Mayor\u00a0Zohran\u00a0Mamdani:\u00a0Good afternoon, everyone.\u00a0And welcome to\u00a0the\u00a0Bronx’s very own West Farms Bus Depot, where the Bx7 and 33 finally get to put up their wheels at the end of the day. It is a privilege to be here with so many friends and partners, dedicated advocates, and devoted community members who have never given up the fight for better public transit and safer streets. You have proven time and\u00a0[time]\u00a0again that a people united and organized can deliver the change that they know is necessary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
And because of your tireless efforts, I stand here alongside DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn;\u00a0MTA Chair Janno Lieber;\u00a0Tiffany-Ann Taylor from the Regional Plan Association; [and]\u00a0Demetrius Crichlow, our president of New York City Transit Authority, to announce the restart of construction on four critical street redesign projects that will save New Yorkers both time and keep them safe.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bus\u00a0and bike lanes of our city\u00a0are what connects so many of our fellow New Yorkers to one\u00a0another. For the millions who live in neighborhoods without subway\u00a0access, buses\u00a0and bikes\u00a0are how they get where they need to go. Yet for too long, the health of our bus\u00a0and bike lanes has been neglected.\u00a0As we would say on the day before Valentine’s Day,\u00a0they\u00a0haven’t\u00a0gotten the love that they deserve. The consequences of this negligence, of this lack of love, have been measured in daily pain\u00a0and inconveniences.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is felt when\u00a0after\u00a0a\u00a0long day of work, New Yorkers must stand for 25 minutes in the February chill only to board\u00a0a\u00a0bus that moves\u00a0at five miles\u00a0an hour\u00a0and gets them home long\u00a0after the sun has set. It is felt when cyclists must take long detours\u00a0around the heart of Brooklyn to\u00a0avoid the infamous crash land place because that stretch is simply too lethal\u00a0to be worth the risk. It is felt when parents do not know how to get their child to school, when the bus is too slow,\u00a0a\u00a0car is too expensive,\u00a0a\u00a0bike is too dangerous.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a city where time is money and where those who rely on our bus system are disproportionately the most working class of any transit ridership in our city, too many New Yorkers have seen their precious time treated with casual disdain as if it does not matter. Too many have called for change,\u00a0only to see their interests ignored\u00a0time and\u00a0[time]\u00a0again\u00a0by those who have the power to deliver it. Too many New Yorkers have grown accustomed to walking faster to the bus stop than the bus that picks them up\u00a0actually travels. For millions of New Yorkers who rely on our buses and our bikes, these failures limit their ability to live at the lives they want to live in the city that they love. I think of the woman I met riding the Bx33,\u00a0who told me years\u00a0ago:\u00a0“I used to love New York, now\u00a0it’s\u00a0just where I live.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
The New Yorkers who have been waiting for years for the\u00a0long-awaited\u00a0promise of safe streets\u00a0and fast buses to be fulfilled. For too long, our transit decisions in this city have been made\u00a0off of\u00a0well-placed phone calls rather than the needs of working people. That changes today,\u00a0as we\u00a0announce\u00a0a\u00a0series of sweeping reforms that will\u00a0render\u00a0our city more\u00a0accessible, safer,\u00a0and\u00a0allow working New Yorkers to get where\u00a0they’re\u00a0going, whether by bus or by bike.\u00a0And in honor of Valentine’s Day, we will show our buses\u00a0and bikes the love that they deserve.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As we stand on this bus, not moving that much faster than it would otherwise, I\u00a0am thrilled to\u00a0announce that we\u00a0are bringing the Streets Master Plan back to life with the recommencement of four projects previously halted by the\u00a0Adams\u00a0administration. Here in the Bronx,\u00a0we’re\u00a0starting with the redesign of Fordham Road, the busiest bus corridor in the borough.\u00a0A\u00a0130,000\u00a0New Yorkers rely on the buses that traverse this route, yet they find themselves regularly creeping\u00a0along\u00a0at four miles per hour.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
