"I am the commissioner" - USA - Faster Buses And Other Plans For The Future
New York,NY,USA -Gotham Gazette, by Iris Weinshall -Oct 16, 2006: -- The New York City Department of Transportation, of which I am the commissioner, is responsible for, among other things, a transportation network that, for the most part, was put in place decades and even centuries ago... Our infrastructure requires an enormous investment just to maintain a state of good repair... While the Metropolitan Transportation Authority provides bus service, the ability of those buses to serve New Yorkers depends on their ability to move through our crowded streets. In the last two years, along with the state transportation department, the city and MTA have been working hand in hand on a bus rapid transit initiative... We will introduce measures to allow buses to move more quickly, including colored bus lanes, improved bus lane enforcement, signal prioritization, wider bus stop spacing, next-bus information, and quicker fare collection. Very shortly, we will announce five corridors for pilot bus rapid transit. We expect to implement plans for two of the corridors by fall of 2007...
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