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Webster Avenue SBS Could Be Best in NYC, With Center-Running Bus Lanes
Webster Avenue could be the place where Select Bus Service reaches the next level. At a community meeting Wednesday evening, the Department of Transportation and the MTA presented three visions of improved bus service for the corridor [PDF]. Two of the templates can already be found on the streets of New York -- bus lanes running curbside and bus lanes offset from the curb by one lane -- and bus riders are seeing travel times improve 15 to 20 percent thanks to those improvements. But the potential for a real breakthrough lies in the third template -- buses running in the center lanes with elevated platforms -- which would be a major step toward true bus rapid transit.
May 18, 2012
MTA Chooses Busway For Possible Staten Island North Shore Transit Line
The MTA announced yesterday that if it builds a new rapid transit line along Staten Island's North Shore, it will opt for bus rapid transit over light rail, an MTA spokesperson told Streetsblog. The obstacle now, as always, is money.
May 11, 2012
Straphangers: Ancient Train Signals a Prime Culprit of Subway Delays
Has your subway been delayed recently? Blame New York City's aging transit infrastructure, especially its outdated signal system. Then start fighting to make sure Albany fully funds the MTA's next capital plan.
May 9, 2012
MTA Reorg: Respected Exec Monheim Out, Cuomo Operative In
A "shake-up" is underway at the top levels of the MTA, reported Crain's Insider this morning. Two top executives, Charles Monheim and Linda Kleinbaum, are on their way out the door. Moving into the agency is Steve Morello, a political operative with deep ties to the Cuomo family.
May 1, 2012
Quick Hits From the 2012 RPA Regional Assembly
The tri-state area's transportation and infrastructure leaders are gathered at the Waldorf Astoria today for the Regional Plan Association's annual gala. For a few years now, the proceedings at the Regional Assembly have been haunted by the death of congestion pricing and bridge tolls in Albany, and lately the complete gridlock in Washington over a national transportation bill has weighed heavily as well. With large-scale transportation projects like the ARC tunnel falling by the wayside and funding streams for infrastructure getting weaker every year, there's not much new stuff in the pipeline, at the regional scale, to get excited about (unless you get excited about boondoggles).
April 27, 2012
On MTA Board, David Paterson Could Be a Force for Transit Funding
As first reported by the Daily News this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo has nominated former Governor David Paterson to serve as the newest member of the MTA board.
April 23, 2012
Talking Transit Funding With Construction Honcho Denise Richardson
Transportation infrastructure is big business. With tens of billions of dollars at stake, nobody tracks the financial health of the state's transit and road systems more closely than the construction industry. And right now, the future of transportation funding in New York is hazy indeed.
April 5, 2012
Cuomo Budget Includes No Transit Raids, Opens the Door to Massive MTA Debt
Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2012 budget, released this afternoon, offers what now passes for good news for transit: maintenance of the status quo.
January 17, 2012
Next for Select Bus Service: Webster Ave in the Bronx, Utica Ave in Brooklyn
A new crop of bus routes is moving into the pipeline for implementation as Select Bus Service. The MTA and NYC DOT are in the initial stages of bringing SBS to the Bronx's Webster Avenue, where the most unreliable bus in the borough runs, and to Brooklyn's Utica Avenue, the second-busiest bus route in the city.
December 12, 2011
Cuomo Tax Deal Could Leave $320M in MTA Funding on Shaky Ground
As the details of Governor Andrew Cuomo's MTA tax deal take shape -- they've been in flux all day -- it appears that transit service could be imperiled, if not immediately then in the long-term.
December 7, 2011