Bus Rapid Transit

The Commute: Why You Should Care About The Woodhaven Boulevard Bus Lanes

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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New B44 May Speed Up Commuting For Riders But Increases Traffic

In a not so-scientific analysis, DNAinfo found [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140113/crown-heights/brooklyns-new-b44-express-bus-causes-traffic-nightmare-residents-say] that the new Select Bus Service B44 causes a massive amount of traffic whenever it comes tumbling along Nostrand Avenue. The new bus service began operations on November 17, 2013 [/the-b44-sbs-is-now-operational/], and in the time

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The Day: Crime Reporting, Atlantic Yards Renderings and Last-Minute Gifts

A short snow storm left slippery conditions that should melt away by this afternoon. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. With less than a week until Christmas, we’ve seen a plethora of people taking trees home – carried on

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Neighborly Neighbors: Harvey Wilson

Local artist Harvey Wilson is currently showing paintings at Baguettaboudit in Fort Greene. He’s wearing one of the wooden painted necklaces he sells on the side. (Photo by Emily Field)Neighborly Neighbors [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/tag/neighborly-neighbors/] is a series of posts in which we stop random

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Sticking It To Citi Bikes

Stickered Citi Bikes spotted at Clermont and Lafayette. (Photo courtesy of Ana Malick)Guerrilla vandals with a sense of humor are expressing their disdain for New York City’s new bike share program by giving creative makeovers to local Citi Bikes. On certain bikes and docking stations around the city,

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Our Mass Transit Future – Part 3: What Happened To Democracy?

MTA New York City Transit employees load subway cars onto flatbed trucks for transportation to the Rockaway Peninsula. Source: MTAPhotos / FlickrTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: In Part 1 [/our-mass-transit-future-part-1-what-is-wrong-with-select-bus-service/], I discussed the various Select Bus Service corridors presently in operation and how their success or lack thereof has not been adequately

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Silver Star Owner Blasts Nostrand SBS Service, Non-Existent Outreach

Source: Ariela B./YelpOur man Randy Rojas hit Nostrand Avenue to bring you yesterday’s story about local businesses outraged that the government failed to do any outreach [/dot-mta-fail-to-inform-local-businesses-about-major-traffic-changes-on-nostrand-avenue/] in the two years of planning for Select Bus Service on the commercial strip. Now another of Nostrand Avenue’s largest

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B44 Select Bus Service – How To Make It Better

THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Select Bus Service (SBS) along the B44 is coming to Sheepshead Bay. When it will arrive is still a mystery depending on which MTA page you access. It is scheduled either for later this year [http://mta.info/mta/planning/sbs/routes.html] or mid-2012 [http:

Bus Rapid Transit

Meeting to Discuss B44 Improvements

From Sustainable Flatbush [http://sustainableflatbush.org/2009/12/04/meeting-to-discuss-b44-bus-line-improvements/] : > Do you depend on the B44 Nostrand Avenue bus to get around Brooklyn? Do you wish you could? Come to the Department of Transportation’s Community Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday December 8th! The DOT is especially looking for input