"This has been a bus that's incredibly slow. It can go as slow as 4 miles per hour when there's a lot of traffic. So it's a really exciting change,"
"Sixty percent of households on and around Flatbush Avenue don't have a car. So these are people that are relying on public transportation, like the bus every single day to get where they need to go,"
"People with wheelchairs and walkers, and who have difficulty walking, will now have to cross the street just to get on the bus. And it's going to make traffic move at a standstill,"
New center-running bus lanes and boarding islands are being installed on Flatbush Avenue from Livingston Street toward Grand Army Plaza to speed bus commutes and improve safety. Flatbush is a Vision Zero priority corridor and is among the city’s most dangerous streets. Many riders depend on buses: roughly sixty percent of nearby households do not own a car. Some advocates welcome faster buses that now average as low as four miles per hour in heavy traffic. Accessibility advocates warn that mid-street boarding islands could force people using wheelchairs or walkers to cross traffic, and some riders feel community input has been limited.
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