Comments on: Buses Bloom in the Bronx (and Beyond) http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/17/buses-bloom-in-bronx-and-beyond/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:37:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: New Bronx Bus Saves Time, TSTC Staffer Finds « Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/17/buses-bloom-in-bronx-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-403 New Bronx Bus Saves Time, TSTC Staffer Finds « Mobilizing the Region Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:57:32 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=270#comment-403 [...] morning, I rode to our Manhattan office aboard the newly launched Bx12 Select Bus Service. As a Bronx resident, I was eager to see how the three-day-old system was working and how bus [...] [...] morning, I rode to our Manhattan office aboard the newly launched Bx12 Select Bus Service. As a Bronx resident, I was eager to see how the three-day-old system was working and how bus [...]

]]> By: Tracking Bloomberg’s Accomplishments, and Looking Beyond His Term « Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/17/buses-bloom-in-bronx-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Tracking Bloomberg’s Accomplishments, and Looking Beyond His Term « Mobilizing the Region Fri, 02 May 2008 18:50:11 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=270#comment-399 [...] of three more after 2010. Commissioner Sadik-Khan recently presented the city’s BRT plan at a symposium hosted by TSTC, the Pratt Center, Straphangers Campaign and Transportation [...] [...] of three more after 2010. Commissioner Sadik-Khan recently presented the city’s BRT plan at a symposium hosted by TSTC, the Pratt Center, Straphangers Campaign and Transportation [...]

]]> By: NY Political Addict http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/17/buses-bloom-in-bronx-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-400 NY Political Addict Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:43:41 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=270#comment-400 Couldn't we have come up with a better name than Select Bus Service? Down the line there should be an intermodal terminal building at 207th Street and Broadway, too. Couldn’t we have come up with a better name than Select Bus Service? Down the line there should be an intermodal terminal building at 207th Street and Broadway, too.

]]> By: Joe Russo http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/17/buses-bloom-in-bronx-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Joe Russo Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:03:06 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=270#comment-401 Pay close attention to the details. Bus doors have to made wider and there have to be more of them. Note in the Columbian photo there are three wide doors on the platform side of the bus. Also, BRT has to be part of a total approach of LRT and better bus, LRT and subway interface. For transit buffs, please visit the archives of the old Boston Elevated stations. They were the best in North America and they knew how to build integrated, weather-proof stations for ease of transfer between elevateds, subways, trolleys and buses. The successor MBTA is clueless and has dismantled much of this great work but that doesn't mean MTA has to be. MTA predecessors never were integrated and were competitors, but now is the time to build integrated transfer stations where appropriate using all modes in weatherproof stations that minimize walking distances. Pay close attention to the details. Bus doors have to made wider and there have to be more of them. Note in the Columbian photo there are three wide doors on the platform side of the bus.

Also, BRT has to be part of a total approach of LRT and better bus, LRT and subway interface. For transit buffs, please visit the archives of the old Boston Elevated stations. They were the best in North America and they knew how to build integrated, weather-proof stations for ease of transfer between elevateds, subways, trolleys and buses. The successor MBTA is clueless and has dismantled much of this great work but that doesn’t mean MTA has to be. MTA predecessors never were integrated and were competitors, but now is the time to build integrated transfer stations where appropriate using all modes in weatherproof stations that minimize walking distances.

]]> By: Buses Bloom in the Bronx (and Beyond) | Talk Bronx New York http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/17/buses-bloom-in-bronx-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Buses Bloom in the Bronx (and Beyond) | Talk Bronx New York Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:22:15 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=270#comment-402 [...] SOURCE: TSTC.org [...] [...] SOURCE: TSTC.org [...]

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