In July 2016, The Riders Alliance, Straphangers Campaign, Tri-State Transportation Campaign and TransitCenter, joined by 37 elected officials, launched the Bus Turnaround Campaign to spotlight the ongoing decline of bus service quality and precipitate loss of bus ridership in New York City, and to offer a menu of policies and planning applications that could make the city’s vast bus system an attractive transportation once again.
One year later, we offer the following review of the performance of the bus system and the progress of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the NYC Dept. of Transportation regarding the Bus Turnaround agenda. Read the full report here.
A Bus Agenda for New York City Mayor Eric Adams
To create the “state-of-the-art bus transit system” of his campaign platform, Mayor Adams will have to both expand the quantity and improve the quality of bus lanes. We recommend these strategies to get it done.
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Los Angeles Bus Riders Speak Out Against Metro’s Bus Service Cuts
Before COVID-19 struck, LA Metro seemed to be turning a corner on bus service with the ambitious network redesign known as NextGen. But the new budget plan signals a return to the days when Metro regularly overlooked the bus riders who make the vast majority of trips on its services.
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