NEW BUSES' ROUTES * USA - Minnesota - Rush Line buses ready to roll
The new Rush Line route will be the first to connect with Union Depot, which is being revived as a major transportation hub
* New York - City Bus Rolls Out In Manhattan
* New York - Rolling Out Speedier Bus System, to Glitches and Grumbles
(Photos by Ed Ou/The New York Times: The buses will benefit from exclusive lanes)
New York,NY,USA -The New York Times, by MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM -October 10, 2010: -- It has been hailed as the next generation of New York City public transport: a European-style rapid-transit bus system that operates in exclusive traffic lanes and requires passengers to buy tickets from sidewalk kiosks so trips will not be delayed by a single rider struggling for exact change... But progress, particularly in the transportation realm, can have its fits and starts. When the system made its Manhattan debut on Sunday along First and Second Avenues, one of the city’s most congested corridors, riders up and down the route displayed the telltale frowns of New Yorkers convinced that their government had wronged them yet again...
(Photo: A transit worker explained the city's new "select bus service," which requires passengers to buy a ticket from a sidewalk kiosk in advance)
When Shaunté Miller arrived at her bus stop at 125th Street and Second Avenue, a city worker told her that the only way she could take her usual ride on the M15 limited would be to pay for her ticket at a machine on the sidewalk. Even swiping a MetroCard onboard was no longer allowed...
(Photo: On the new rapid-bus system that had its Manhattan debut on Sunday, passengers who did not have a receipt got not a summons, but information from a transit police officer)
Unfortunately for Ms. Miller, the machine in question had run out of paper: the kiosk happily deducted the $2.25 fare but spat out no receipt. The worker said not to worry, but Ms. Miller worried. “They’re not going to believe us,” she said, fretting about the enforcement agents authorized to deliver a $100 fine. When Hannah Huber tried to board at 100th Street, the driver refused her proffered MetroCard and told her to go back and get a receipt from the sidewalk machine. “I felt guilty,” she said later. “It ended up holding up the bus. I’d rather swipe my card than do all that. I think it’s asking for more problems” ...
Labels: bus rapid transit - BRT, new bus routes
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