To free our buses from gridlock, the DOT will construct bus lanes\u00a0along Fordham Road. When curbside lanes were converted to offset lanes on Hillside\u00a0Avenue in Queens, bus speeds increased by up to 28\u00a0percent. We expect to see\u00a0a\u00a0similar rate of success on Fordham Road,\u00a0and my team is serious\u00a0about\u00a0achieving\u00a0at least\u00a0a\u00a020\u00a0percent\u00a0speed improvement on each of our bus priority projects. We\u00a0are committed to delivering public excellence\u00a0across\u00a0all of\u00a0our street improvement projects,\u00a0and we will measure our progress\u00a0and make changes\u00a0as needed,\u00a0to save\u00a0riders\u00a0precious time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Down in Brooklyn, the DOT is transforming our network of protected bike lanes. I mentioned Crashland\u00a0Place,\u00a0a single block that,\u00a0despite its short length,\u00a0has long been a dangerous, harrowing stretch for cyclists. The block will be remade into what is known as a shared street with expanded pedestrian spaces and a two-way protected bike lane. It will be the final missing piece in what will soon be a continuous protected bike route from Sunset Park to\u00a0Dumbo, with connections that reach all the way to Greenpoint and into Queens.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Beyond\u00a0Crashland, there is a stretch of Central Brooklyn between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues that has seen a shocking number of road-related injuries in the past five years. The stretch is also home to 10 different schools. To protect our children, we will add parking-\u00a0protected bike lanes to both the Brooklyn and Kingston corridors, as well as a new protected bike loop around a nearby park. We will also add conventional bike lanes along adjacent streets.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fourth project will see the DOT bring the overdue Midwood, Flatbush,\u00a0and East Flatbush bike network plan to fruition. Once complete, it will form a comprehensive web of 16 protected and conventional bike corridors. These projects are just the beginning of our work to deliver safe streets to the people of New York. Let me be clear, none of these efforts would have been possible without those who are both standing alongside me, as well as those who are sitting behind me, as well as those who are beyond this bus, New Yorkers who continued to believe in the promise of a streetscape and a public transit system that could be the envy of the world.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Together, we\u00a0are building\u00a0a\u00a0city that every person can navigate with ease,\u00a0and we\u00a0are ensuring that there is no part of this city that New Yorkers cannot\u00a0access, no corner that is out of reach.\u00a0So,\u00a0thank you\u00a0all so much,\u00a0and I will now pass it over to our DOT\u00a0commissioner. But before him, our MTA\u00a0Chair,\u00a0Janno Lieber.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Janno\u00a0Lieber, CEO and Chair, MTA:\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Mamdani,\u00a0thank you for your passionate commitment to better buses in the Bronx and for the whole city. There are 85,000 plus riders. You said 130,000 if you include everybody.\u00a0That’s\u00a0who’s\u00a0using the Fordham Road for busing. There are 70 plus percent of the folks in this neighborhood\u00a0[who]\u00a0do not have access to alternatives and rely on public transportation, biking,\u00a0and walking.\u00a0That’s\u00a0who this is about, and we really are grateful for the aggressive steps that the city is taking under the mayor’s leadership.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
You know, when I came into this job, we made it\u00a0a\u00a0priority to bring the bus system into the 21st century, starting,\u00a0as the mayor says, with the basic principle that riding\u00a0a\u00a0bus ought to be faster than walking. Folks may remember that back in 2022, we made the Bronx the first bus network redesigned borough. We came first to the Bronx,\u00a0and we made the route simpler,\u00a0and we made them more direct,\u00a0and the goal\u00a0is to provide faster, more frequent service.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It has been working well. There have been improvements, and\u00a0we’ve done a great deal else to speed buses citywide, completing a route redesign for Queens, implementing ACE [Automated Camera Enforcement] cameras all over the city. We’ve\u00a0now got 50-plus routes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the bottom line is this. The buses can only move\u00a0as fast\u00a0as the conditions\u00a0at the street level\u00a0allow.\u00a0That’s\u00a0why today’s\u00a0announcement is so important. We need partners in government who\u00a0are willing to make the streets friendlier to buses, who\u00a0are going to follow through on these long-overdue commitments,\u00a0and now we have them with this mayor\u00a0and his team\u00a0and with Governor Hochul.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have said many times that we\u00a0appreciate Mayor Mamdani’s dedication to transit issues in general,\u00a0and we\u00a0are looking forward to making this the first of many initiatives that he has set out\u00a0and has committed to deliver, not just this set of bus lanes, but\u00a0all kinds of initiatives to speed service for the millions of New Yorkers who rely on our bus network. Thank you\u00a0again, Mayor Mamdani\u00a0and Commissioner Flynn, for this important\u00a0announcement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Commissioner Mike Flynn, Department of Transportation:\u00a0Thank you,\u00a0chair. Across our city, solutions to problems on some of New York’s busiest streets have been sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Meanwhile, bus riders are stuck in traffic on Fordham Road, cyclists go out of their way to avoid\u00a0Crashland, and some New Yorkers avoid riding a bike altogether because they feel like our streets are not safe enough to do so.