Your commute is getting a whole lot faster as service enhancements are en route to 24 buses across NYC. Starting this spring, the MTA will bring shorter wait times and more reliable service to eight express buses and 16 local bus routes. The enhancements will cost a total of $8 million, paid by the Outer Borough Transportation Account.
“We reviewed the bus network and identified opportunities to improve service by increasing frequency and/or making running time adjustments on key current bus routes,” said New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow. “These bus service enhancements are designed to attract riders to transit with additional travel options that are affordable, fast, and convenient.”
The impacted bus routes include:
The Bronx
- Bx10 (Riverdale-Norwood)
- Bx17 (Port Morris-Fordham Plaza)
- Bx23 (Co-op City-Pelham Bay Park Station)
- Bx28/Bx38 (Co-op City-Fordham Center)
Brooklyn
- B17 (Crown Heights-Canarsie)
- B26 (Fulton St-Ridgewood)
- B74 (Sea Gate-Stillwell Avenue Station)
- B103 (Canarsie-Downtown Brooklyn)
- BM2 (Canarsie-Avenue H-Midtown/Downtown)
- BM5 (Spring Creek-Linden Blvd-Woodhaven Blvd-Midtown)
- X27 (Bay Ridge-Midtown/Downtown)
Queens
- BM5 (Spring Creek-Linden Blvd-Woodhaven Blvd-Midtown)
- Q13 (Flushing-Ft. Totten)
- Q28 (Bayside-Flushing)
- Q35 (Rockaway Park-Midwood)
- Q43 (Jamaica-Floral Park)
- Q66 (Flushing-Long Island City
- Q69 (Long Island City-Astoria)
- QM15 (Lindenwood-Cross Bay Blvd-Woodhaven Blvd-Midtown)
Staten Island
- S46/S96 (Castleton Avenue)
- S79 SBS (Staten Island Mall-Bay Ridge)
- SIM1C (Eltingville-Hylan Blvd-Midtown/Downtown)
- SIM4C (Huguenot-Richmond Av-Midtown/Downtown)
- SIM23 (Annadale-Arden Av-Midtown)
- SIM24 (Prince’s Bay-Huguenot Av-Midtown)
Governor Kathy Hochul said:
New Yorkers deserve better, faster bus service — and that’s exactly what our investments will deliver…By improving bus routes throughout the outer boroughs, we’re making commutes shorter, ensuring more reliable service and providing affordable transit options for millions of riders.