Panel: Bus Rapid Transit: Getting New York’s Buses Moving

When
April 1, 2009   6:30 pm   
Where
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Av. (bet. 103rd & 104th Sts.)
Manhattan
Cost
$9 General admission; $5 Museum members, seniors and students
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Museum of the City of New York

New York City has the slowest bus system in the country. Getting it to move faster requires re-imagining how buses operate in the city. Explore the options being piloted in New York, as well as successful Bus Rapid Transit models around the world, in a discussion moderated by Aaron Naparstek, editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. He will be joined by Joan Byron of the Pratt Center for Community Development and co-founder of COMMUTE; Walter Hook, Executive Director of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and co-editor of the Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide; Gene Russianoff, staff attorney for the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign; and Bruce Schaller, Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Sustainability at the New York City Department of Transportation.