REPORTER: The busy M-15 route along First and Second Avenue isn’t the only area under consideration for Bus Rapid Transit. The city has identified 15 routes – six of them in Queens. A total of five will then be selected for a demonstration project to begin in 2008. That time table stumped transit advocates. Paul Steely White is executive director of Transportation Alternatives.
WHITE: Systems in Bogata, Seoul, South Korea, and also in Jakarta, Indonesia went from conception to study to full operation within 2 and a half to three years. It’s been more than 2 years and we’re still in the study phase in NYC.