NYC has a total of - of bus lanes, - of which are active 24/7.
- of bus lanes of any type have been built in the 2022 - 2026 timeframe.
The NYC Streets Plan requires the City of New York to physically protect or add camera enforcement to at least 30 miles of bus lanes in each year from 2023-2026 and a total of 150 miles in the five years from 2022-2026.
Methodology: Bus lanes are aggregated based on the first year installed - even if the type of bus lane is later changed. Records without a published distance have a distance calculated based on the shapefile.
Under NYC Local Law 195 of 2019 the term “protected bus lane” means a bus lane that is protected by physical barriers or is monitored by stationary or mobile bus lane photo devices that automatically produce an image of any vehicle that violates a bus lane restriction at the time of such violation. See 📊 NYC Bus Enforcement for details on camera enforcement of bus lanes.