New York is planning an ambitious redesign of key corridors in Brooklyn. It includes new BRT lines, well as a citywide purchase of 2,500 new buses. What do you think - how effective is BRT on streets with this many traffic lights, and what’s your take on the solutions being discussed?
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New York is planning an ambitious redesign of key corridors in Brooklyn. It includes new BRT lines, well as a citywide purchase of 2,500 new buses. What do you think - how effective is BRT on streets with this many traffic lights, and what’s your take on the solutions being discussed?

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u/BrilliantTough6106 — 21 hours ago

Something ridiculous is happening on Staten Island. Some local residents are stubbornly demanding their parking back instead of the freshly painted bus lane. They even took DOT to court.

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u/BrilliantTough6106 — 14 days ago
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Another round of good news out of New York. In the Bronx, two long-delayed projects are finally moving forward: an offset bus lane and a full busway - on two key corridors.

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u/BrilliantTough6106 — 20 days ago
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NYC has an abandoned railway that’s sat unused for 60 years - a plan to bring it back now exists. In this video, a deep dive into the QueensLink project: how realistic it is and how it would reshape NYC’s transit system

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u/BrilliantTough6106 — 23 days ago
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Rebuilding Penn Station in NYC is expected to cost around $8 billion. The plan is essentially to construct a brand-new station around Madison Square Garden. It’s undoubtedly an incredibly complex engineering project - but do you think an $8 billion price tag is justified?

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u/BrilliantTough6106 — 2 months ago