A Limited for the 21st 1 Century: Applying BRT Principles to Create Select Bus Service on Hylan Boulevard

Staten Island is the most suburban of New York City's five boroughs, but it still has a large number of bus riders, particularly on the Hylan Boulevard corridor. MTA (Metroplolitan Transit Authority) New York City Transit and the New York City Department of Transportation worked together to improve bus service in this corridor by implementing short-term, low-cost BRT (bus rapid transit) elements, including limited-stop spacing, targeted bus lanes, and pedestrian enhancements in a manner appropriate to this high-traffic suburban setting. The resulting S79 Select Bus Service showed the value of these simple improvements in improving bus service with strong public support, while maintaining other traffic flow needed on the street. The project improved bus speeds by 13-19%, while also improving pedestrian safety.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Bus Transit Systems. Alternate title: A Limited for the 21st Century: Applying BRT Principles to Create Select Bus Service on Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Beaton, Eric B
  • Orosz, Theodore V
  • Ravit, Richard
  • Thompson, Robert
  • Tyson, Darnell
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus rapid transit; Implementation; Level of service; Suburbs; Traffic flow
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Transit Authority (New York); New York City Department of Transportation; New York City Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Staten Island (New York, New York)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520096
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2807
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:13AM