Select Bus Service ( SBS ; distillation on bus as select bus ) is a brand used by the Regional Bus Operations MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the bus rapid transit service in New York City. SBS began operations in 2008 to improve speed and reliability in a long, busy corridor.
SBS routes use bus lanes fitted with vehicles and separated by cameras; sidewalk extension for bus stops; a relatively large distance between stops; restrictions on vehicle turning along the corridor; and the next bus tour information screen. The first route is Bx12 along Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway; as of November 2017, seventeen SBS routes run along fifteen corridors. Several more corridors are proposed for the Select Bus Service, with one route planned for July 2018, and another twenty-one proposed via 2027.
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History
Context
In 2002, Schaller Consulting undertook research on a potential high-speed bus service in New York City. In 2004, the MTA in collaboration with the New York City Department of Transportation and the New York State Department of Transport conducted an initial study on the bus rapid transit, with 80 corridors surveyed throughout the city. In late 2004, the MTA identified five corridors for the implementation of the bus rapid transit, one in each of five boroughs: the Fordham Road/Pelham Parkway corridor on the Bronx, First Avenue and Second Avenue in Manhattan, Merrick Boulevard in Queens, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, and Hylan Boulevard on Staten Island. Four bus priority corridors were also identified for implementation or expansion (three in Manhattan, one in the Bronx): Madison Avenue (extension), Fifth Avenue, 34th Street, and Webster Avenue. The Merrick Boulevard corridor was finally canceled due to public conflicts over the loss of parking. However, the corridor is being considered again as part of the Bus Forward study in 2017.
The Select Bus Service program was introduced to the public on March 25, 2008. At the time of the announcement, MTA and Mayor Michael Bloomberg later stated that implementation on other corridors depended on the passage of congestion prices, which ultimately did not make it to vote in the legislature.
Corridor
The first Select Bus Service corridor, at Bx12 along 207th Street, Fordham Road, and Pelham Parkway, began operating on June 29, 2008. The next line, M15, sees the Select Service starting on October 10, 2010 after the delivery of a new low-floor bus. The M34/M34A line begins on November 13, 2011. Initially, a planned 34th Street busway would require eliminating 34th Street as a way through, but that's down for the standard SBS model. The B44 Rogers/Bedford/Nostrand Avenues bus route, the fifth bus corridor of the City Select Bus Service, takes place on November 17, 2013 after the arrival of a new tariff machine. The Hyunda Boulevard/Richmond Avenue S79 route, originally scheduled to be converted into SBS in 2013, was moved until September 2, 2012; the local equivalent of the S79 route is the S78 and S59 buses. The sixth corridor, the second for the Bronx, began serving the Bx41 Webster Avenue route on June 30, 2013; this route is the first SBS "Stage II" route to start service (the existing corridor plus B44 consists of Phase I). Another Select Bus Service route on Webster Avenue, which will be extended to run between LaGuardia Airport and Fordham Plaza alongside the local Bx41 route, is proposed for implementation later.
A seventh corridor, and a third for Manhattan, the 125th Street-Triborough Bridge-Astoria Boulevard bus route to LaGuardia Airport, was converted to SBS on May 25, 2014; Local services are being replaced by other routes that run along the route M60 (M100, M101, Bx15, and Q19). The Eighth Bus Select Service route is planned in the 2014-2017 Financial Plan. The eighth Select Bus Service Corridor (the ninth overall route), and the fourth in Manhattan, is for the M86 runs on 86th Street, originally scheduled to begin running on June 28, 2015, but pushed back to July 13, 2015; it does not include major changes in terms of quitting.
The ninth corridor, and the second corridor to Brooklyn, is B46 on Utica Avenue. When implemented, the local route and Select Bus Service from B46 alter the northern terminal to increase reliability. Originally planned for implementation in the fall of 2015, it was instituted on July 3, 2016. The tenth corridor, and the first for Queens, is a limited Q44 bus route running on East 177th Street (Cross Corex Expressway road service) and Main Street, November 29, 2015. Selected stops in the Bronx are combined into a busier halt for faster service, and some stops in Queens have been replaced by local Q20A/B routes. Since the two Q20 branches do not enter the Bronx and Q44 only runs the local soluble night only , Q44 obtained SBS 24/7 service between Bronx Zoo and Jamaica. Q20A replaces the local Q44 in Queens late at night.
