Greyhound’s plan for a bus stop next to a park on the Lower East Side will go back to the drawing board, after Community Board 3’s transportation committee voted against it, according to reports.
Speeding up commutes between boroughs and inside boroughs themselves has been the subject of multiple reports, and a concern for millions of New Yorkers.
When the first of six new express bus lines were launched at Fordham Road–Pelham Parkway in the Bronx by the MTA and the New York City Department of Transportation in 2008, there were plenty of complaints.
As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s effort to prevent criminal activity on buses, 1,576 buses will be equipped with Bus Camera Security Systems (BCSS).
Select Bus Service, incorporating off-board collection, begins along 34th Street, serving the 50,000 people living in the area and 300,000 people working within a quarter of a mile.