The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided on a street redesign plan to improve bus speed on a busy Brooklyn corridor, the agency said on Wednesday.

The plan was chosen out of three options to improve bus speed on the corridor. It includes center-running bus lanes from Livingston Street to Grand Army Plaza. A boarding island in the street is part of the design to provide places for passengers to board and disembark buses, and wait to cross the street.

The agency recommended this approach because it would be the best option to increase bus speeds by creating physically separated spaces for buses and reducing conflicts with personal vehicles traveling the corridor.

The DOT’s plan would replace two car lanes within the stretch. Accents on the pedestrian islands would include be

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