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The busway is promised to speed up rides for the estimated 66,000 daily bus passengers in Washington Heights where the city estimates buses crawl along 181st Street at an average speed of less than 4 mph.

Judge Kevin Kerrigan wrote that the petitioners' concern about side streets being flooded with traffic was “speculative” and not based on any data.

Local NIMBYs see the incident as a harbinger of driver-violence to come if the city installs a new busway.

A judge issued a temporary restraining order on the project.

The new busway is the first after the peak of the COVID-19 crisis.

The city will expand bus service through 20 new miles of busways and bus lanes.

Ridership has increased by about 24 percent on weekdays, and 30 percent on weekends.

'We warn you: don’t make us fight another 3 year campaign for #BetterBuses.'

Though it'll be another sixty days before drivers actually face consequences for blocking the bus.

What was once a 15- minute slog between 3rd and 8th Ave, now only takes 10 minutes.