A Busway prioritizes buses and trucks on 181st Street. Vehicles that aren't trucks and buses must make the next available turn off of 181st Street.
181st Street is an important corridor for buses, with 5 MTA routes that carry over 42,000 daily riders. Bus passengers comprise over 62% of roadway users on 181st Street. During peak times, buses come almost once a minute.
Buses move an average of 3.7 mph on the corridor. Besides slow buses, buses often arrived "bunched," which causes long waits and overcrowding.
Tell us about transit, traffic, and pedestrian safety issues on 181st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue and the surrounding streets (178th Street to 184th Street). Comments should be made in the map below and/or via our online survey. Comments should relate to the Busway treatment or other improvements that you would like to see included in the project.
Comments (25)
Comments (25)
There should be benches for the buses and maybe more routes because if all of the buses are coming from his area then there will be more traffic(could be crowded)
Parking is already sort of difficult in this area and the whole washington Heights if they add all of this so much traffic and unavailable parking will happen that'll make up so many problems.
Taking away more parking on top of all the parking taken away from outside restaurants is a risky move as having even less parking is never a good thing. -christian g
I take the bus a lot and the sidewalks get so crowded, especially around these areas. Trying to pass through is very difficult.
Its very crowded.
cars always parked n sidewalk
As you consider plans for the Busway, which is a fantastic idea and much needed, you must look at trucking traffic, especially wide loads, that use surface streets to bypass the cross-Manhattan expressway. I would propose that as part of this process you do what it takes to absolutely forbid any truck traffic except for local deliveries. One of the major sources of traffic in the neighborhood are these large trucks blocking intersections, especially at the on-ramp to the GWB at 179th Street and Ft Washington. If you clear 181st street of cars there is a risk that these trucks will simply start using those lanes. I have many pictures and documentation of this if you would like me to send it to you. Please reach out at hkdunston@gmail.com.
Washington Bridge needs bus lanes throughout in both directions.
This corner is very crowded. busses dont pull up all the wya to the curb
This busway is long overdue. The corridor is heavily used by bus riders during all hours of the day, and the hours of the lanes should ideally be 24/7, but should at least be from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. to serve people with unconventional work hours.
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