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Newsletter 2 / Spring 2017 + selectbusservice Bx6 |161st/163rd Street/Hunts Point Newsletter 2 / Spring 2017 +selectbusservice Bx6 161st/163rd Street/Hunts Point • Visit our website: www.nyc.gov/brt for updated project information. • Contact Julie Schipper, Community Outreach Coordinator, at [email protected] or at (212) 839-6684. Stay Connected! @NYC_DOT on Twitter facebook.com/ NYCDOT @NYC_DOT on Instagram Why off-board fare payment? Off-board fare payment allows riders to pay for the bus before boarding. Riders may then board the bus through any door, without needing to show the ticket to the bus operator. This substantially shortens the time the bus is stopped at the bus stop. MTA employs inspectors to randomly check passenger tickets on the bus. The Bx6 is an important interborough route serving the South Bronx and Upper Manhattan. In Fall 2015, NYC DOT and MTA New York City Transit (MTA) began planning transit and safety improvements to this vital crosstown corridor. NYC DOT and MTA have chosen key locations to implement bus lanes and boarding islands. These features will benefit all users by organizing the road to improve safety and mobility for bus riders, pedestrians, and drivers. Eastbound Bus Only Tunnel Dedicated eastbound bus only lanes under the Grand Concourse improve bus speeds and reliability; no conflicts with other vehicles Bus Stop Amenities Real-time bus arrival information and off-board fare collection give bus stations a better waiting environment Sidewalk Widening Wider sidewalks create a safe space for pedestrians to walk or wait for the bus 161st Street Design Proposal for Bx6 SBS Corridor Map
Transcript of selectbus selectbus service · 2017-04-06 · 2015/2016 Preliminary design Planning kickoff meeting...
Newsletter 2 / Spring 2017
+selectbusserviceBx6 |161st/163rd Street/Hunts Point
Newsletter 2 / Spring 2017+selectbusservice
Bx6 161st/163rd Street/Hunts Point
• Visit our website: www.nyc.gov/brt for updated project information.
• Contact Julie Schipper, Community Outreach Coordinator, at [email protected] or at (212) 839-6684.
Stay Connected!
@NYC_DOT on Twitter
facebook.com/NYCDOT
@NYC_DOT on Instagram
Why off-board fare payment? Off-board fare payment allows riders to pay for the bus before boarding. Riders may then board the bus through any door, without needing to show the ticket to the bus operator. This substantially shortens the time the bus is stopped at the bus stop. MTA employs inspectors to randomly check passenger tickets on the bus.
The Bx6 is an important interborough route serving the South Bronx and Upper Manhattan. In Fall 2015, NYC DOT and MTA New York City Transit (MTA) began planning transit and safety improvements to this vital crosstown corridor. NYC DOT and MTA have chosen key locations to implement bus lanes and boarding islands. These features will benefit all users by organizing the road to improve safety and mobility for bus riders, pedestrians, and drivers.
Eastbound Bus Only Tunnel Dedicated eastbound bus only lanes under the Grand Concourse improve bus speeds and reliability; no conflicts with other vehicles
Bus Stop AmenitiesReal-time bus arrival information and off-board fare collection give bus stations a better waiting environment
Sidewalk Widening
Wider sidewalks create a safe space for pedestrians to walk or wait for the bus
161st Street Design Proposal for Bx6 SBS
Corridor Map
Newsletter 2 / Spring 2017+selectbusservice Bx6 161st/163rd Street/Hunts Point
Summer 2016
Winter 2016/2017
Spring2017
Planning / Design
Implementation / Construction
Existing conditions & analysis
Launched the Bx6 SBS
feedback portal
SERVICESTARTS
Public outreach
Project timeline
Fall 2015Winter
2015/2016
Preliminary design
Planning kickoff meeting with
elected officials and community
boards
On-street outreach at bus stops
Spring 2016
Traffic analysis
Service planning
Public meetings and stakeholder meetings to review the design details, continued on-street outreach
Street Design: 161st Street at Sheridan Ave
Summer2017
Final design
Ongoing outreach
Bus pickup/ drop-off two lanes from curb
Double parking
Parking in bus stop
Bus riders board at boarding island
Dedicated bus lane
Add legal parking
Proposed Street Design: 161st Street bet. Sheridan Av and Sherman Ave
Implementation
Bx6 SBS / local stop
Bx6 SBS / local stop
Eastbound Bx6 Stop
Shortened crosswalk
She
rman
Av
She
rid
an A
v
161st Street
Concourse Plaza
Westbound Bx6 Stop
Proposed
Existing
Green signal time extended for service road
