With Mayor Mamdani, the Humble Bus Gets Its Due. Still, making them faster won’t be easy.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-19/why-it-s-so-hard-to-make-buses-faster-in-nyc
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-19/why-it-s-so-hard-to-make-buses-faster-in-nyc
4 Comments
azimir@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 256d
Busses are great and should get a ton more protected lanes, signal priority, and shorter intervals.
That said,nthe only real long term win is more trains. Fast long range trains for commuters, local metros, and trams. It'll take generations to build the infrastructure NYC needs, but the only good time to start is today.
lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 255d
Why are trains better than buses? Bus rapid transit is super cost effective and can be quite metrolike
Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d
Trains and busses are good. Both are good actually, I like both
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 255d
I agree that both is good. Railroads can be expensive to build. But train stations can also be hubs for bus transit. Everyone who needs to, takes the train to one of the many stations and can then hop on a bus to one of the even more many-er stations.
It's the only thing I like about my country's capital city. It's kinda car focused (which means it's kinda shitty for pedestrians AND cars, yaay), but at least you can take one or two buses or trams from the train stations to any other part of the city.