$28 million grant to bring 10 miles of ‘Select Bus Service’ to Brooklyn
A $28 million federal Department of Transportation grant will fund nearly 10 miles of Select Bus Service lanes, newly paved streets, bus bulb-outs and other improvements throughout Brooklyn, from Williamsburg to Sheepshead Bay.
The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and federal officials said yesterday that the new bus service would run along the present route of the B44 line, one of the city’s 10 busiest, serving 39,000 riders daily.
Select Bus Service (SBS) is designed to make riding the bus more like riding the subway. The service includes dedicated bus lanes, off-board fare payment, limited stops, and low-floor, three-door articulated buses.