On September 25, 2016, the eleventh corridor (the twelfth route overall) and the second for Queens, Q70, was renamed "LaGuardia Link" and became the SBS route. Unlike the other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and airplanes to encourage more people using public transport when using the airport. This marks the first route of SBS MTA Bus, as well as the second for Queens and the eleventh overall. The M23, the twelfth corridor (thirteenth route) and the fifth in Manhattan, became the Select Bus Service route on November 6, 2016 with dedicated bus lanes and countdown hours at several stops, replacing the local M23 service for a cost of $ 1.7 million. M79 becomes the SBS route on May 21, 2017, with the installation of bus lanes along its route. Bx6, after the completion of the widened bus and pavement lanes, became the SBS route on September 3, 2017. It complements local services with stops at high riders stops. This is the third route for the Bronx. Select Bus Service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards is implemented on the Q52 and Q53 routes on November 12, 2017. B82 SBS will replace the current Limited-Stop route in July 2018. Bus lanes will be installed along with Vision Zero improvements, such as additional crossings and islands pedestrian.
All SBS corridors are currently enforced by cameras that limit non-buses on this line on weekdays where bus lanes are on the curb, with bus lanes marked with red paint. Where the bus lane is the offset lane (ie, one lane away from the curb), non-bus traffic is limited at all times except for emergencies.
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Current route
Currently, SBS operates seventeen different bus lines in fifteen different corridors. In order of implementation, SBS is placed on route Bx12, M15, M34, M34A, S79, Bx41, B44, M60, M86, Q44, B46, Q70, M23, M79, Bx6, Q52 and Q53. SBS replaces almost identical limited services on Bx12, M15, Bx41, B44, Q44, B46, Q70, Q52 and Q53 where appropriate local bus services are still in operation (except in Q44, whose local variants at night have been eliminated and replaced with full-time SBS routes, and Q70, which have no local equivalent before conversion). Bx6 SBS is separate from the local Bx6, which has no finite stop variants prior to the SBS implementation on that route. For other routes, all services are converted from local to SBS, and many local stops are merged or eliminated. Routes Bx12, M15, M34, M34A, S79, Bx41, B44, B46, Bx6, and Q52 run throughout the day, while routes M60, M86, Q44, Q70, M23, M79, and Q53 run all the time.
Bx12
Bx12 Limited is the first route converted to the Bus Select Service line, Bx12 SBS . It was placed into service on June 29, 2008 replacing the limited stop service with SBS on this line. Either Bx12 Select Local Bus Service and Bx12 based out of Gun Hill Bus Depot. During the late night, the corridors are served by Bx12 local service, which operates 24/7.
M15
M15 Limited to M15 SBS on October 10, 2010, which replaced the limited stop service with SBS on this line.
Southbound transfer of SBS M15 requires running south to the appropriate road and vice versa. Originally based in the 126th Street Bus Depot, since January 2015, the M15 Select Bus Service is based in Clara Hale Mother's Binder, while the local M15 is based off the Tuskegee Airmen Bus Depot.
M34 and M34A
The SBS M34 SBS and SBS M34A route starts on November 13, 2011. This is considered by the MTA as two SBS services, M34 34th Street Crosstown and the route M16 previously renamed M34A; route sharing one corridor. Initially, the provision of this corridor is planned to create a special "Busway" which will see both the M34 and M34A SBS runs along 34th Street in a special two-lane corridor with one-way vehicle traffic (westward after the 6th Avenue/Broadway , heading east after 5th Avenue), this was eventually canceled and replaced with curbside and offset along 34th Street with the bus lights at the selected bus stops. Stop listed below from west to east. Other M34 SBS trips start coming/ending at Waterside Plaza with M34A SBS on September 3, 2017.
