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Beats, Rhymes and Rails: WNYC transportation reporter/photographer/record collector -- member of #TransitCognoscenti -- Email tips: snessen@wnyc.org
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Brooklyn's busiest bus route may finally get a boost. Commuters have waited decades.

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By Stephen Nessen Verified
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Riders boarding buses on Utica Avenue from Crown Heights to Kings Plaza know they’re in for a slog. It’s Brooklyn’s busiest bus corridor, carrying more than 15,000 daily riders on the B46 route. But those buses move at a sluggish pace of just 6.9 mph due to traffic-clogged streets made worse by double-parked delivery trucks, Ubers and dollar vans. “As it is now, sometimes it's extremely slow,” said Maria  Misonet, 65, who lives off Utica Avenue.
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MTA and Mamdani tout a new day for NYC buses after Eric Adams stalled projects

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By Stephen Nessen Verified
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This column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation. Sign up to get the full version, which includes answers to reader questions, trivia, service changes and more, in your inbox every Thursday. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and MTA Chair Janno Lieber stood arm to arm, grinning ear to ear during a news conference in downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday.
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NYC job alert: City seeks BQE czar to rebuild ramshackle triple-cantilever

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By Stephen Nessen Verified
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New York City’s Department of Transportation is looking for a “creative” engineer to run one of the country’s most challenging infrastructure projects: fixing the decrepit triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Last week, the department listed a job for an “assistant commissioner to address the aging infrastructure” on the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, which is used by 130,000 vehicles daily.
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