""Last year, DOT proposed extending the bus lanes on Madison Avenue from 42nd Street down to 23rd Street," Kerson said at a press conference in Midtown. "But interference from the last administration caused the agency to miss this painting season, delaying critical improvements for transit riders." Kerson said her presence at Sunday afternoon's announcement indicated that when it comes to street safety and transit, the Mamdani administration intends to act, not talk."
"The now-unpaused plan will bring a double bus lane configuration to Madison Avenue between 42nd and 23rd streets. When the bus lanes are painted this year, the street will have two lanes for buses, one general travel lane for private cars and trucks, and a curbside lane that will be a travel lane during rush hour and a parking lane the rest of the time."
"More than 1,000 buses on more than a dozen routes use Madison Avenue each day, but bus riders only benefited from red-painted dedicated between 60th and 42nd streets - thanks to bus lane the Koch administration installed back in 1981. South of 42nd Street, local bus travel as little as 4.5 miles per hour, while express bus speeds move at less than 6 mph on some stretches."
The city will install a double bus lane configuration on Madison Avenue between 42nd and 23rd streets this year. The configuration will include two dedicated bus lanes, one general travel lane for private cars and trucks, and a curbside lane that will operate as a travel lane during rush hour and a parking lane at other times. More than 1,000 buses on over a dozen routes use Madison Avenue daily. South of 42nd Street, local buses travel as slowly as 4.5 mph and express buses under 6 mph on some stretches. Congestion pricing reduced traffic volumes south of 60th Street by 11 percent, but key routes like the M1 and M3 still recorded average speeds near 5.3 mph.
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