Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service<\/a>, a comprehensive plan to make buses up to six minutes faster on more than 175 routes across the city.<\/p>\nIn the Bronx, the City will install the long-delayed Tremont Avenue busway later this year. In Brooklyn, the City is launching a summer of community engagement to shape immediate improvements and a long-term vision for Bus Rapid Transit on three of the borough\u2019s busiest transit corridors: Flatbush Avenue, Utica Avenue and Church Avenue.<\/p>\n
On Flatbush Avenue, where construction is already underway on a center-running bus lane between Livingston Street and Grand Army Plaza, the City will build a full Bus Rapid Transit corridor by 2030. Bus Rapid Transit delivers faster, more reliable service through dedicated bus lanes and busways, techniques that give buses a head start at intersections, world-class stations with more seating and shelter, expanded public space and greenery and more frequent service.<\/p>\n
Since January, the Mamdani administration has advanced major projects to speed buses along Fordham Road and 161st Street in the Bronx; 34th Street, 116th Street, Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan; Marcy Avenue, Flatbush Avenue and Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn; Victory Boulevard on Staten Island; and Broadway in Queens.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Yorkers should not lose hours of their lives sitting in traffic on a bus. From the Bronx to Brooklyn, we\u2019re building streets that move people instead of sticking them in gridlock,\u201d said Mayor Mamdani. \u201cThese projects will make commutes faster, make our streets safer and return precious time to nearly 200,000 New Yorkers every single day. That\u2019s exactly what public transit should do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJust last week, I stood with Mayor Mamdani and the MTA and committed to bus riders a new era of faster speeds and better trips, all made possible through a historic collaboration between state and city leaders,\u201d said Governor Hochul. \u201cToday, we are moving full speed ahead, decisively advancing projects that will help hundreds of thousands of riders move faster and laying the groundwork for even more service improvements across the five boroughs to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we said that we were going to make buses faster, we meant it \u2014 now upgrades are on the way in some of the City\u2019s most bus-dependent communities,\u201d said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. \u201cThis is what happens when the State, City and MTA are on the same page about speeding up service. Tremont and Central Brooklyn are just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlong Tremont Avenue in the Bronx and all through central Brooklyn, slow, unreliable buses are robbing New Yorkers\u2019 of their precious time every day,\u201d said NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn. \u201cWe want New Yorkers to have faith in our outreach, and that starts with actually delivering on projects promised years ago, like on Tremont Avenue, where riders deal with unreliable, over-packed buses every day. We look forward to discussing the possibilities for fast buses through Central Brooklyn this year as we develop exciting proposes for critical bus corridors in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s dual bus project announcements show that from the Bronx to Brooklyn, this Mayor is focused on delivering real results for New Yorkers on better buses,\u201d said Elizabeth Adams, Senior Advisor for Fast and Free Buses for Mayor Mamdani. \u201cThe proof is in the pudding \u2014 and this administration is unsticking stalled projects, rolling out new bus corridor plans and taking immediate steps to bring Bus Rapid Transit to New York City. We aren\u2019t waiting because we know bus riders have no time to waste when it comes to faster bus service. The Bronx is long overdue on getting its first busway on Tremont Avenue, and today\u2019s announcement on central Brooklyn public engagement shows we are thinking differently when it comes to reaching bus riders. We\u2019ll be out in the streets talking with New Yorkers directly about ways to improve their commute and speed up their buses. The millions of New Yorkers who depend on our buses everyday should have a say.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bronx\u2019s First Busway: Tremont Avenue<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani today announced that the City will install the Bronx\u2019s first busway on Tremont Avenue, delivering faster, more reliable service for 39,000 daily riders while making one of the borough\u2019s busiest and most dangerous corridors safer.<\/p>\n
Tremont serves the Bx36, where buses current travel as slowly as 5 mph, and connects riders to nearby subway routes and the Metro-North Railroad service. The corridor is home to a transit-dependent community, with 72% of households not owning a private car.<\/p>\n
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