Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani states that bus priority projects will be assessed on their ability to serve working class New Yorkers. He emphasizes the unacceptability of a scenario where pedestrians can beat buses in a race. Advocates express frustration over delays in a busway project initially supported by community groups and officials. Recently, the mayor agreed to resume the busway work linked to broader zoning changes in Midtown, a controversial bargaining tactic. Transportation officials do not elaborate on past delays in the busway's progress.
"Everything has to be assessed on its merits, and the merit that we are measuring these projects by is whether or not they deliver for working class New Yorkers who are currently taking the slowest buses in the country."
"This should not be a race; we should not even be able to conceive of beating a bus [on foot]. And yet, I don't even know where the bus is."
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