The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) installs bus bulbs on priority transit corridors to improve operating efficiency. Though Washington state law requires car drivers to yield to a merging bus, drivers often fail to do so, causing delays that accumulate over the length of a bus route to substantially increase travel times. Bus bulbs allow…
BEFORE A low-volume, 1-block stretch of Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn served as a popular corridor for pedestrians between Brooklyn’s civic center and main shopping district. INTERIM This segment was closed to vehicle traffic using temporary planters, seating, and bollards in 2006. AFTER Following a full capital construction process, Willoughby Plaza was made permanent and…
The New York City Plaza Program is a capital program of the New York City Department of Transportation that converts underutilized roadway space into neighborhood amenities through partnerships with local non-profit organizations and communities. The program, launched in 2008, has accepted six rounds of applications and has realized 22 new public spaces for New Yorkers.…
Cleveland’s HealthLine bus rapid transit system connects the downtown central business district with University Circle, a cluster of medical facilities and cultural amenities, via dedicated median bus lanes along Euclid Avenue. Completed in 2008, the 6.8 mile bus rapid transit corridor transports 16,000 bus riders a day, up from 9,000 daily prior to the redesign.…
Los Angeles’ CicLAvia initiative opens city streets to bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders, and rollerbladers, temporarily transforming the city’s largest public space, its streets, into major active transportation corridors. Initially conceived by a group of volunteers in 2008, CicLAvia will soon hold its 7th annual event. Routes have ranged between 6.3 and 15 miles, with the most…
Marquette Avenue and 2nd Avenue comprise a pair of parallel one-way streets running north and south through Minneapolis’s downtown. Together, these streets carry high volumes of vehicle and bus traffic, especially during peak hours. In an effort to improve transportation in the busy downtown district, the City of Minneapolis completely reconstructed the two streets to…
Longfellow Street, a short residential street in Santa Monica’s Borderline neighborhood, connects the neighborhood retail corridor with Ozone Park. The $1.6 million Borderline Neighborhood Shared Streets project transformed the formerly narrow and unappealing Longfellow Street into a landscaped shared space for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, creating people-oriented community space. Project Origins Longfellow Street is a…