The service uses Orion 7 hybrid electric buses that were not articulated between November 2011 and early April 2013, when they were replaced by articulated buses found on most other SBS routes. M34 and M34A are both based in the Michael J. Quill Bus Depot.
S79
The SBS S79 SBS route starts on September 2, 2012. While the routing is left intact, S79 has all local services eliminated and replaced by local services on the S59 route along Richmond Avenue and S78 routes along Hylan Boulevard. The route was also straightened through New Springville to pass the Yukon Bus Depot. This route uses a rigid 40-foot Orion VII hybrid diesel electric bus, and is the only SBS line that does not use off-board fare collection. In addition, it is the only SBS line in 5 boroughs that does not use 60-foot articulated buses before the SBS B46 is introduced as well as the only SBS line to not have a blue destination mark until July 2017. Riders must pay board fees, as they do on local buses, limited-stop, and express. Bus Service Select S79 based on Yukon Bus Depot.
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Bx41
The Bx41 Limited , running along Webster Avenue and Melrose Avenue in the Bronx, is the first route to be converted into the Bus Select Path Phase II line. The Bx41 SBS service starts operations on June 30, 2013. The stops are almost identical to the limited services being replaced, and the service is extended from peak hours to seven days of the week. The stop is listed from south to north below. Both the Bx41 Select Bus Service and Bx41 were originally based at Kingsbridge Bus Depot. However, on January 8, 2017, the line was moved to Gun Hill Depot from Kingsbridge with local Bx12 and SBS, to reduce the pressure, and reduce the severe density at the Kingsbridge Bus depot.
B44
The B44 SBS route starts on November 17, 2013, replacing the B44 Limited service with the Bus Select Service. Originally planned for the end of 2011, then the summer of 2012, the start date is pushed until November 2013 because the bus for service does not arrive until early 2013. Unlike other SBS routes, the service involves significant route changes, and about 20 unlimited stops are eliminated. The abolition of the Avenue L shelter, located adjacent to the school, from the SBS route, was controversial, with elected local representatives and community members initiating a petition and calling for restoration. On February 11, 2014, just under three months since its launch, the MTA recognized public pressure and added Avenue L and Gates Avenue to the SBS route. The bus is based in the Flatbush Bus Depot. Stop registered from south to north.
M60
M60 operates between Upper West Side of Manhattan and LaGuardia Airport, providing crosstown service along 125th Street in Harlem. Select Bus Service was originally scheduled to start in mid or late 2013, but was pushed until May 25, 2014 because of community opposition, citing loss of available parking spaces along 125th Street in Manhattan. Due to its status as an airport connector, the bus on the route comes with a luggage rack.
M60 is based on 126th Street Depot after being applied as a Select Bus Service route. In January 2015, the M60 moved into Depar Depot Michael J. Quill (where most of the Manhattan Crosstown route is based out) due to the closure of the 126th Street Depot. Stop listed below, west to east; stop at the east end of the route, within LaGuardia Airport, marked "Airport Stop".
M86
The M86 bus, running the 86th Street crosstown in Manhattan, was identified as a potential transit bus corridor in 2009. The SBS M86 bumper route debuted on July 13, 2015. This is the fourth corridor in Manhattan and the fifth Manhattan bus line that has a Select Bus Service. SBS M86 is based off the Tuskegee Airmen Depot, but redirected to Michael J. Quill Depot on January 7, 2018.
Q44
By 2015, the Main Street corridor, along with the parallel corridors of Kissena/Parsons Boulevards and the 164th Street corridor, was studied by the NYC Transportation Department for SBS implementation between Flushing and Jamaica, Queens. The Q44 Limited route, previously restricted only during the daytime, is planned to be converted into a full-time fast bus transit line, with local services continuously provided by parallel Q20A/B services.
