Comments on: Slow-Moving Bus Rapid Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathanael http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-87141 Nathanael Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:50:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/#comment-87141 Bus lanes and signal priority are a fine idea. Unfortunately, you have to get NYCDOT to actually *implement* signal priority -- Toronto had its signal priority held up for *years* by a recalcitrant streets department -- and you have to get the NYC Police to actually *enforce* bus lanes. Good luck. As soon as you get both of those, I'm sure fast, reliable buses will be a great success. I expect you'll get them sometime after the Second Avenue Subway is finished. Bus lanes and signal priority are a fine idea.

Unfortunately, you have to get NYCDOT to actually *implement* signal priority — Toronto had its signal priority held up for *years* by a recalcitrant streets department — and you have to get the NYC Police to actually *enforce* bus lanes.

Good luck. As soon as you get both of those, I’m sure fast, reliable buses will be a great success. I expect you’ll get them sometime after the Second Avenue Subway is finished.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Mitch Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/#comment-348 In the picture the bus stop is on a median, and the passengers enter and exit on the left side of the bus. Is that the plan, or is this just some sort of conceptual design? It looks nice in the picture, but it might lead to problems on some routes, which might not have enough room for bus stations on the median. Maybe the buses should have doors on both sides, like subway cars. In the picture the bus stop is on a median, and the passengers enter and exit on the left side of the bus.

Is that the plan, or is this just some sort of conceptual design? It looks nice in the picture, but it might lead to problems on some routes, which might not have enough room for bus stations on the median.

Maybe the buses should have doors on both sides, like subway cars.

]]> By: aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-347 aaron Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/#comment-347 Sure there are. Most of the north-south avenues in Manhattan are at least six lanes wide. You could conceivably dedicate two lanes to BRT and have both a local and express line. Likewise, I could see important crosstown streets like 34th and 125th Street with BRT lanes. Likewise, there are lots of big, wide avenues and boulevards in the Outer Boroughs that are not working very efficiently as is. Sure there are. Most of the north-south avenues in Manhattan are at least six lanes wide. You could conceivably dedicate two lanes to BRT and have both a local and express line. Likewise, I could see important crosstown streets like 34th and 125th Street with BRT lanes. Likewise, there are lots of big, wide avenues and boulevards in the Outer Boroughs that are not working very efficiently as is.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Anonymous Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:29:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/#comment-346 Are there many streets that wide in NYC? If not, that diagram looks unrealistic. Are there many streets that wide in NYC?
If not, that diagram looks unrealistic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Anonymous Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:23:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/04/19/slow-moving-bus-rapid-transit/#comment-345 Readers may be interested to know that BRT is actually an area in which public advocacy has been effective and relatively rapid progress has been made. This BRT study did not spring from the forehead of Zeus or Larry Reuter. Thanks to Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, and a coalition of elected officials they helped organize, the MTA found funding and conducted the BRT study and there is $22 million in the MTA capital plan to implement at least one or two of the BRT corridors studied. No this isnt nearly enough money and the NYC DOT has been foot dragging mightily, but the good news is that MTA wants BRT big time --- they see it as a way to ultimately reduce costs --- and there are many elected officials and community groups who also want it. New York City is just getting started, but given the strong institutional and political support, this is just the first inning of a long, tough, contest. JK JK Readers may be interested to know that BRT is actually an area in which public advocacy has been effective and relatively rapid progress has been made. This BRT study did not spring from the forehead of Zeus or Larry Reuter. Thanks to Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, and a coalition of elected officials they helped organize, the MTA found funding and conducted the BRT study and there is $22 million in the MTA capital plan to implement at least one or two of the BRT corridors studied. No this isnt nearly enough money and the NYC DOT has been foot dragging mightily, but the good news is that MTA wants BRT big time — they see it as a way to ultimately reduce costs — and there are many elected officials and community groups who also want it. New York City is just getting started, but given the strong institutional and political support, this is just the first inning of a long, tough, contest.

JK

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