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Project Overview SelectBusService(SBS)iscomingtoNostrand,Rogers,andBedfordAvenuesthroughapartnershipbetweentheNewYorkCityDepartmentofTransportation(DOT)andMTANewYorkCityTransit(NYCT).SeethephotobelowtolearnaboutSBSimprovements,whichwillshortentraveltimeandimprovereliabilityforthe44,000dailyridersontheB44route.

How SBS Will Work on the B44:

• B44SBSreplacestheB44Limited

• B44localrouteremainsthesame

• NorthboundSBSwilltravelonRogersinsteadofNewYorkAve,forfasterandmoredirectservice

• SBSfare=localbusfare

Parkinginmidday,nights,andweekends;

Travel LaneinAMandPMpeakperiods

Transit Signal Priority (Not Pictured): Buseswillgetanextendedgreenlightatcertainintersections,reducingstoptimeatredlights

Dedicated Bus Lane & Right Turn Lane:Offsetbuslaneallowsbusestomovequicklyandpreservesparking

Parkingalongthecurbexceptatbusstops

Proposed SBS Design on Rogers Avenue

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Project UpdateDOTandNYCTareworkinghardtobringSBStoNostrandandRogersAvenues.Thisincludes:

Merchant SurveysOver1,500businessesalongNostrand,Rogers,andBedfordAvenuesarebeingaskedtocompleteasurveyabouttheirloadingandparkingneedsbytheendofJuly2011.ThisinformationwillguideDOTinimprovingcurbregulationsinordertodiscouragedouble-parking.

Meetings with the Community Advisory Committee (CAC), Community Boards and the public to:• ReviewthelocationsofSBSstations

• Describeexistingandprojectedtrafficconditions

• Describeoptionsbeingconsideredtoreducecongestionandimprovetrafficflow

Final Design of SBS StationsDOT,NYCT,andtheDepartmentofDesignandConstructionareintheprocessofdesigningSBSstations.Thedesignincludes:

• Bus Bulbs: SidewalksatSBSstationswillextendouttothebuslane.Buseswillnotneedtopullinandoutoftraffic.HighercurbsontheSBSplatformwillallowforeasierboarding.

• Fare Collection Machines:CustomerspaytheirfareattheSBSstopbeforetheyboard,shorteningthetimethatbusesarestopped.

• New Bus Shelters

• Local Bus StopsonthesameblockasSBSstops

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SBShasalreadybeenimplementedontheBx12routeintheBronx(2008)andtheM15routeonFirstandSecondAvenuesinManhattan(2010).SBSontheBx12andtheM15hasprovidedsignificantbenefits:

• 15%to20%fastertrips

• 33%reductionintimespentatbusstops

• 10%reductioninallothertraveltime

• Over90%customersatisfaction

• 10%ridershipincreaseontheentireroute,includingSBSandlocal

DOTandNYCThopetoachievesimilarresultsonNostrandandRogersAvenues.

Project Schedule

Summer2011

Fall2011

Winter2011-2012

Spring2012

Final Design Construction Start of SBS Service

Summer2012

Fall2012

Winter2012-2013

CACandCommunityBoardmeetingstodiscussfinaldesign,includingparkingregulationchangesandloadingzones

CACandCommunityBoardmeetingstodiscussconstructionschedule

CACandPublicOpenHousetoreviewallelementsofupcomingSBSimplementation

SBS Success in NYC

M15 SBS on First Avenue

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SBS stations added in response to community requests

Transit Signal Priority south of Flatbush Ave• ContactVeronica Bailey-

Simmons,theNostrandAvenue/RogersAvenueSBSOutreachRepresentative,at917-339-0488or vbailey@hshassoc.com.

• Visitourwebsite:www.nyc.gov/brtforupdatedprojectinformation.

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