Writing in this quarter’s NYU Wagner Rudin Center Transportation Journal, Sam Zimmerman suggests a novel way for the city to approach Bus Rapid Transit.
“New York City Department of Transportation and MTA could establish a new BRT operating company, not bound by past practices of either agencies. The operating company could establish service parameters, fare structures and performance objectives. They could also establish conditions of service providers (e.g., union labor, etc.) The operating company could then request bids for provision of service-stressing innovation and design, and customer needs.”
Wonder what TWU Local 100 prez Roger Toussaint thinks about that? And what's that about fare structure -- would you be paying more for a faster ride?
-- Chuck Bennett
