"The city's beleaguered bus riders have languished at the bottom of the political food chain for decades forced to endure the city's slowest-in-the-nation buses as the political elite has prioritized the needs of drivers, businesses, app companies and, frankly, itself. Mamdani has promised to change that, but the history of transportation suggests it will be a struggle to get the people in charge to use their power to make the streets better for cyclists, pedestrians and bus riders."
"Get on the bus, DSA. In order to make good on the first part of his promise to make buses "fast and free," Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will need to re-energize the left-of-center coalition that sent him to City Hall, lest he end up failing commuters just like his recent predecessors did."
Zohran Mamdani promised to make buses fast and free and must re-energize left-of-center allies to deliver on that commitment. City bus riders have long suffered the nation's slowest buses while political priorities favored drivers, businesses, app companies, and political elites. Historical transportation politics indicate entrenched interests will resist reallocating street space for cyclists, pedestrians, and buses. Advocates cite the 14th Street busway as a clear success, yet many corridors remain clogged by cars and trucks. The Working Families Party and local Democratic Socialists of America plan to mobilize council members and district-level campaigns to push bus-priority reforms.
Read at nyc.streetsblog.org
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