Overview
- City leaders announced on Tuesday that work to build a bidirectional busway on 34th Street between Ninth and Third avenues has officially restarted, with public outreach beginning this month.
- The city says the busway will operate daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., allow buses, trucks and emergency vehicles to pass, and require private drivers to take the next available turn to exit the corridor.
- NYC DOT projects faster, more reliable service for over 28,000 daily riders and cites Vision Zero data showing 324 traffic injuries on 34th Street from 2020–2024 as a key reason for the redesign.
- Officials have submitted the plan to the federal Transportation Improvement Program and say they are in active communication with federal highway authorities after last year’s federal warning over truck access and oversight.
- The city points to the 14th Street busway as a precedent for speed and safety gains but expects outreach this month to surface local concerns on parking, loading, traffic diversion and possible legal challenges.