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TriMet’s 82nd Avenue Transit Project to feature seven miles of BAT transit-priority lanes in each direction
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (303+ words) TriMet's 82nd Avenue Transit Project will feature seven miles of Business Access and Transit transit-priority lanes in each direction." TriMet General Manager Sam Desue Jr. has directed the 82nd Avenue Transit Project design team to include seven miles of Business Access and…...
New York Gov. Hochul set to advance Jamaica Station redesign, Second Avenue Subway expansion study in FY27 budget
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (163+ words) The subway extension would add three stops along 125th Street while other extension work is in progress, saving the agency time and money. "New Yorkers deserve a world-class transit system," Gov. Hochul said. "By advancing projects like the Second Avenue Subway…...
MTA opens railcar acceptance and testing facility
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) MTA notes the facility comes on the heels of the biggest infusion of new rail cars since systematic capital planning was first introduced more than a generation ago. "MTA is actively buying hundreds of modern R211 and R268 subway cars that will…...
NYCEDC finalizes redesign of NYC Ferry routes
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (290+ words) The Ferry Optimization Plan will: " The NYCEDC fiscal year (FY) 2025 Financial Transparency Report shows NYC Ferry saw the lowest per-rider-subsidy in its history during the past FY at $8.33, a more than 35% reduction in subsidy from its peak in 2020. NYCEDC anticipates…...
NYC DOT completes Hillside Avenue bus lane construction
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (761+ words) "The target audience includes daily bus riders and local residents of Queens who rely on Hillside Avenue for transportation, seeking faster, more reliable transit options and improved access to local businesses and connections to other transit modes." NYC DOT completes…...
NYC DOT begins work on Flatbush Avenue bus priority project
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (316+ words) A rendering of a redesigned Flatbush Avenue and Fourth Avenue, in Brooklyn, N.Y., with center-running bus lanes and a concrete bus boarding island. NYC DOT will begin installing center-running bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue between Livingston Street and State Street, with…...
NYC DOT to install center bus lanes on Brooklyn’s high-traffic Flatbush Avenue
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (259+ words) "We are excited to get Flatbush Avenue moving. Today 132,000 daily bus riders are stuck waiting too long for slow buses, drivers are caught in a mess of traffic and pedestrians are left crossing intersections clogged with vehicles," said NYC DOT…...
Inside the four-block-long train station quietly taking shape beneath downtown San Francisco
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (265+ words) When that station opened in 1975, it was intended to serve only as a temporary endpoint until the downtown extension to The Portal could be completed. Extending Caltrain to downtown via The Portal is expected to slash daily commuter travel times…...