There are 300,000 residents within a quarter-mile of the bus route, and 62 percent of households in

Brooklyn s B44 bus carried more than 12.5 million passengers last year  between the base of the Williamsburg Bridge and Sheepshead Bay, making photo of cruise ship it the city s fifth-busiest bus route. But the B44, which runs primarily along Nostrand Avenue, is notoriously unreliable and  spends less than half of each run in motion . Half the time, it s stuck in traffic or at bus stops and red lights.
There are 300,000 residents within a quarter-mile photo of cruise ship of the bus route, and 62 percent of households in that area are car-free, according to DOT and the MTA. Since 2009, the two agencies have been working to bring Select Bus Service to the B44. Limited-stop service would be converted to SBS, while local service on the B44 would remain.
Like other SBS projects, this one will add off-board fare collection, camera-enforced dedicated bus lanes, and transit signal priority photo of cruise ship to keep buses moving with green lights. It will also include curb extensions at bus stops, also known as bus bulbs, to keep the buses from having photo of cruise ship to move in and out of traffic every time they reach a stop.
The project, which received a $28 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration, is nearing completion. Workers are painting the red bus lanes, and earlier this month, crews were spotted pouring concrete at a bus bulb near the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street.
A presentation from last year [ PDF ] says the project will be complete by late 2013, with the more intensive photo of cruise ship reconstruction of Nostrand Avenue between Flushing and Atlantic Avenues photo of cruise ship set to wrap by fall 2014.
Still don t understand why Nostrand Ave SBS couldn t have a terminus in the LowLine. Even if it meant getting smaller, longer buses it would re-activate that underground station and make for a one-seat ride into Manhattan for riders.
That 62% number photo of cruise ship is ridiculously exaggerated. Perhaps not too many people own cars towards the northern half of the line but once you get past the junction I assure you that number was just picked out of the sky. Many residents own cars because transportation options photo of cruise ship are sparse. Taking away parking spots to shave 2 minutes from a commute is not economical photo of cruise ship for anyone. Not to mention many residents are disabled. The spacing of these stops does nothing to help them. But the MTA does not care. It just sees dollar signs, like it always has. They should have finished the 2/5 line like they were supposed to. Brooklyn College photo of cruise ship was never meant to be the end of the line. But fattening up wallets became more important then serving the people. Don t be fooled.
The re-construction photo of cruise ship of Nostrand has certainly made for headaches over the last year, but now that things are smooth, and the bus lane is painted in, things look much better. Can t wait to try it out when it s actually rolling!
This new bus service is gonna be great. When the new B44 rolls out in the winter, we re gonna go to Sheepshead Bay and eat lobster and oysters, and then get the bus back and be home in no time. Kudos to the MTA and DOT for working together on this one.
The road workers last night responsible for doing some repaving along these lines also reported that they unearthed some old trolley lines at St. John s and Rogers. They paved over it temporarily, photo of cruise ship but there is a portion photo of cruise ship of the trolley lines visible at Rogers photo of cruise ship Sterling still. photo of cruise ship As transit moves forward, you can t help but encounter the past! Does anybody have a map of old NYC trolley lines?
What? Guy, they re speeding up the soon-to-be express service from the current limited-stop service, which is already a joke going northbound, dealing with the traffic on Farragut, New York, and Fulton.. It s a nightmare. Buses cannot get around the traffic with one lane of travel..
Elderly folks can still rely on the local service, and take it to the nearest SBS stop if that s the case.. but I, for one, happy they ve eliminated Avenue S R as limited stops in the new SBS scheme. Let the express buses handle the bigger photo of cruise ship loads and get them to one stop as they can alight one shot deal.