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The B44 SBS. Source: Patrick Cashin / MTA / FlickrSHEEPSHEAD – It’s been a long time coming, but there will finally be a new stop on the B44 Select Bus Service (SBS) route at Avenue R and Nostrand Avenue. B44 Select Bus route connects Shore Parkway in Sheepshead Bay to Williamsburg, and
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(Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Corner Media)BAY RIDGE – Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis is urging the MTA to increase service across the Verrazano Bridge, citing long wait lines and insufficient busses. Along with State Senator Marty Golden and politicians from both Bay Ridge and Staten Island, Assemblymember Malliotakis sent a letter to
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A bus stopping at the corner of Fort Greene Place and Lafayette Avenue. (Photo by Mitchell Trinka)Transit advocates have rolled out a new drive to improve NYC’s buses and their ridership. Elected officials and activists introduced a busload of new ideas during a call to adopt the recommendations
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A bus stopping at the corner of Fort Greene Place and Lafayette Avenue. (Photo by Mitchell Trinka)Transit advocates have rolled out a new drive to improve NYC’s buses and their ridership. Elected officials and activists introduced a busload of new ideas during a call to adopt the recommendations
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The b82 bus. (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )Community leaders are concerned that a proposal to bring Select Bus Service (SBS) through Kings Highway could bring further congestion to an already cramped commercial corridor. The MTA is considering adding SBS to the B82
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The MTA wants to add new bus lanes to Woodhaven Boulevard. (Photo: The Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2014-10-22-brt-woodhaven-cac2-presentation.pdf] )THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: If the Department of Transportation (DOT) has its way, bus lanes currently being installed on Woodhaven Boulevard between Dry Harbor
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Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Last week, in Part 1 [/why-we-need-a-transit-center-near-the-brooklyn-army-terminal-part-1-of-2/], we started to discuss the Brooklyn Army Terminal as a major transportation hub and I got sidetracked into a discussion about involving the private sector, through the use of vans, to providing legal transit services between major
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Thomas F. Prendergast, new MTA chairman and former president of MTA New York City Transit (center) speaks to the press. Source: Patrick Cashin for the MTA / FlickrTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: It was announced on Friday that, after 100 days without a permanent chairman, the former head of New York City
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THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: (Here is Part 1 [/b44-select-bus-service-sbs-part-1-of-3-its-too-late-to-make-changes/] from last week). The B44 is different from other Select Bus Service (SBS) routes because the SBS will not take the same route as the local. It will utilize Rogers Avenue northbound instead of New York Avenue, making it more difficult
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Source: MTAThe MTA is increasing efforts [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443570904577545370737049232.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories#articleTabs%3Darticle] to catch fare beaters on city buses, which it estimates cost the city tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Since 2008, the “Eagle Team” has patrolled the budding Select
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Don’t forget: Sheepshead Bites is hosting a Transit Town Hall to push for the restoration of the B4 service, as well as to convey to our elected officials how important public transportation is to our community. The event, held in conjunction with Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Sheepshead Bay – Plumb Beach
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The MTA and Department of Transportation held a public workshop to push the benefits of Select Bus Service on Nostrand Avenue on Tuesday at Brooklyn College, and responded to concerns about the program in Southern Brooklyn by saying it will see relatively minor changes in the area. The majority of
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Source: Marcos Vasconcelos Photography/FlickrWe all know finding and holding a job in his economy is rough, but commuting to work these days can be just as tough. [http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2011/02/24/2011-02-24_in_commuter_hell_boros_workers_who_need_transit_to_jobs_outside_
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Sheepshead Bay may be the next site for the New York City Department of Transit’s (NYCDOT) innovative new program Select Bus Service. The proposed bus route, which will run along Nostrand Avenue from Sheepshead Bay to Williamsburg, earned a “High” rating from the Federal Transportation Authority (FTA), indicating that