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Bus Stop Shelter Rules

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Rule status: Adopted

Agency: LPC

Effective date: July 25, 2024

Proposed Rule Full Text
LPC-Proposed-Rules-re-Bus-Stop-Shelters-4.2.24.pdf

Adopted Rule Full Text
LPC-Rules-re-Bus-Stop-Shelters-in-Landmarked-Areas-Final-certified-version-6.14.24-Legal-14565480_123680-KB.pdf

Adopted rule summary:

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (“LPC” or “Commission”) amends its rule to:
(1) make the work of the Commission more transparent and efficient;
(2) address existing and new governmental criteria for the installation of bus shelters throughout the city, including in designated historic districts, as required by the Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise; and
(3) delegate to the LPC Staff the authority to permit approved bus shelters to be located at official bus stops.

Comments are now closed.

Online comments: 4

  • Dan Miller

    There’s no need for the LPC to weigh in on bus shelter installation–I applaud the proposed rule change. Installing bus shelters is perfectly appropriate for any location, including those in historic districts, and should be accomplished with a minimum of bureaucracy and process, so that we can install as many as possible.

    Comment added April 19, 2024 10:09am

  • Alex C

    I think it is absurd that you can propose to add bus shelters in a Landmark District without consideration for the historical aesthetic of the neighborhood, meanwhile you make it exorbitantly expensive for residents of those neighborhoods to appropriately maintain their property in line worth the historic designs that LPC to approve. I strongly oppose this change.

    Comment added April 19, 2024 9:43pm

  • Sunny Ng

    It’s ridiculous that the superficial consideration of aesthetics can hold up installation of public amenities like bus shelters. New York City is not a theme park, it needs to work for the people who live here. Unless we also regulate that street lamps need to be powered by oil, cars need to be drawn by horses, and banning the use of cell phones, there’s no reason why we can’t permit bus shelters in historic districts.

    Comment added April 23, 2024 6:59pm

  • Joanna Cawley

    Thank you for the opportunity to log three questions for comment:

    Will longstanding bus shelters in historic districts be considered for and updated profile to the new, narrower enclosure?

    Will there be permutations to the luminescence levels of static images and/or video advertisements relating to the sunrise, daylight, dusk, and overnight hours, to mitigate interfering, flashing, activated light displays into lower profile and street-facing dwellings in historic districts?

    What, if any plans are in play for bus shelters on the west side of Fifth Avenue, bordering Central Park and is LPC jurisdiction subject to change between 110th Street to 60th Street?

    Thank you for the favor of your reply.

    Comment added May 14, 2024 11:14am