http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/25/streetfilm-the-case-for-better-cross-hudson-bus-transit/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/25/streetfilm-the-case-for-better-cross-hudson-bus-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-39500 NJ Transportation Funding Plan Would Shortchange Bus Riders | Mobilizing the Region Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:35:55 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5550#comment-39500 [...] Authority Bus Terminal, which has reached its capacity, as TSTC has pointed out in reports and videos. But New Jersey’s plan to divert over $1.5 billion in Port Authority money would make it much [...] [...] Authority Bus Terminal, which has reached its capacity, as TSTC has pointed out in reports and videos. But New Jersey’s plan to divert over $1.5 billion in Port Authority money would make it much [...]

]]> http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/25/streetfilm-the-case-for-better-cross-hudson-bus-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-19869 Cross-Hudson Bus Service a Worthy Landing Spot for ARC Funding | Mobilizing the Region Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:26:36 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5550#comment-19869 [...] And with the Lincoln Tunnel’s Express Bus Lane and the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) already at or near capacity, there’s just no way for the existing infrastructure to accommodate 1,703 more buses.  As the ARC project’s final environmental impact statement points out, “bus service levels would remain the same as existing conditions… due to capacity limitations at PABT.”  In other words, drastic improvements are necessary to allow more buses to enter Manhattan. Luckily, the Port Authority is already considering plans to increase bus capacity through the Lincoln Tunnel and at the PABT. (For more ideas about improving bus service across the Hudson, see TSTC and Streetfilms’s video from 2008.) [...] [...] And with the Lincoln Tunnel’s Express Bus Lane and the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) already at or near capacity, there’s just no way for the existing infrastructure to accommodate 1,703 more buses.  As the ARC project’s final environmental impact statement points out, “bus service levels would remain the same as existing conditions… due to capacity limitations at PABT.”  In other words, drastic improvements are necessary to allow more buses to enter Manhattan. Luckily, the Port Authority is already considering plans to increase bus capacity through the Lincoln Tunnel and at the PABT. (For more ideas about improving bus service across the Hudson, see TSTC and Streetfilms’s video from 2008.) [...]

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