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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 B44 SBS debuts along Nostrand Avenue. Source: Patrick Cashin / MTA / Flickr Beginning this Sunday, December 8, the MTA will deploy members of its Eagle Team, the unit dedicated to identifying and fining fare evaders, along the newly launched Nostrand Avenue B44 SBS line. The new buses launched on November
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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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On Monday, May 17, New York City Department of Transportation and New York City Transit presented plans for the Nostrand Avenue Bus Rapid Transit / Select Bus Service route that will replace the B44 Limited in 2012. Ted Orosz (Director, Long Range Planning, NYC Transit) and Robert Thompson (Senior Project Manager,
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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