\u00a0We’ll\u00a0be acting with urgency to finish these projects that are supported by New Yorkers, backed by data, and are long overdue.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The safety of New Yorkers should not be a bargaining chip for backroom deals made by the last administration. 130,000 riders need faster buses on Fordham Road to get to work, to doctor’s appointments, and to see their family every day. Ashland Place is the last missing link in a critical\u00a0north-south cycling route across Brooklyn. In Midwood and Flatbush,\u00a0more and more\u00a0New Yorkers want to ride a bike, but the lack of safe cycling infrastructure has made travel more difficult for everyone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
And near Brooklyn\u00a0and Kingston\u00a0Avenues in central\u00a0Brooklyn, where\u00a0there’s\u00a010 schools nearby,\u00a0we’ve\u00a0seen too much reckless driving that is putting our school children\u00a0at risk.\u00a0So,\u00a0it’s\u00a0time to take these projects off the shelf.\u00a0We’ll\u00a0advance this work\u00a0as soon\u00a0as weather\u00a0allows,\u00a0and this is just the beginning. Let me be\u00a0very clear.\u00a0We’ll\u00a0closely\u00a0monitor\u00a0the results of these\u00a0projects\u00a0and\u00a0will\u00a0not hesitate to make\u00a0additional\u00a0upgrades\u00a0as needed. Our teams\u00a0are thinking big,\u00a0and\u00a0we’ll\u00a0deliver on this\u00a0administration’s bold promises.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I’d\u00a0like to echo the mayor and the chair in thanking all the advocates for joining us today and for fighting so hard to keep these projects alive. We\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0have done this without our friends at Riders Alliance, Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, Regional Plan\u00a0Association\u00a0,\u00a0and Tri-State Transportation Campaign. We also appreciate all the elected officials and community members\u00a0who’ve\u00a0come out and supported and advocated for these projects. And I want to thank,\u00a0last but not least, everyone at my team at DOT who did the legwork to make these projects possible.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
While\u00a0there’s\u00a0too many to name, I want to give a special acknowledgement to our\u00a0transportation\u00a0planning and\u00a0management team, our\u00a0intergovernmental team, and\u00a0Dustin Khuu, Shawn Macias,\u00a0and\u00a0Nolan Levenson, who are here with us today.\u00a0There’s\u00a0much more to come. Thank you. Now I have the pleasure of welcoming Tiffany-Ann Taylor of the Regional Plan Association.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tiffany-Ann Taylor, Vice President,\u00a0Transportation at Regional Plan Association:\u00a0Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you,\u00a0mayor,\u00a0commissioner, and\u00a0chair for the invitation. My name is Tiffany-Ann Taylor, and I am the\u00a0vice\u00a0president for Transportation at Regional Plan Association, also known as RPA. RPA is a 100-year-old civic nonprofit group focused on\u00a0quality-of-life\u00a0issues in the\u00a0Tri-State\u00a0Area. Today’s announcements are another\u00a0important step\u00a0in\u00a0providing\u00a0riders more options to get around faster and safer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
We hope these projects are just the start of\u00a0New\u00a0York City\u00a0DOT implementing long-needed improvements that will result in real-time savings for bus riders and safety for cyclists. Prioritizing bus riders during the first 100 days of the Mamdani administration is\u00a0an important step\u00a0towards transportation equity across the city.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As these plans advance and\u00a0new ideas\u00a0are added, they will give New Yorkers and visitors alike more reliable ways to get around. We look forward to the city’s evaluation of results and impact here, as well as continued collaboration citywide. Thank you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Question:\u00a0We’re\u00a0wondering though,\u00a0there’s\u00a0a\u00a0lot of great progress today on these delayed projects, but\u00a0we’re\u00a0also wondering\u00a0about\u00a0the proposal\u00a0to potentially do\u00a0a\u00a0pilot for free buses over the summer during the FIFA\u00a0World Cup. Would\u00a0you guys\u00a0like to speak to that, either MTA\u00a0or Mayor Mamdani’s office?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani:\u00a0I\u00a0firmly believe\u00a0in the importance of making our buses free.\u00a0I’ve\u00a0also always talked about the importance alongside that of making them fast. We talk about buses that for far too long have been trapped at speeds that, as MTA Chair said,\u00a0“Have sometimes been slower than people can walk.”