According to Bronx City Council Member Pierina Sanchez, buses on the BX12 route in her district can drive as slowly as 4-8 miles per hour. The vast majority of bus riders are low- and middle-income New Yorkers of color. While overall the MTA, a state-run authority, is in charge of the bus system, New York City government has control of city streets and thus where to install bus lanes and what kind, and the city and state work together on enforcement that can make or break whether bus lanes are clear of other vehicles.īuses crawl around New York City at an average of 9 miles per hour, according to a March 2023 report from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office, meaning they are often moving even slower during rush hours. “We will build more bus lanes to facilitate faster commuting,” Adams said in a speech to mark his first 100 days as mayor, in April 2022, “complete with countdown clocks so you know when the next one is coming.” It echoed sentiments from the Moving Forward Together agenda of Adams’ successful 2021 campaign, in which he stressed the importance of a “state-of-the-art bus transit system” in supporting economic development and revolutionizing the way New Yorkers move around the city.īut nearly 18 months into his term, a series of public reports and hearings have indicated a process that is far behind schedule, keeping many of the city’s slow-moving buses stuck. On the campaign trail and in City Hall, Mayor Eric Adams pledged to “build 150 miles of new bus lanes and busways in four years,” which he and supporters of the plan said would speed up the city’s notoriously slow buses, mitigate congestion, reduce traffic crashes, and protect the environment. Bus riders (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
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