Buses account for 1% of the vehicles on 16th Street, carry 30% of the people traveling on it, and are allocated 0% of it as a dedicated running way. Cars account for 99% of the vehicles, are allocated 100% of the space, and carry less than 70% of the travelers. What’s wrong with this picture?
Imagine how many more people would ride transit in that corridor if the bus were actually faster than a car. Imagine how many would ride if the S line didn’t bunch in mixed traffic so notoriously. Imagine how much more quickly we could move people by focusing on getting the transit though efficiently instead of pretending it doesn’t exist.
Sign the petition to build a bus lane on 16th Street.
January 19th, 2010 | Permalink
Tags: BRT, transportation