Three miles an hour
SHARED TO INFORM AND EDUCATE! THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE NYC LIVABLE! This week I've been thinking about the B6. It's one of the busiest bus routes in Brooklyn, running down Bay Parkway through Bensonhurst to Bath Beach. And on parts of that stretch, the bus has historically moved as slowly as 3 miles per hour. If you ride it twice a day, that's not just a small inconvenience. That's time taken from you. Time with your kids, time at work, time that's supposed to be yours. That’s why earlier this week, we broke ground on new bus lanes on Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue. It's one piece of a larger effort that will speed up 175 bus routes, nearly three out of every four in this city. Once complete, this priority bus lane will mean faster commutes for thousands of New Yorkers. When I ran for Mayor, I said buses should be ...