Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about bus lanes

The city won't have to remove the paint it just installed on Fresh Pond Road, thanks to a judge's ruling on Wednesday. Photo: Dave Colon

UPDATE: Judge in Queens NIMBY Suit Declines to Demand City Halt Ridgewood Bus Lane

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2019 | 8 Comments

Plaintiffs argue that businesses are suffering and side streets are choked with cars. But the city wants to speed buses to help tens of thousands of long-suffering riders.

Cars flout the law by parking in the 14th Street Busway. The busway hasn't launched because of a meritless lawsuit. Photo: Dave Colon

LEGAL EASE: How NIMBYs Use ‘Environmental Review’ to Stop Green Projects

By Noah Kazis | Aug 16, 2019 | 7 Comments

The CPW and 14th lawsuits aim to vex, trouble, and delay traffic improvements. How we can stop them?

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, seen here calling for a dozen more meetings for NIMBYs to yell about bus lanes. Photo: John McCarten

Transit God Corey Johnson Parrots Arthur Schwartz’s Bad Faith Busway Language

By Dave Colon | Aug 12, 2019 | 20 Comments

"I am concerned that some of the side streets will turn into parking lots," Johnson told WNYC's Brian Lehrer.

An appeal has slowed down the M14 Busway yet again. Photo: Google Maps

Appeals Judge Slams The Brakes On 14th Street Busway

By Dave Colon | Aug 9, 2019 | 19 Comments

"These so-called progressives' effort to stymie the plan to speed up bus service on 14th Street is a bad-faith effort to preserve a cars-first status quo, and frankly, a waste of time," one transit advocate said in response.

ALL RISE! Judge Rules City Can Build 14th Street ‘Busway’

By Dave Colon | Aug 6, 2019 | 10 Comments

Long-suffering riders of the M14 bus will get some relief soon, thanks to a State Supreme Court judge who lifted a temporary order barring the Department of Transportation from starting its busway pilot along 14th Street.

A DOT presenter desribes plans for traffic calming on Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn, at Congregation Beth Shalom v'Emeth Reform Temple. Rowdy audience members disrupted the presentation. Photo: Cal ista DeJesus

Entitled Drivers Seek to Undermine Bus Lanes, Safety on Church Avenue

By Vladimir Vince and Calista DeJesus | Aug 1, 2019 | 21 Comments

A public meeting descends into raucous heckling as DOT says it will curtail parking in Kensington.

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