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Brooklyn NY SBS Stations

NYC Department of Transportation 2010

Billings Jackson Design and HDR Daniel Frankfurt have designed the SBS (Select Bus Service) Stations along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn for the New York City Department of Transportation.

This follows the successful SBS Station Design Guidelines created in 2009 by HDR Daniel Frankfurt and Billings Jackson Design, which set standards as to how to deploy a series of bus rapid transit (BRT) platforms throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Billings Jackson’s expertise in negotiating the design directives with efficient procurement, feasible manufacturing and municipal approval processes is key to the timely development required by NYC DOT.

As each station presents a variety of distinct challenges, from utilities to pedestrian access to drainage, the designs are inherently flexible, allowing for modulation and adaptation to context and specific site requirements, while also accommodating the elderly and disabled. These previously established guidelines ultimately provide design direction for integrating the SBS features into a unique, cohesive and easily recognizable stations along Nostrand Avenue, the first SBS service in Brooklyn.

The brief demanded a coherent design that can anticipate any combination of features for the buses, routes or stations; that improve the speed of transit; and that improve the passengers’ experience. Large, low-floor, articulated buses with a distinct appearance are typical for most existing BRT systems, and in order to utilize these the station becomes an integral component of a BRT system, as well as an important symbol for the city.

Billings Jackson looked at various BRT systems across the globe to establish best practice. The most important element was the capability for level boarding and other amenities, such as advance ticketing and real-time information displays, are commonly incorporated. The SBS stations of New York City will include a combination of these features. As with other projects, an expression of material and function is a prime driver for the design.

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