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to improve bus service, increase bus speeds and attract new ridership.
Results so far have yielded faster bus speeds by as much as 19% on a
portion of Fifth Avenue and as much as 30% near the Hugh L. Carey
Tunnel’s Manhattan approach. Other strategies include redesigning
every borough’s bus network to better meet customer needs, installing
traffic signal prior
The “Forward Plan” has a signal system improvement plan that has an error, involving the “1” and the “R” south of Canal Street. This shows the correction:
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MTA Bus-Mounted Camera Program Begins Issuing Bus Lane Violations on M15 SBS Route
Bus Lane Violators on 1st & 2nd Avenues Now Subject to Graduated Fine Structure up to $250
Bus Speeds on M15 Route Increase Up to 34% Since Oct. as a Result of Automated Bus Lane Enforcement Program
NYC Transit Launches Bus Lane Awareness Campaign – View “Are You a Bus?”
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the 60-day warning period for bus lane blockers on the M15 Select Bus Service route ends on Friday, Dec. 6, and motorists who are caught by the MTA’s new bus-mounted cameras will now receive violations with fines up to $250.
The forward-facing cameras on buses serving the M15 SBS route on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan were implemented on Oct. 7. State legislation mandated a 60-day grace period before violators are fined for standing or parking in the bus lanes. Since camera enforcement on the M15 b
Chicago has a similar problem with autos infringing on bus-only lanes. The one method that will succeed is to establish a counter-flow lane for buses on paired one-way streets. It was tried in Chicago about 35 years ago with routes serving Chicago Union Station and it did improve bus timekeeping. It was discontinued after a few years over pedestrian safety issues.
San Juan has a fair amount of counterflow lane arrangements and they seem to work quite nicely.
Hey, you know what they should bo with those NYC buses?
Put a full-face photo of Mayor DeBlasio on the front with the caption “Big Brother Is Watching You!” lettered backwards so errant drivers can read it in their rear-view mirrors!
That’ll warn 'em! Assuming they’re not too busy texting while driving.
Or something.
People kept looking for cars going in the usual direction and could not comprehend that a bus would be coming the other way on a “one way” street. All the signs and markings could not prevent them from walking in front of an oncoming bus. People get set in their ways and have a hard time changing. Ever get in the habit of catching a commuter train that always departs from track 2 and one day that track is OOS and the crowd control can’t handle the 1500 people who need to find it on track 6. What a circus. Not to mention the people who used to board a different train on track 6.