> I heard about the congestion of buses problem at 207th as it was discussed
> at trans comm meeting last night. Obviously it would need to be addressed
> and fixed somehow. 
>  
> Although I am an avid biker, I have come around to thinking at least one
> rapid transit bus lane on each side of city would be an enhancement and ease
> congestion in subways etc. If a bus could get from Inwood to mid or downtown
> in a reasonable time, that would present an attractive mass transit
> alternative. Apparently these rapid buses have worked well in other cities,
> a South American city mayor came to NYC recently to promote them as well as
> bike lanes. I  think it is worth a pilot project, particularly given
> Inwood/WH almost sole reliance on the A train for express service.   
>  
> We will have bus depots in any event regardless as to how fast buses
> operate.  The issue is not how many buses or more depots, but how fast one
> line of buses can travel with a dedicated lane and passengers who prepay
> like on the subway. I am not sure it would necessarily increase the number
> of buses if a few could be converted to real express buses with their own
> lanes. Inevitably any new lane, be it bus or bike, will take away from car
> lanes or current free curbside parking, but right now all we have is car
> lanes and free curbside parking. In my view, we are all paying too heavy a
> price for such automobile congestion and the few people who get to park for
> free on avenues are getting a disproportionate allocation of space.     
>  
> I think one dedicated N/S bus lane and one dedicated N/S bike lane either
> together (if feasible) or separate running length of Manhattan on east and
> west sides would be a big plus. I have not yet adequately educated myself on
> how it might be engineered nor tried Bx 12 which I hope to do. I believe
> Paris has a shared dedicated bike bus lane and may have been emailed some
> pics of it somewhere.   TA has more info on this.      
>  
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:09 PM
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> I think the Bx 12 is one of those, right?  The buses now take up the whole
> block at 207th and Broadway.  What would be the impact on cyclists of one of
> those routes on Broadway?  Would we be forced to share fewer lanes with all
> the other buses, sanitation trucks and cars?  We have a bus depot up here
> and 4 sanitation districts house trucks up between 215 and 219th.
> 
> At 12:59 PM 11/3/2009, you wrote:
> 
> 
> ps. I also asked about Rapid Transit Bus (ie Select Service) and whether one
> was planned to run N/S on Westside like on Eastside on 1st and 2nd Aves.
> Josh advised that there was no pilot project planned for Westside as yet. 
>  
> I think we should push CB12 to advocate before DOT for such a pilot project.
> I heard last night that the #1 train line may be shut down for repairs for
> more than one year next year, leaving only the A train. The bus Rapid
> Transit sounds great, you pay in advance, not when you get on, the platform
> is raised so bus does not need to kneel, and there is a dedicated bus lane
> so the bus moves very fast.   This would be great for Inwood and WH
> residents who have to commute all the way to mid or downtown. A pilot
> project is operating in Bronx now. 
>  
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> Great report Brad and I'm glad you thought to suggest the obvious!  We still
> want to continue to follow up monthly with the 'trans comm' on both
> on-street greenway asks.  I haven't heard a thing about improving the Hudson
> greenway, though there are a few things it needs that are even more costly
> than paint... and that's capacity in certain areas, barriers around 150th to
> keep the people confined to a crosswalk, etc.  That could be brought up to
> Manhattan Parks Commish Castro, who has repeatedly agreed to meet with us,
> and we just need to get our agenda for that meeting together.
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