Boston and Brooklyn unveil major bus and car‑reduction projects

City planners in Brooklyn unveiled a proposal to make Red Hook a "car‑lite" neighborhood, limiting off‑street parking through a first‑in‑Brooklyn "parking maximum" and adding forced turns and a greenway to improve bus service. The plan, presented by the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Economic Development Corporation and its lead planner Jeff Smith, aims to cut car trips to 16% of total trips while enhancing multimodal options.

In Boston, the city and the MBTA announced a revised design for a dedicated, center‑running busway on Blue Hill Avenue, one of the region’s busiest bus corridors. The updated plan retains two travel lanes in each direction and may adjust bicycle facilities, aiming to shave 10‑15 minutes from rush‑hour trips and save riders over 3,000 hours daily. Both projects seek to improve transit speed and reliability while balancing concerns from local car owners.