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B44 to ticket bus blockers
BY BEN VERDE
Stay in your lane!
Motorists caught blocking the B44
select bus service lane became subject
to violations on Dec. 30, after a 60
day grace period following the installation
of bus-mounted cameras came
to an end.
“Our message is loud and clear,
bus lanes are for buses,” said Craig
Cipriano, the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority’s bus czar.
Motorists caught on bus mounted
cameras blocking Brooklyn’s fi rst
dedicated bus lane will receive a $50
fi ne for their fi rst violation, with
the penalty increasing by $50 up to
$250 for recidivist scoffl aws who are
caught multiple times during a 12-
month period.
Since bus mounted cameras were
fi rst activated at the start of the 60
day grace period, B44 cameras captured
over 7,000 violations in the lane
that runs up Nostrand Avenue from
Sheepshead Bay through East Flatbush
and Crown Heights to Williamsburg.
Bus speeds have increased up
to 17 percent in sections of the route
since automated enforcement began,
and that was before drivers were even
issued fi nes.
Cameras will work to capture vehicles
that drive in bus lanes without
taking the next available right
turn, and those that remain parked
Authorities will ticket cars that block the
B44 bus lane. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
in lanes for extended periods of time
— cars captured by two separate bus
cameras in the same position will be
ticketed.
The B44 is Brooklyn’s second-busiest
bus route after the B46, and the
fi rst in the borough to get the dedicated
bus lane treatment. When the
lane was fi rst implemented back in
2013, commute times were cut by up to
20 percent in some areas, despite initial
concerns from local electeds over
congestion.
Speeding up buses is a key component
of New York City Transit bigwig
Andy Byford’s Fast Forward plan
which aims to modernize the city’s aging
transit infrastructure.
BY BEN VERDE
A gunman wounded four people
in a bloody Sunset Park shooting on
Thursday night, according to authorities.
Police rushed to the scene near
62nd Street and Third Avenue shortly
after 8 pm, when they discovered four
victims — a 42-year-old man who was
shot in the arm, a 37-year-old man who
was hit in the leg, a 24-year-old man
with a bullet wound in the abdomen,
and a 24-year-old woman who suffered
a gunshot to the leg.
Authorities do not know what led to
the shooting, according to a Police Department
spokesperson.
First responders took the three
male victims to NYU Langone, and
the woman to Maimonides Hospital.
All victims are expected to survive,
according to authorities.
No arrests have been made in connection
with Thursday’s shooting,
and the investigation remains ongoing,
according to authorities.
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