José uses the line 12 bus daily, he takes it at the Fordham Road and Webster Avenue stop. Waiting for the bus or until you reach your destination less than two miles away requires patience, although José says it’s an ordeal.
“Sometimes one is late waiting for the bus, the bus does not arrive on time, sometimes the bus takes about 20 minutes to arrive,” said José.
But José is not the only one who suffers from the slowness of the buses.
More than 85,000 people who use this means of transportation in the Bronx lose time, because in this county the exclusive lines for buses are almost non-existent. For this reason, today several users and activists raised their voices to demand that the authorities take them into account.
“Mayor Adams promised riders of the slowest buses across America that he would do whatever it takes to speed up travel, but he hasn’t delivered,” said Darrick Holmes of the Riders Alliance.
The implementation of the exclusive bus lines has been the most important transformation for these public transport vehicles to circulate quickly, however, according to the protesters, priority has been given to Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, except for The Bronx.
“Many of the people in The Bronx use the Bx 12 bus line, which is the one that comes from Fordham and goes to Manhattan, there are around 85 thousand people who use it and we want him to fulfill his promise to paint a specific line of buses on Fordham Road,” said Mayra Aldas, also from Riders Alliance.
For the young Sergio Cruz, getting to the university on time is important, but for that he must leave home or work with a lot of extra time since line 12 travels at less than 4 miles per hour.
“There is too much traffic and you have to wait so long, it would be better if we had a place where only the buses can go, like there in Manhattan, they quickly have it there, but here in the Bronx nothing,” Cruz said.
“Our goal as MTA drivers is to move riders as quickly as possible, so I’m here to support the construction of dedicated lines,” said Shanifah Rieara, MTA bus operator.
2023-07-11 20:54:00
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