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Summer Launch Planned for Bx6 Select Bus Service
Some streetscape improvements are planned for the Bronx portion of the route. The biggest changes are proposed for 161st Street, where DOT would widen sidewalks and limit eastbound traffic in the tunnel under the Grand Concourse to buses.
April 26, 2017
Queue Jumps for Buses — The Ethical Way to Cut in Line
Cutting in line is pretty much unacceptable behavior, but there's one exception to the rule: A bus carrying dozens people should go to the front of the line at traffic lights. That, as TransitCenter explains in a new video, is a "queue jump" - and NYC needs more of them.
April 25, 2017
Trump Budget Threats and the Local Anti-Transit Brigade Spike Lansing BRT
Eight years in the making, the project was undone by suburban opposition. Now, transit advocates in Michigan's capital are figuring out what can be done to improve transit while their opponents take a victory lap.
April 21, 2017
How to Hold Your Elected Officials’ Feet to the Fire for Better Bus Service
Today the Bus Turnaround Coalition released an interactive site with district-level reports cards for every State Senate, Assembly, City Council and community board district in the city. For each district you can see average bus speeds and the share of buses that bunch together and arrive at stops at the same time.
April 20, 2017
Talking Headways Podcast: The Battery Powered Electric Bus
This week's guest is Matt Horton of Proterra, a company that designs and manufactures battery powered electric buses. We cover the basics of electric buses, power consumption and recharging, the benefits and costs, as well as potential environmental effects.
April 20, 2017
De Blasio’s Congestion Plan Will Tackle Deliveries and (Maybe) Parking
There was a little bit of everything at today's City Council transportation hearing -- and we have the highlights for you right here.
March 28, 2017
MTA Has Good Ideas, But No Plan, to Turn Around NYC Bus Service
If the first step to better citywide bus service is admitting that NYC has a problem, yesterday's MTA Board meeting was a breakthrough.
March 21, 2017
When Will Cuomo Respond to the Distress Signals Coming From NYC’s Transit System?
Congestion is growing and transit ridership is falling in NYC. But at a moment when transit desperately needs smart stewardship, the city's political leaders, especially Governor Andrew Cuomo, are nowhere to be found.
March 10, 2017
The Big Beneficiaries of Rhode Island’s Plan to Cut Car Taxes Would Be Rich People
Rhode Island political leaders say they want to cut the state's car tax because it's "regressive." But what they're proposing is a windfall for people who own expensive cars.
March 9, 2017
Riders First: How Buses Are Moving San Francisco Forward
The unsung hero of San Francisco is the humble city bus, which moves more than 400,000 people through the city every day. This didn’t happen by accident -- the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) have taken a systematic, rider-centric approach to improving bus service across the city.
March 7, 2017
