Though information about the meeting was poorly advertised and therefore few citizens attended, NYC DOT and Transit held the first public meeting – on Staten Island – for their joint bus rapid transit study last week. The work is intended to plan and develop several BRT corridors in the city.

Currently the proposed corridors for Staten Island are Forest Avenue, Victory Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, and Richmond Avenue. On transit-poor Staten Island, these corridors may in fact be good candidates for an interconnected network of BRT routes rather than just a short list for one trial route. Most in the room agreed that any implementation of BRT will require adjustments in local and express bus service and routing as well.

Our calendar section lists upcoming meetings for other boroughs. The agencies say a website for the BRT project is in development. Keep checking www.mta.info/mta/planning/brt  

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