Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about bus lanes

Jamaica Avenue, where the city in moving ahead with long-delayed plans to install a busway. File photo: Adam Light

DOT (Finally) Moves Forward With Jamaica Busway, Announced in Mid-2020

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

The city has started installing a pair of long-delayed parallel busways in Downtown Jamaica, despite local pols’ objections that the agency is simultaneously doing too much and too little to help the neighborhood.

A dedicated bus lane in Queens. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

OPINION: Buses Are a Better Option Than the ‘Backwards’ AirTrain

By Danny Pearlstein | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

Equity, convenience, and expense argue against a boondoggle and in favor of surface transit.

Kids trying to cross Canal Street on a "Gridlock Alert" day on Wednesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Mayor Issues ‘Gridlock Alert’ Days, But Driving Continues Unabated Because of Poor Policies: Advocates

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

Car drivers are basically ignoring the city's “Gridlock Alert” days for the UN General Assembly this week, and the mayor had nothing to say.

Watered Down Fifth Avenue ‘Busway’ Inches Forward

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

Community Board 5 supports "busway lite."

The stretch of East Fordham Road in the Bronx where the incident took place. Photo: Google

SEE IT: Cop-Motorist Mayhem on Fordham Road in the Bronx

By Eve Kessler | Aug 5, 2021 | No Comments

What a citizen video tells us about traffic on a notoriously dangerous street.

Ashley Price speaking during rally. Photo: Fiifi Frimpong

The Mayor’s Time to Implement Bronx Bus Lanes is Running Out

By Fiifi Frimpong | Aug 5, 2021 | No Comments

Activists and politicians demanded on Wednesday that Mayor de Blasio fulfill his longstanding promise to begin work on multiple Bronx bus lane projects — and do so before students head back to school, an annual rite that leads to more traffic.

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