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The MTA plans to conduct a transit study along Utica Avenue. Photo by Elissa Esher TRIAL RUN
Utica Avenue transit study to inform
Brooklyn bus redesign: MTA
BY MARK HALLUM
Before tackling a full-scale revamp of
the entire Brooklyn bus route network,
the MTA will focus on a transit study of
the Utica Avenue corridor — which they
say will inform the greater effort to redesign
routes throughout the borough.
With 44,000 daily commuters, Utica
Avenue’s B46 Select Bus Service is
among the most heavily used in the
city, leading the MTA to examine possible
options to relieve congestion —
such as bus improvements, instillation
of a light rail system, and connectivity
with nearby subway lines.
The transit agency surveyed
around 5,300 residents from nearby
communities, and found that locals
used the busways more than any other
form of transit.
Conducted during the fi rst half of
2019, 42-percent of residents say they
use the bus, 38-percent take the subway,
11-percent walk, and just sevenpercent
use a car, the agency said.
Now, the MTA is angling to study
the Utica Avenue corridor throughout
2020 before making any movements toward
redesigning the borough’s bus
network, including by hosting events
with the potentially affected community
boards. Those sessions will take
place as follows:
Thursday, Feb. 13 – Community
Board 16, 444 Thomas Boyland Street
7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 19 – Community
Board 18, 1097 Bergen Avenue 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25 – Community
Board 8, location TBD 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10 – Community
Board 3, 1360 Fulton Street 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 19 – Community
Board 15, Kingsborough Community
College, Room C124 6 p.m.
As part of the larger scheme to revamp
the buses, the MTA has considered
removing buses from downtown
Brooklyn, which has yet to be completed
and is still in its infancy.
The agency’s apparent trepidation
in instituting serious changes comes
after they received signifi cant backlash
from the Queens bus redesign
plan — including when soon-to-be-former
New York City Transit President
Andy Byford walked into an ambush
of angry Queens residents in Jackson
Heights in January after the bus redesign
plan was released.
With residents concerned they
would lose bus lines vital to their
daily lives, Byford was forced to stand
among them in the basement of a senior
center and assure them the plan
was only a draft.
On Jan. 23, the entire Queens delegation
of the City Council came out
against the redesign with most members
opposing changes in their district.
Councilman Barry Grodenchik argued
that the bus redesign cut service on
Little Neck Parkway and Braddock Avenue
as well as throughout Glen Oaks
in his eastern district, which offers residents
no subway options.
“It eliminates some of the most important
and the most utilized bus routes
in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst,”
Councilman Danny Dromm said. “The
proposal will leave riders with mobility
issues stranded: it forces these customers
to rely on subway stations that
are inaccessible. This plan was made
with no community input and does
nothing to address the many transit issues
that plague my district.”
The MTA plans to release their
Brooklyn bus redesign plan within the
fi rst half of 2020.
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