Allan Rosen is a former director of MTA NYCT Bus Planning with three decades of experience in transportation and a Master's Degree in Urban Planning.
A map of 1978 bus transfers, from a 1975-1978 Department of City Planning Bus Study. Created by and courtesy of Allan Rosen. Click to enlargeTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Next to providing air conditioning on the subways and buses, the second greatest advancement made by the MTA/New York City Transit
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All maps conceived and created by Allan Rosen. Click to enlargeTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Last week I criticized [/hows-mta-chairman-joe-lhota-doing/] the MTA for referring to the proposed service restorations announced last month as “service investments.” Although 17 out of the 32 proposals are restorations and 15 are new services, these numbers
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MTA Chairman Joe Lhota. Source: Flickr | Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick CashinTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: When MTA Chairman Joe Lhota took the helm at the MTA from Jay Walder at the beginning of this year, I asked the question: New ideas or same old politics? [/new-mta-chairman-new-ideas-or-same-old-politics/] Last week I stated that
THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Ned heard my name for the first time when I emailed him in March 2010 with my testimony opposing the Brooklyn bus service cuts at the public hearing held in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That was shortly after I discovered Sheepshead Bites. He quoted a
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Photo by Erica ShermanTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Several days ago, New York City Comptroller John Liu released an audit on the cleaning and maintenance of bus stop shelters by CEMUSA under its franchise agreement with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT). Naturally, we were interested in the findings of this
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Why is this B49 only going so far as Church Avenue? Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Although buses are scheduled at 10 minutes intervals, if you were trying to get home from Manhattan Beach on the evening of July 4, there is a good chance that you would
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Source: MTATHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: As the second anniversary of the largest service cutbacks in New York City History quietly passed on June 27th, the MTA hinted at its monthly board meeting for the first time that they were considering the restoration of some cuts. The New York Times has
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Students walking two extra blocks to Kingsborough Community College. Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Yesterday I discussed service irregularities on the B1 and B49 last Thursday afternoon [/mta-caught-with-their-pants-down-part-i/], a day when the temperature reached the mid-90s and passengers were trying to get home from the beach. Today we
A crowd waiting 20 minutes for a bus on Falmouth Street at 5:09 p.m. Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Regular readers of this column know that my favorite subject is bus service, especially in Brooklyn. I particularly like to focus on subjects that virtually no one
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Protesters in front of the depot (Photo: Allan Rosen)THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Last week, I had to conduct some business at the courts in Downtown Brooklyn. The trip going there using a bus and train, and two trains and a bus to return home, including the two minutes I
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Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Anyone who drives along Emmons Avenue will tell you that the traffic setup just doesn’t work too well much of the time. I always questioned the wisdom of the angle parking, which seems to be an anachronism today, so I thought I
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Huh? Right. Just another screwy DOT sign...THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: I received an interesting e-mail the other day stating that my service request from 311(C1-1-721913901 Street Sign – Damaged [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/threeoneone/template.PAGE/menuitem.dfb4f4b32cf05387fd8a9010acd2f9a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=b45c17d69d16468520cb3010e0c789a0&javax.portlet.prp_b45c17d69d16468520cb3010e0c789a0_