Flushing Main Street Busway

I’m a little busway, short but great.
Here are my passengers, who aren’t late.
When I get extended I’ll be better.
To your electeds, send a letter.

[Union Tpke @Union_Tpke]

It shouldn't take 9 years to implement a simple capital project for safety improvements on a street. Also, no bus or bike lanes. Disgraceful. @sam_d_1995 @JerusalemDemsas @MarketUrbanism @2AvSagas @BrooklynSpoke @Ramond123456 @TransitNinja205

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

we’ve come a long way since grandma (livingston) and grandpa (victory)

more granbaby busways

[Transportation Alternatives @TransAlt]

Today in 1963, NYC's first bus lanes opened in Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Yet nearly 60 years later, less than 1% of our streets are dedicated to moving millions of bus riders.

Let's change this: With #NYC25x25, every New Yorker can live within a quarter-mile of a bus lane.

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

bus, bus why?

[Shabazz Stuart @ShabazzStuart]

I’ve lived in nyc my whole life. I’ve never stepped foot on an a @MTA express bus

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

small time

put a busWAY on every street and then we’re moving

[Danny Harris @DannyHarris_TA]

Putting a protected bike lane, sidewalk, and bus lane on every street is somehow a controversial act in a country that doesn’t think twice about putting free parking, roads, and highways on every street.

[🚇 Riders Alliance @RidersAlliance]

We can't understate the incredible power of transit riders when we're organized and focused. It's how we won $900 million for #BetterBuses last month!

Now, let's make sure every mile of bus lanes promised by @NYCMayor is painted! (So far, he's at 0). https://t.co/JNugRFgaLf

[StreetsPAC (bsky.app/profile/streetspac.org) @StreetsPAC]

Make buses free, funded with money collected from enforcing against illegally defaced or obscured license plates. https://t.co/X7XywwIF92

[katie honan @katie_honan]

but how am i gonna get off the bus ?

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

This spring, NYC DOT will resume implementation of #BetterBuses, #BikeNYC & pedestrian improvements on University Ave (Washington Bridge to Tremont Ave) in #theBronx. This work will:
🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️Improve pedestrian & cyclist safety
🚌Increase bus speeds & reliability
🚗Calm traffic

[🚇 Riders Alliance @RidersAlliance]

City leaders made a promise to deliver #BetterBuses, safer streets, and a more equitable city when the NYC Streets Plan became law.

We're thrilled that @NYCCouncil is demanding $3.1 billion in funding for the Streets Plan in their budget response!
https://t.co/OWmcwG7ecs

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

@Ramond123456 @AJPrincipato @Union_Tpke we agree should be more busway

[Union Tpke @Union_Tpke]

A thread of some random thoughts:
Some routes that will get delayed due to congestion without bus priority in the Queens Bus Redesign:
Q50 on the Whitestone, Q68 on the Kosciuszko, Q51 on the Belt. There are others. Union Street in Flushing needs bus priority./1

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

looks like i’ve been a busway boy

[John Surico @JohnSurico]

Haven’t been to Flushing’s Main St since the busway went in, but whoa, what a change it’s brought to the stretch. This is at evening rush, and there’s much less honking and traffic (although some cars still enter). Buses are flying by.

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

not some of this tho nuh-uh

https://t.co/a9PiSFE8SJ

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

lemme get some of that

[Kathy Park Price @KathyParkPrice]

CONFIRMED. The next round of jersey barriers for bike lanes includes Grand Street (!!!) thanks to the advocacy of our North Brooklyn TA Activist Committee @NBk_TA and others. What do you want to make sure @NYC_DOT does on Grand St?

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

fewer drivers means less pressure on me and takes a lot of weight off my concrete pavers

[Flushing Main Street Busway @MainStBusway]

wherever people go on me they say how thrilled they are that i'm here to stay.

thats what all the honking is right?

[Laura Shepard @LAShepard221]

The @MainStBusway has definitely sped up the buses and made it safer to walk & bike. It's much more pleasant to visit and commute through downtown #Flushing than it was when it was gridlocked and suffocated by drivers. #Busway FTW!

[Janet Jenkins @JanetJNYC]

Busway fans, what we are doing in Jamaica, Queens is extraordinary. Better transit for real people living real lives. Pay attention. ❤️🚌🚌❤️🚌❤️ #betterbuses