Definitely an improvement, but you can see here some of the issues that will inevitably arise with this sort of bus lane design:
—Cars turning right will block the bus and/or get in the bus lane.
—Because parked cars are to the right of the bus lane, they'll block buses when people are parking.
@mayor.nyc.govWe're overhauling 116th Street to make your bus faster: 2.5 miles of new bus lanes. Queue jumps that give buses a green light before other vehicles at intersections. Protected bike lanes. 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space.
