter rail at the expense of the subways and buses that account for 93 percent of the agency's ridership - and those priorities should change.
November 17, 2017
Levine Introduces Bill to Speed Up Installation of Signal Priority for Buses
Transit priority at traffic signals is one of the easiest ways to speed up NYC's sluggish buses. But DOT is aiming to add it on just 20 more routes by 2020. Instead of the five routes per year where DOT is currently planning to implement Transit Signal Priority, Levine's bill would mandate at least 10 routes annually.
November 16, 2017
CB 7 to DOT: Unprotected Bike Lanes Still Not Good Enough for 110th Street
For the second time this year, DOT came to Manhattan Community Board 7 with a redesign of 110th Street that doesn't include protected bike lanes. And for the second time, board members told DOT to go back to the drawing board.
November 15, 2017
RPA: Make New York More Affordable By Toppling Barriers to Housing Near Regional Rail
Suburban governments can help relieve the New York region's housing crunch by allowing more compact development near regional rail stops, according to a new report from the Regional Plan Association
November 14, 2017
Select Bus Service Launches on Woodhaven Boulevard
Select Bus Service is live on Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens. As of Sunday, the SBS package - off-board fare collection, camera-enforced bus lanes, and other transit-priority treatments - is speeding trips for tens of thousands of people who ride the Q52 and Q53 each day.
November 14, 2017
Envisioning a Regional Rail System That Serves City Residents
Transit researcher Alon Levy outlines his prescription for aligning New York's commuter rail services with global regional rail best practices.
November 10, 2017
Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic Stoke Fear of DOT Project to Make It Safer to Walk and Bike to P.S. 213
WPIX is on a mission to stop a street safety project outside P.S. 213. And local representatives Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic are falling for it.
November 9, 2017
Will Phil Murphy Get NJ Transit Back on Track?
Streetsblog spoke to Tri-State Transportation Campaign New Jersey Director Janna Chernetz about what Murphy must do to address transit and transportation challenges in the wake of Chris Christie's two-term disaster.
November 9, 2017
DOT Plans for Protected Bike Lanes Linking Queensboro Bridge and Queens Blvd
The redesign of 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue would make for a nearly-continuous protected east-west bike route between the East Side of Manhattan and central Queens.
November 7, 2017