Bus lanes are appearing along parts of Woodhaven Boulevard — but not as part of the city’s Select Bus Service plan.
The Department of Transportation is painting “bus only” lanes along the corridor in both directions from Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue in an effort to increase mobility as part of the agency’s Congested Corridors Study, a spokesman told the Queens Chronicle on Tuesday.
The lanes are offset, one lane away from the curb, and will be in effect Monday to Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. for local and express buses.
Signs alerting drivers to those hours will be put up later this month and the entire project is expected to be done by the end of August.
“The bus lanes will improve bus travel times and reliability for the 30,000 daily bus riders on this corridor,” the DOT spokesman said in an email.
There are some circumstances, however, in which motorists can cross into the lanes.
“Vehicles can enter or cross over a bus lane to make right turns, access a curb cut or driveway within 200 [feet], enter a parking space, or to quickly drop-off or pick up passengers,” the DOT spokesman said. “Parking will remain at the curb with the same regulations as existing.”
Painting the lines and painting the lanes themselves red at times has been causing traffic to slow down.
The plan being implemented right now is separate from the agency’s $200 million SBS plan, which also seeks to put a dedicated bus lane along the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor — but for the entire stretch of it, not just a portion.
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The Department of Transportation is painting “bus only” lanes along the corridor in both directions from Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue in an effort to increase mobility as part of the agency’s Congested Corridors Study, a spokesman told the Queens Chronicle on Tuesday.
The lanes are offset, one lane away from the curb, and will be in effect Monday to Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. for local and express buses.
Signs alerting drivers to those hours will be put up later this month and the entire project is expected to be done by the end of August.
“The bus lanes will improve bus travel times and reliability for the 30,000 daily bus riders on this corridor,” the DOT spokesman said in an email.
There are some circumstances, however, in which motorists can cross into the lanes.
“Vehicles can enter or cross over a bus lane to make right turns, access a curb cut or driveway within 200 [feet], enter a parking space, or to quickly drop-off or pick up passengers,” the DOT spokesman said. “Parking will remain at the curb with the same regulations as existing.”
Painting the lines and painting the lanes themselves red at times has been causing traffic to slow down.
The plan being implemented right now is separate from the agency’s $200 million SBS plan, which also seeks to put a dedicated bus lane along the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor — but for the entire stretch of it, not just a portion.
For More Info:
http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/new-bus-lanes-not-part-of-sbs-plan/article_cd2b9bb5-3842-56c0-8965-330228f39367.html?TNNoMobile