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Malcolm X Blvd / Utica Ave Transit ImprovementsCommunity Board 3 Transportation Committee | May 14, 2019
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
1. Project Background
2. Existing Conditions & Analysis
3. Proposal
4. Next Steps
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B46
B46
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1Project Background
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•B46 is Brooklyn’s busiest bus route
(38,000 daily riders)
•Connects Bed-Stuy to
and 30 bus routes
•B46 SBS launched in July 2016
•Southbound ridership has
increased in Bed-Stuy, but bus
speeds have slowed on blocks
without bus lanes
BACKGROUND:
B46 SELECT BUS SERVICE
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• 5-month outreach effort
• July-Dec. 2018
• Visited 27 venues in CB 3 based on
input from CB 3, elected officials,
and stakeholders
• 619 participants took a survey on
their transportation needs
• Conversations with 800+ members
of the public
CB 3 OUTREACH INITIATIVE
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• 83% of respondents regularly
ride the bus
• B46 is 2nd most used route
CB 3 OUTREACH INITIATIVE
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CITYWIDE BUS SPEEDS
• Mayor’s 2019 State of
the City
• Improve bus speeds
25% by 2020
• Better Buses Action
Plan released April
2019
• 24 priority projects
announced for 2019 to
increase bus speeds
across all 5 boroughs
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• Malcolm X Blvd / Utica
Ave identified as 2019
priority project due to:
• Slow bus speeds:
3.4 mph during peak,
compared to 6.7 mph
Brooklyn avg.
• Unreliable travel times
• High ridership
• High volumes of
buses: about every 2
minutes per direction
during peak
BETTER BUSES ACTION PLAN
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BUS SPEEDS
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B46 is slow (2.5 - 5.5 mph)
between 7am-7pm, when
ridership is highest
B46 Southbound Bus Speeds,
Chauncey St to Atlantic Ave
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SAFETY
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• 231 injuries, 9 severely injured
(2013-2017)
• Utica Ave & Atlantic Ave: 99th
percentile for severe injuries &
fatalities
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2Existing Conditions & Analysis
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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• Chauncey St to Atlantic Ave
(both blocks)
• Fulton St is 2nd busiest B46 stop
• 3,800 daily boardings
• Bottleneck approaching Atlantic Ave
• Southbound traffic backs up from
Atlantic Ave to Fulton St and
Chauncey St
B46
B46
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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• Fulton St to Atlantic Ave
• Dept. of Education Authorized Parking Only, 7am-4pm Mon-Fri
• School staff parks on Fulton St and in off-street lot
• Curb is mostly empty all day, even after DOE-only hours
• 7am-7pm: average parking occupancy 7%
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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• Chauncey St to Fulton St• Half of block is existing bus stop
• Southbound traffic backs up from Atlantic Ave onto this block
• Traffic & parking prevent buses from accessing the stop
• Buses sometimes board from through lane, causing safety and
traffic concerns
• In 12 hours, 19 vehicles parked on this block
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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• Bergen St to Atlantic Ave northbound
• 3 blocks of bus lanes approaching Atlantic Ave
installed in 2016; buses bypass traffic queues
• Overnight parking remains
• Bus speeds improved 17-26% during peak
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3Proposal
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PROPOSAL
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• Curbside Bus Lane, Fulton St to Atlantic
Ave (southbound only)
• Overnight parking remains
• Allows buses to bypass traffic
approaching Atlantic Ave
• Improves traffic flowB46
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PROPOSAL
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• Queue Jump Signal, Utica Ave & Atlantic
Ave (northbound & southbound)
• 7-second head start for buses and pedestrians
crossing Atlantic Ave
• Pedestrian safety improvement on a Vision
Zero Priority Corridor B46
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PROPOSAL
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• B46 to upgrade to longer, articulated buses in 2019/2020
• After upgrade, install curbside bus lane, Chauncey St to Fulton St (southbound only)
• Overnight parking remains
• Allows buses to bypass traffic approaching Atlantic Ave
• Improves traffic flow
B46
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4Next Steps
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NEXT STEPS
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• 2018 – CB 3 Outreach Campaign
• Late 2018 to Early 2019 – Proposal
Development
• May 2019 – CB 3 Transportation
Committee
• June 2019 – CB 3 Full Board
• Summer 2019 – Implement Fulton St to
Atlantic Ave
• 2019/2020 – Upgrade to articulated buses
• TBD – Implement Chauncey St to Fulton
St
B46
B46
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THANK YOU!
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