"Hillside Avenue, from 139th Street to Springfield Boulevard, which runs through several communities including Jamaica and Queens Village, underwent a street redesign that includes the installation of bus lanes and bus turning lanes for the 22 MTA bus routes that use the corridor. The redesign, conducted by the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), reduces the number of driving lanes by one in each direction, but includes more than 600 additional parking and loading spaces for local businesses that receive deliveries."
"The DOT says the bus lanes are offset, meaning they are located one lane away from the curb, separated by parked vehicles. The bus lanes are in effect 24/7 and enforced by the MTA's bus-mounted camera enforcement. The eastbound bus lane runs from 144th Street to Springfield Boulevard. The westbound bus lane spans 139th Street to Springfield Boulevard. Hillside Avenue is a busy bus corridor. More than 215,000 people ride the nearly two dozen routes on the street."
Hillside Avenue from 139th Street to Springfield Boulevard received a street redesign installing nearly eight miles of bus lanes and bus turning lanes serving 22 MTA routes. The redesign reduces one driving lane in each direction and creates a layout with a parking lane on each side, one travel lane, one left-turn lane, and an offset bus lane in each direction. The DOT added more than 600 parking and loading spaces for local businesses. The offset bus lanes sit one lane from the curb, separated by parked vehicles, and operate 24/7 with MTA bus-mounted camera enforcement. Eastbound and westbound lanes span 144th to Springfield and 139th to Springfield respectively. Over 215,000 daily riders use the corridor, where buses formerly averaged about four miles per hour.
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