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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   JULY 24, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 18

                Double Decker: Mayor Mamdani Advances First Busway

              in the Bronx, Launches Community Engagement for Three

                                 Bus Rapid Transit Corridors in Brooklyn

            Just one week after unveiling historic plan with Governor Hochul to speed up 175

                 bus routes by up to six minutes, Mayor advances four major transit projects

             OUR BUREAU

            NEW YORK, NY
                    ayor Zohran Kwame Mam-
                     dani and New York City De-
            Mpartment of Transportation
            (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike
            Flynn have advanced major transit
            projects in the Bronx and Brooklyn
            that will speed commutes for nearly
            200,000 bus riders every day.
                The announcement comes just
            one week after Mayor Mamdani and
            Governor Hochul launched Next
            Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service, a
            comprehensive plan to make buses up
            to six minutes faster on more than 175
            routes across the city.
                In the Bronx, the City will install
            the long-delayed Tremont Avenue
            busway later this year. In Brooklyn,
            the  City is launching a  summer of
            community engagement to shape im- a bus. From the Bronx to Brooklyn,  are just the beginning.”        no time to waste when it comes to
            mediate improvements and a long- we’re building streets that move peo-  “Along Tremont Avenue in the   faster bus service. The Bronx is long
            term vision for Bus Rapid Transit on   ple instead of sticking them in grid- Bronx and all through central Brook-  overdue  on  getting  its  first  busway
            three of the borough’s busiest transit  lock,” said Mayor Mamdani. “These   lyn, slow, unreliable buses are robbing   on Tremont Avenue, and today’s
            corridors: Flatbush Avenue, Utica Av-  projects will make commutes faster,  New  Yorkers’  of  their  precious  time   announcement on central Brooklyn
            enue and Church Avenue.           make our streets safer and return   every day,” said NYC DOT Commis-  public engagement shows we are
                On Flatbush Avenue, where con-  precious time to nearly 200,000 New   sioner  Mike  Flynn.  “We  want  New   thinking differently when it comes to
            struction  is  already  underway  on  a  Yorkers every single day. That’s exact- Yorkers to have faith in our outreach,   reaching bus riders. We’ll be out in
            center-running bus lane between Liv- ly what public transit should do.”  and that starts with actually delivering   the streets talking with New Yorkers
            ingston Street and Grand Army Plaza,   “Just last week, I stood with Mayor  on projects promised years ago, like   directly about ways to improve their
            the City will build a full Bus Rapid  Mamdani and the MTA and commit- on Tremont Avenue, where riders   commute and speed up their buses.
            Transit  corridor  by  2030.  Bus  Rapid   ted to bus riders a new era of faster  deal with unreliable, over-packed bus-  The millions of New Yorkers who de-
            Transit delivers faster, more reliable   speeds and better trips, all made pos- es every day. We look forward to dis-  pend on our buses everyday should
            service through dedicated bus lanes   sible through a historic collaboration   cussing the possibilities for fast buses   have a say.”
            and busways, techniques that give bus- between state and city leaders,” said   through Central Brooklyn this year as   The Bronx’s First Busway: Trem-
            es a head start at intersections, world- Governor Hochul. “Today, we are   we develop exciting proposes for criti-  ont Avenue
            class stations with more seating and   moving full speed ahead, decisively  cal bus corridors in the area.”  Mayor  Mamdani  today  an-
            shelter, expanded public space and   advancing projects that will help hun-  “Today’s dual bus project an-  nounced that the City will install the
            greenery and more frequent service.  dreds of thousands of riders move fast- nouncements  show  that  from  the   Bronx’s first busway on Tremont Av-
                Since January, the Mamdani ad- er and laying the groundwork for even  Bronx to Brooklyn, this Mayor is   enue, delivering faster, more reliable
            ministration has advanced major proj- more service improvements across the   focused on delivering real results for   service for 39,000 daily riders while
            ects to speed buses along Fordham  five boroughs to come.”          New Yorkers on better buses,” said   making one of the borough’s busiest
            Road and 161st Street in the Bronx;   “When we said that we were going  Elizabeth Adams, Senior Advisor for   and most dangerous corridors safer.
            34th  Street,  116th  Street,  Madison   to make buses faster, we meant it —  Fast and Free Buses for Mayor Mam-  Tremont serves the Bx36, where
            Avenue and Lexington Avenue in    now upgrades are on the way in some   dani. “The proof is in the pudding —   buses current travel as slowly as 5
            Manhattan; Marcy Avenue, Flatbush   of the City’s most bus-dependent com- and this administration is unsticking   mph, and connects riders to nearby
            Avenue and Linden Boulevard in    munities,” said MTA Chair and CEO   stalled projects, rolling out new bus   subway routes and the Metro-North
            Brooklyn; Victory Boulevard on Stat- Janno Lieber. “This is what happens   corridor plans and taking immedi-  Railroad service. The corridor is
            en Island; and Broadway in Queens.  when the State, City and MTA are on  ate steps to bring Bus Rapid Transit   home to a transit-dependent com-
               “New Yorkers should not lose   the same page about speeding up ser- to New York City. We aren’t waiting   munity, with 72% of households not
            hours of their lives sitting in traffic on  vice. Tremont and Central Brooklyn   because we know bus riders have   owning a private car.

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