upgrade the corridor’s existing busway<\/a>, which has increased bus speeds by as much as 24% and ridership by up to 30% since its installation in 2019, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.<\/p>\nThe planning process will begin with a public meeting for the project at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, on the second floor of the Pratt Institute.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
The planning process will begin with a public meeting for the project at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25
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The 14th Street busway has increased bus speeds by up to 24% and ridership by up to 30% since 2019
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The project aims to improve pedestrian safety, public space and connectivity along the corridor
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has thrown his support behind the project<\/p>\n
Officials said the meeting will give New Yorkers a chance to provide input on issues like pedestrian safety, public space and bus and bicycle improvements.<\/p>\n
The DOT said the city is already conducting a 24-month study to help develop upgrades for the corridor. Proposed improvements include new landscaping and upgraded pedestrian, park and plaza spaces, as well as safety enhancements.<\/p>\n
There would also be upgrades to neighboring streets and public spaces connected to the thoroughfare.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has thrown his support behind the project.<\/p>\n
“The 14th Street busway is already a success-faster buses, higher ridership, safer streets. But we’re not stopping at a coat of paint,” he said in a statement. “We’re taking it to the next level with greenery, pedestrian space, and stronger safety infrastructure. I invite New Yorkers to join DOT later this month and help shape the world-class future of 14th Street.”<\/p>\n
The $3 million design project includes $2 million from the city and $1 million combined from the Meatpacking Business Improvement District and Union Square Partnership.<\/p>\n
The actual construction has $9 million secured from the City Council and $500,000 from the Manhattan borough president’s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City is set to kick off the public planning process for a major transformation of Manhattan’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[109,25,1084,297,576,9,24,55,54,12,56,87,27,296,142,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-159273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-app-local-state-politics","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-app-traffic-transit","11":"tag-app-traffic-and-transit","12":"tag-erica-brosnan","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-city-news","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-traffic-and-transit","22":"tag-transit","23":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}