\u00a0And while so much of what\u2014\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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While so much of what the MTA does is governed by Albany, the city runs its own streets. And for far too long, the city has not\u00a0just not\u00a0utilized its tools at its disposal to ensure that buses run fast, it has intentionally blocked the implementation of policies that would unlock these buses to put time back into the lives of working-class New Yorkers. And\u00a0so,\u00a0we will continue to advance the full vision that we have spoken about.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today, what is so exciting is this is the announcement of projects that will quite literally have an impact on the amount of time New Yorkers have to spend getting to where they’re\u00a0going\u00a0[and]\u00a0giving them a little more time in the place that they’re actually looking to get to.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Question:\u00a0This is\u00a0actually a\u00a0question for Chair Lieber following up on\u00a0Stefanos’ question.\u00a0Have you talked with the mayor about the free bus proposal? And, I mean, have your opinions on that changed at all? Is that something that\u00a0you’re\u00a0considering or at all open to?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chair\u00a0Lieber:\u00a0I just want to reemphasize what the mayor said. Today is about fast, and the city is really stepping up its game dramatically to make good on that. And\u00a0we’re\u00a0thrilled, and\u00a0we’re\u00a0gonna\u00a0continue dialogue on a lot of other issues. And what I would\u00a0generally say\u00a0is what people want from government is\u00a0[that]\u00a0you\u00a0don’t\u00a0have to agree on every single issue to look for opportunities to really move forward\u00a0[on]\u00a0where you do agree. And today is about something where we passionately agree, and\u00a0we’re\u00a0gonna\u00a0continue to talk about every other issue along the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Question:\u00a0So, question about the community partners that you engaged besides the ones who are here on the bus today. Have you reached out to the business improvement districts, particularly the Belmont BID, the Fordham Road BID? I spoke with the Belmont BID this morning who says they haven’t heard from your administration when it came to reviving this project, and their concern is when it comes to drivers, about 80 percent of people who come into Little Italy over there on Arthur Avenue are coming by car. So, their concerns [are]: buses are moving faster, but what about vehicle traffic and how it’s gonna impact businesses?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani:\u00a0So, I think the first thing\u00a0I’ll\u00a0just say is we\u00a0are restarting\u00a0a\u00a0project that went through many different iterations in the prior\u00a0administration.\u00a0And in our restarting of it, there will\u00a0also be time for community engagement to refresh this vision with\u00a0all of those whose lives it will transform by putting time back in the lives of working-class New Yorkers\u00a0and safety back in the lives of those who\u00a0are biking\u00a0across our city\u00a0as well. We did have conversations with business improvement districts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
We will continue to have conversations.\u00a0And the other point that\u00a0I’ll\u00a0just say before passing it over to my DOT commissioner is that our goal\u00a0here is outcomes. The outcome that we\u00a0are intending with this decision when it comes to our buses is\u00a0a\u00a020\u00a0percent\u00a0increase in the bus speeds. We\u00a0are going to\u00a0utilize\u00a0every single tool\u00a0at our disposal\u00a0to deliver that because what New Yorkers want is something they can\u00a0live\u00a0and\u00a0breathe\u00a0and feel.\u00a0And for far too long, when you take the bus, speed is not something you can live, breathe, or feel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Commissioner\u00a0Flynn:\u00a0So,\u00a0every corridor is unique, and Fordham Road has some unique challenges.\u00a0It’s\u00a0one of the few east-west corridors that goes across the Bronx. It carries a lot of traffic. And we\u00a0have to\u00a0balance all these considerations. But,\u00a0as the mayor said, bus speeds\u00a0is\u00a0our north star. We did a lot of planning and a lot of analysis in the past. We can build on that. But\u00a0I\u00a0think we\u00a0have a lot of\u00a0good ideas\u00a0on the table for how we can speed buses up.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u00a0think in particular, none\u00a0of them\u00a0are\u00a0gonna\u00a0make it significantly more difficult to get to\u00a0any\u00a0particular\u00a0area\u00a0around here by car. Our engineers\u00a0are some of the\u00a0best in the country, if not the best, and they take that into account in all their analysis. We’re\u00a0thinking\u00a0about\u00a0all the\u00a0different\u00a0aspects, including how we can support businesses.\u00a0And\u00a0a\u00a0lot of folks use GPS these days,\u00a0and that will update, too.