Downtown DC Bus Lanes to the Rescue
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Like many large American cities, Washington is losing bus ridership as transit speeds slow and service falters. DC needs a bus turnaround, and you couldn’t pick a better place to start than H Street and I Street downtown.
These are two of DC’s busiest bus corridors, peaking at 70 buses an hour and serving routes that carry 20% of MetroBus ridership. But buses on these streets travel as slowly as 3.6 mph.
Enter the DC Department of Transportation’s red bus lanes.
This summer, DDOT is testing out a new approach to quickly implement bus priority treatments at low cost. The red lanes clear space for buses during peak hours on several blocks congested with car traffic. They cost only $10,000 but will speed trips for tens of thousands of riders.
In this Streetfilm, five members of the City Council joined DDOT staff and advocates with Greater Greater Washington to ride the bus lanes and experience the difference they make.
The H and I Street lanes are the latest entry in the growing practice of “tactical transit.” Though still relatively rare, a number of US transit agencies are testing out nimble implementation methods, using low-cost materials like paint and signage to increase the speed and reliability of bus trips practically in a matter of days.
In a city where other bus lanes have taken nearly a decade to implement, this project signals a much quicker way to deliver better service for bus riders and should serve as a model for many other bus priority improvements to come.
The USA in 2019 : "look !!!! dedicated bus lane !!!! bus is quick and practical !!! we are so smart!!!"
Sections of DC (and every other American city) should be completely carfree.
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Yes, bus and bicycle only streets
0:58 $10K for bus lane project, red pavement paint key
We need this in Kansas City badly.
next step is making the busses run on natural gas like the dutch do or electricity
:D .. yep
...and in Europe we have tons of bus lanes already. At least theyre starting
What are the yellow lights on top of the buses for?
Good question. I’m thinking it’s for safety reasons. Makes it more noticeable in the evening/night hours and more noticeable when people glance in their review mirrors. Also it makes it easier to see for people waiting at the suburban stops where many times they will raise their hand and hail the bus to let the driver know that is the bus they are wanting to board.
Why no protected bike lanes?
How america "discovered america" in public transport :D .. so much discussion about something SO LOGICAL ! :D
Rediscovered. Many cities had decent PT pre car
Ok, so capital of the US has a PILOT PROGRAMME .. for a paiting one of their 4 lanes red , spending 10K and proudly saying "If it will be quicker than be in car, people will use it" ... yeah, thaaa... this is like a family guy parody of the US , not an actual reporting :D jeeez .. and yes ... you need to have different routes for buses , not to put them on your main road be in trafic as anything else, next thing: Use the traffic lights to prioritize the busses, yeah and use some side streets for bus only to make diffrent route as trafic and be free there :) .. you will be closer to residents and have quicker service