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BY JESSICA PARKS
Brooklyn lawmakers secured
a $9 million federal
grant to improve bus safety
and accessibility at select
southern Brooklyn bus
stops, according to freshman
Congressman Max
Rose.
“Four months ago, we organized
and called on the
federal government to listen
to the needs of local residents,
and disperse grant
funding to help us upgrade
the south Brooklyn bus network—
because the sad fact
is that for too long we’ve
been ripped off, forgotten,
and ignored,” Rose said.
The money will fund the
installation of asphalt platforms
that extend off the
sidewalk and into the street,
improving boarding safety at
bus stops along 86th Street under
the elevated D train, and
on Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst
and Bath Beach as part
of the Department of Transportation’s
“Safe Routes to
Transit and Bus Stops Under
the El” program.
The stops will also benefit
from so-called “bus
pads,” which prevent buses
from tearing up the street.
Transfers from elevated
trains to public buses –
where commuters often are
stuck waiting in the roadway
– have been a longtime
issue for the Department of
Transportation, and the improved
stops will make commuting
safer both on the
street and above it, according
to the agency’s head.
“The elevated trains
of southern Brooklyn are
critical connectors, but especially
at interchanges
where riders move from
MTA buses to the subway,
we have long faced design
challenges,” said Polly Trottenberg.
“The bus bulbs, bus
pads, subsurface work and
accessibility improvements
will create a safer and improved
experience for bus
and subway riders.”
Rose led a coalition of
Brooklyn house reps including
Congressman Hakeem
Jeffries, Congressman Jerry
Nadler, Congresswoman
Carolyn Maloney, Congresswoman
Yvette Clark
and Congresswoman Nydia
Velazque, who pushed for
federal funding for South
Brooklyn buses in a letter
penned to the Federal Transit
Authority in July.
“South Brooklyn is a
particularly underserved
area when it comes to public
transportation,” the letter
said. “Not only are subway
stations sparse when
compared with other neighborhoods
of New York City,
but also the service on these
lines are some of the worst
in the MTA system. As a result,
bus service is often the
only reliable way for Brooklynites
to get about their
daily lives.”
Congressman Max Rose announced a $9 million grant was secured to
improve bus safety in southern Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Max Rose
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