The Department of Transportation (DOT) is working with the MTA and NYPD to improve buses throughout New York City.
The Better Buses Action Plan is focused on improving bus speeds citywide by 25% and reversing downward bus ridership trends.
The Plan includes the following goals:
- Improve 5 miles of existing bus lanes each year
- Install 10–15 miles of new bus lanes each year
- Pilot up to 2 miles of physically separated bus lanes
- Implement NYC DOT street design projects that benefit 600,000 daily riders each year
- Add 300 Transit Signal Priority (TSP) intersections per year
- Expand bus lane camera enforcement
- Increased NYPD bus lane enforcement with seven dedicated tow truck teams
- Evaluate and improve bus stops
- Support MTA Bus Network Redesign efforts with borough bus priority plans
- Press for all-door boarding, restarting the SBS program, and other improvements to bus operations
You can get more information online, including a list of current Better Buses projects and locations.
