Bus Rapid Transit * USA - Program may roll out in nine locations in Queens
The city is proposing a second wave of BRT lines over the next decade
Bronx,NY,USA -The New York Daily News, by John Lauinger -June 7, 2009: -- Bus Rapid Transit - a system that allows buses to function more like a subway - is key to expanding the city's mass transit, some advocates and transportation officials argue... BRT was established in New York for the first time last year as a pilot program on the BX12 line along Fordham Road in the Bronx. By providing a separate right-of-way for buses and allowing for curbside fare payment, among other features, travel time dropped by 11 minutes - or 19% - from one end of the line to the other, city records show... The city is proposing a second wave of BRT lines over the next decade. Whether this transit frontier will run through Queens - and if so, where - will depend on various factors, including input received at two public meetings in Jackson Heights and Jamaica last week, officials said... The city Transportation Department has identified 31 potential BRT corridors, focusing largely on areas underserved by mass transit or targeted for growth... Nine of those are in Queens, including southeastern Queens; Utopia/Fresh Meadows; Middle Village; the Long Island Expressway; the Long Island City waterfront and the Queens-Manhattan connections, where subways are jam-packed... (Photo by Giancarli/NY Daily News - BRT was established in New York for the first time last year as a pilot program on the BX12)Labels: bus rapid transit - BRT
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