Mamdani\u2019s office counted that as a win since it was more than double the 5.5 miles that the city added in FY 2025.\u00a0But that number was less than the city added in the previous fiscal year: nearly 16 miles \u2014 marking a 24% decline.<\/p>\n
Transportation advocates noted the drop-off and expressed their displeasure while also imploring Mamdani to put the pedal to the metal when it comes to boosting those metrics.\n<\/p>\n
Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Ben Furnas, in a statement, chalked what he described as \u201clackluster\u201d numbers up to the report\u2019s inclusion of the last six months of Adams\u2019 administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new Mayor\u2019s Management Report shows just how much room there is for improvement after the Adams administration\u2019s repeated failures to build the safety infrastructure New Yorkers need,\u201d Furnas said. \u201cWe hope these lackluster numbers will be a call to action for the Mamdani administration to build more and build faster, and we look forward to reading next year\u2019s report filled with record-breaking progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The city Department of Transportation has completed work on a double bus lane on Madison Avenue and a conversion to an offset bus lane on Lexington Avenue.Photo courtesy NYC DOT<\/p>\n
City Council Transportation Chair Shaun Abreu similarly blamed Adams for the lagging progress on new bus lane miles. He, however, gave Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn kudos for setting a different course.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder the previous administration, the Department of Transportation consistently fell short on bus lane targets, and that performance is reflected in the new figures that span administrations,\u201d Abreu said in a statement to amNewYork. \u201cThis year\u2019s report shows movement in the right direction, and I credit Mayor Mamdani and Commissioner Flynn for getting critical projects that had been left to stall back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abreu was referring to a slew of bus lane projects that Adams\u2019 administration hit the brakes on, which Mamdani has since restarted. Those include efforts to add offset bus lanes and a busway on two critical east-west Bronx corridors: Fordham Road<\/a> and Tremont Avenue<\/a> respectively \u2014 both of which are currently under construction.<\/p>\n But Abreu tempered his praise by noting that doubling the FY25 new bus lane miles is hardly the same as meeting the bus lane targets set out in the Streets Master Plan<\/a>, which required the construction of 30 new bus lane miles in 2026. The Adams administration consistently fell short<\/a> of meeting the Streets Plan\u2019s targets year after year.<\/p>\n