Say what? The busiest bus lines in NY run a bus every 2-3 min during rush hours. Many of the streets with bus lanes are ones where multiple lines run. My pet p

Say what? The busiest bus lines in NY run a bus every 2-3 min during rush hours. Many of the streets with bus lanes are ones where multiple lines run. My pet peeve is Livingston St. in Brooklyn, where 5 different bus lines temporarily converge. At rush hour it's common to see 2-3 buses (each one standing room only) with every traffic light cycle (so every 90 sec or so; a bus every 30 sec). The bus lane is completely unenforced - double parking in the bus lane and general traffic lane is more common than bus lane enforcement. Enforcing it would not only quadruple the commute speed for the hundreds of people per minute on buses, it would also speed up traffic for everyone who has to wait behind buses stopping for passengers; but god forbid placard holders obey the rules that apply to their placards. Oh, and if you tried to replace those buses with individual cars, even at 4 people per car, it'd take about 2 blocks worth of cars bumper to bumper for each bus. They would not only not fit on the street, they'd stretch for miles down neighboring Flatbush, even if Flatbush weren't already bumper to bumper itself. The solution to traffic congestion is moving more people per vehicle. Transit does that. The more efficient transit is, the more people take it. You add a bus lane and enforce it, people start taking the bus more. Then it makes economic sense to run more buses to keep those lanes even busier.