Why NYC's New Dedicated Crosstown Bus Lane Owes a Debt to Bogota, Colombia

How one brilliant idea has traveled from Bogota, Colombia all the way to New York City.

Urban planners, rejoice! Today, the New York City Department of Transit announced a radical new plan for improving the city's bus lines: A fully dedicated express-lane for buses, running crosstown on 34th Street. It's expected to improve bus speeds by 35%, on a route where buses are stationary a whopping 40% of the time. And it marks another huge, bold idea from Janette Sadik-Khan, the DOT commissioner...