Sentences with phrase «bus lanes»

We added weekend bus service over the bridge and we fought to make sure that there is a dedicated bus lane.

The lanes will operate as bus lanes during the morning and evening rush hour periods.

Within two or three years, there will be no point having bus lanes because everyone is going to be driving these things around.

They put bus lanes [and] forget about cars.

The DOT's plan to create dedicated bus lanes on East 34th Street was rejected by Murray Hill residents Thursday.

EV drivers can drive in bus lanes, get to use toll roads for free, get to park for free, get to ride ferries for free (which is apparently not just for fun but necessary in some regions), don't have to pay any purchase tax (which is very high in Norway), and more.

It exempted electric cars from Norway's value added and purchase taxes, which can add 50 % to the cost of a vehicle, and it gave e-car drivers free parking, free charging, and free use of bus lanes.

Aside from all that, a big factor in Norway is because the government offers a comprehensive program to promote electric mobility, including removal of all toll fees, dedicated lanes on highways, the right to use bus lanes in the cities, free parking, free charging and other purchase incentives.

The video above shows a conversation between The Open Planning Project's Executive Director, Mark Gorton, and the Commissioner, and covers everything from physically separated bike lanes to reclaiming public space for people, through freeing up bus lanes for faster mass transit, and even the psychology of the street — how cues from the environment can help create cultural shift in the city's drivers.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge will have an exclusive bus lane during rush hour.

Finally, the Select route would include bus lanes between the Bronx Zoo and Cedar Avenue, as well as between the Broadway / 207 St and 10th Ave. subway stations in Manhattan.

I have also been adamant in urging the MTA and NYCDOT to include separated bus lanes as well.

While this will be controversial in the city centre (where bus lanes have been removed) the metro mayor must ensure that the key route network prioritises a free flowing peak time service for commuters from across the city region.

MURRAY HILL — A coalition of neighbors and elected officials resoundingly rejected the Department of Transportation's plan to create separate bus lanes along East 34th Street at a community hall town meeting Thursday.

@P ᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I partially agree that yes, you can do it, but seriously, at the prices of Tesla who are going to purchase those unless you get free parking, free bus lane usage rights, government tax incentives, etc.?

Kampala is still a low density city and could already greatly benefit from cheaper and more easily implementable projects such as bus lanes and eventually a bus rapid transit system.

Oddo's plan looks to use Parks Department property in the middle of Richmond Terrace and convert it into a one - way bus lane, with bike lanes on both sides, to help ease traffic getting to and from the St. George Ferry Terminal.

«The mayor's successful effort to reduce pedestrian deaths through Vision Zero, for example, is reflected in enhanced enforcement of speed and bus lane cameras,» he said.

In addition, she plans to advocate for a dedicated rush - hour bus lane on Amsterdam Avenue, and will work for smarter curbside regulations to reduce double parking.

The key factors behind delayed SBS buses are traffic congestion, bus lane obstruction, multiple traffic lights, and «bus bunching» (or, buses running too close together).

Thirdly, the metro mayor should consider re-introducing bus lanes on key strategic roads to ensure that buses are quick and efficient.

Taxis, motorbikes and electronically powered vehicles would be allowed into bus lanes, and these lanes would be open to all vehicles outside peak hours.

Her group has called on the MTA to redesign the bus routes to get riders to key destinations faster, and on Mayor de Blasio to add bus lanes, better enforce those that exist, and install new traffic - light technology to avoid frequent stopping.

.@MikeBloomberg, Anglophile who borrowed bus lanes, bike - share & congestion pricing from London, now wants youth hostels in NYC.

The MTA «has got to roll up their sleeves and really work with the city to build more bus lanes and improve the customer experience by making it much easier and quicker to board,» Orcutt said.

«The majority of Penalty Charge & Enforcement Notices were issued to TfL vehicles parked outside stations and in bus lanes while staff members carried out work,» they said.

Referencing the governor's mass transit task force, which concluded bus lanes were «a vital aspect» of the bridge project and a first step in larger plans for the I - 287 corridor, Day emphasized, «We want to ensure that the belief that this aspect of the project is never considered a «potential,» but rather a given.»

The plan calls for Parks to take over other city - owned land closer to the waterfront so the DOT could build a 12 - foot one - way convertible bus lane, which would switch directions for the morning and evening rush - hours, Englert said.

Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith went head - to - head in a lively debate on LBC Radio, during which the Labour MP accused his opponent of wanting to abolish bus lanes.

After Goldsmith insisted that he had never said he wanted to scrap bus lanes, Khan produced a piece of paper and started reading from it:

It's called the «clear bus lane initiative» and will continue through Sunday.

It's part of a push by the Mayor Bill de Blasio administration to write more tickets for bus lane violations than ever before.

Neighbors delivered a petition signed by 2,000 residents asking the department to scrap the 34th Street Transitway plan, which calls for two protected bus lanes to be built along East 34th Street from the FDR Drive to 12th Avenue.

«This ceaseless commitment will continue this year with a community - supported bus lane, pedestrian refuge islands and a protected bike path on First Avenue straight through East Harlem, and we will continue to push for speed cameras to make our streets and our schoolchildren even safer,» he said.

She is focused on transportation and healthy food access: bringing Select Bus Service to major bus lanes in the district, expediting bus service, bringing Citi Bike and protected bike lanes and expanding green markets.

Quite a lot according those who live there campaigners have criticised cameras bournemouth bus lane making motorists feel cash cows.

Edinburgh is a «Cycle Friendly» city, with cyclists permitted to use the Green Bus lanes during peak time and an extensive network of free cycle routes located throughout the city and beyond.

Her leadership in creating the agency's first - ever strategic plan, Sustainable Streets, laid the blueprint for the creation of the landmark Green Light for Midtown initiative at Times and Herald Squares, improved bus lanes and new Select Service Bus routes, and pedestrian areas created out of former roadspace.

The way the Cambridge guided busway works could be described as a close cousin to other Bus Rapid Transits (BRTs), but this one re-used existing rail infrastructure, converting it into a special narrow bus lane where the bus is literally guided by low walls and guiding side - wheels (see below).

So watch this space... summer coming up with no sane provisions in place for power usage and 24 hr bus lanes along the central transport hubs coming soon, irrespective of the need for shops to unload goods and parking for customers.

Bonus: Because the Dot2Dot shuttles use the express bus lanes, expect to avoid most of the traffic congestion.

On Tuesday, environmental activists organized a «race» between three different modes of transportation: a bus traveling in a designated bus lane, a bicycle and a private car.

Are there state resources involved in making the aforementioned bus lanes publicly available to a certain group of undertakings?

This Briefing focuses on the development of EU State aid policy in 2014 and the recent preliminary ruling handed down by the European Union's Court of Justice (CJ) on whether the London bus lane restricted use policy constitutes State aid.

If you buy an electric car there you get: Zero VAT and sales tax, free access to toll roads, use of bus lanes, free parking, free charging and a low annual road fee.

He wants dedicated bus lanes on Dyer Avenue to channel commuter buses away from pedestrians, and on 11th Avenue to allow for creation of a new MTA bus route.

Two open houses earlier this week in West Nyack and in Greenburgh (Westchester) presented New York State Department of Transportation findings about a dedicated bus lane on the new bridge.

Lacking funds to build a subway, his team retooled the bus system to function as if it were an underground, using extended buses traveling through exclusive bus lanes.