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani:\u00a0Before we go to\u00a0StreetsBlog,\u00a0I’ll\u00a0ask for a little bit of help from the press corps on this one. Wasn’t there a Mary-Kate and Ashley movie, New York Minute? Does anyone remember this?\u00a0So just to quantify this for everyone, a 20\u00a0percent\u00a0increase in bus speeds would mean a minute faster per mile for a New Yorker riding these buses.\u00a0There’s\u00a0an entire movie of what you can do with a minute.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Question:\u00a0I wanted to get a little into this 20\u00a0percent\u00a0speed improvement that you’re guaranteeing here\u00a0\u2014\u00a0you and Mike are guaranteeing\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and the thing that you’re talking about where,\u00a0if you don’t make it up to this 20\u00a0percent\u00a0speed increase, you’re\u00a0gonna\u00a0come back, you’re\u00a0gonna\u00a0look at it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It sounds like\u00a0you’re\u00a0dancing around the idea of coming back and installing a busway if bus speeds\u00a0don’t\u00a0get up to the speeds that you like. And when SBS first started here, bus speeds went all the way up to nine miles an hour on Fordham Road.\u00a0So,\u00a0I just\u00a0wanna\u00a0hear the words. Is it a busway after this if it does not work out well enough for your liking?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani:\u00a0I\u00a0wanna\u00a0go through a few things on your question. The first is the reason that\u00a0we’re\u00a0focusing on the 20\u00a0percent\u00a0increase\u00a0is\u00a0frankly\u00a0[because]\u00a0New Yorkers\u00a0don’t\u00a0care what you call it or what you are\u00a0actually implementing. What they care about is if\u00a0you’re\u00a0actually delivering. And\u00a0so,\u00a0this 20\u00a0percent,\u00a0it’s\u00a0going to be our north star through these next few months of planning, through the process of installation, through the process of implementation. We are always going to be coming back to what is the best way to\u00a0actually get\u00a0to that 20\u00a0percent, we\u00a0don’t\u00a0even have to wait until we see failure. What we need to ensure is that\u00a0we’re\u00a0using every tool to get there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Question:\u00a0This is a question for Mr. Mayor\u00a0[or]\u00a0Mr. Lieber. As you said, this is making good on the promise of fast buses. I wonder if the two of you can give an update though on what the conversations are like when you talk about the promise of free buses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani:\u00a0So,\u00a0I can answer this for us, which is that, as the chair said, our focus is not just on places of agreement, but also on places of disagreement. And when\u00a0we’re\u00a0talking about making buses free, the place of agreement that both MTA chair and\u00a0myself\u00a0have is that this is something that the MTA can only do when we ensure that we provide replacement revenue for what the MTA would make from the fare box. We do not want to continue with the kind of policies we saw years ago, where the MTA is asked to make something out of nothing. We want to ensure\u00a0we’re\u00a0actually continuing\u00a0to fund the critical operations of the lifeblood of this city.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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And so that continues to be a budget conversation that is one with Albany around how we can deliver this. And what we want to make clear,\u00a0is that\u00a0all of\u00a0this stems from the belief that buses should be the way that you get around the city, not just when you have no other way. They should be the way that you get around the city when you want to get somewhere fast. And today,\u00a0we are unlocking the speed of\u00a0[buses]\u00a0and\u00a0we’ll\u00a0continue to look to unlock the affordability of\u00a0[buses].\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Question:\u00a0I’m\u00a0just wondering, the Queen’s district attorney is expected to bring charges against\u00a0Jabez Chakraborty\u00a0later today.\u00a0I’m\u00a0just wondering if you knew, if you talked to the Queen district attorney about that, if you talked to the family.\u00a0I’m\u00a0curious what you would say to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani:\u00a0So,\u00a0I can\u2014\u00a0I think I\u00a0caught the bulk of your question. \u00a0I have not directly spoken with the district attorney. I will say, however, that no family should have to endure this kind of pain. What they need right now is care, dignity, and support.\u00a0Jabez\u00a0should not be prosecuted by the Queen’s district attorney. His handcuffs should be\u00a0removed,\u00a0and he should be receiving the care that he needs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
And moments like this, they lay bare what so many New Yorkers already know, which is that our city must build a mental health response that is rooted in prevention, in compassion, and in crisis care. And that is the focus of our administration. And these are my thoughts about what Jabez\u00a0needs in this moment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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