Q44 SBS was approved in June 2015, without any change from the original routing, running between Queens and Bronx. Due to community opposition, bus lanes were installed only on a small route between Roosevelt Avenue and the Long Island Expressway in Downtown Flushing and Queensboro Hill, and on Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica; part of the Archer Avenue line was installed prior to the SBS implementation. This route commences operations on November 29, 2015. Q44 is the first Q-prefixed route that has a Select Bus Service, which replaces both local and limited daytime limited buses Q44; the local bus service in Queens is provided by Q20A/B, while there is no local equivalent in the Bronx. Q20A/B and Q44 SBS based off Casey Stengel Depot.
B46
The B46 line is the busiest bus route in Brooklyn and the 3rd busiest in the entire city. Select Bus Service starting July 3, 2016, after initially scheduled for 2015 autumn implementation. B46 SBS replaces B46 Limited, making similar stops along Utica Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard. Unlike former Limited, SBS B46 makes a limited stop on south Avenue H, and only runs between Kings Plaza and DeKalb Avenue. The local B46 is extended along Broadway to replace the limited-stop service to the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal at any time. Both the local B46 and Bus Service Select are based out of the Flatbush Bus Depot, such as the SBS B44. B46 is the second Bus Bus Service in Brooklyn, and the first one was not operating for a late night since B44 in November 2013.
Q70
In Queens, the limited Q70 bus between Woodside and LaGuardia Airport via the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station takes place in September 2013, replacing the portion of the local bus Q33 that goes to LaGuardia Airport. Although Q70 is intended as a bus rapid transit project, it should still be branded as a Select Bus Service and does not use most of the SBS elements, as it does not have ticketing machines, all-door boarding, branded buses and dedicated bus lines. The SBS Q70 was executed on September 25, 2016, when the brand was renamed as "LaGuardia Link" with the implementation of on-board tariff payments. In contrast to other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and aircraft at the top of the bus worn with standard SBS livery at the bottom. Q70, based in LaGuardia Depot, is the second Queens bus line to choose the Bus Service and the first for the MTA Bus.
M23
The M23 route is traditionally crowded, with 4,862,343 motorists in 2010 and 3,831,755 motorists by 2015, or 15,000 riders per day. In 2003, was awarded "Pokey Award" by the Straphangers Campaign, the most prestigious award given to other New York City Bus routes that also run at 4mph; it also gained a difference in 2007 when it also ran on average 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h), slightly faster than the average walking speed of 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h). In 2009, the MTA and New York City Department of Transport identified the M14A/D, in parallel 14th Street, as a potential corridor for the SBS Phase II, the city's rapid bus transit system, and the final plan to apply SBS to M16/M34 along 34th Street is also parallel. The crosstown bus corridors are noted for the slow speed of travel. M23 was originally not planned to be a SBS route, but in 2008 it has become part of a pilot program in which 30 redesigned and redesigned SBS buses were launched on M23 for some time.
After a long consultation, M23 was converted to SBS on November 6, 2016, replacing identical local partner bus lines. Unlike previous local lines, a westbound stop on 5th Avenue and two bi-directional stops on Lexington Avenue will not be served by this line. M23 is based on the Michael J. Quill Bus Depot, such as the SBS M34 and M34A. M23 is the fifth corridor in Manhattan and the sixth Manhattan bus line has a Select Bus Service.
M79
The local bus route M79 was identified as a frequent corridor in a 2009 study by DOT and NYCTA, and in a December 2013 study by the Pratt Center for Community Development of Brooklyn. It was converted to SBS on May 21, 2017.
Bx6
Bx6, the critical Crosex Bronx corridor, is split into 2 different routes from the original Bx6 locale on September 3, 2017. Local Bx6 continues to make all local stops along the route. SBS Bx6 will operate the same route as the local route, but service to the east corresponds to service to the west rather than exit the Macombs Dam Bridge to Jerome Avenue. Bx6 SBS complements existing Bx6 local services, stops at high locations and all transfer points to Metro-North and subway. Bx6 SBS is based outside of West Farms Bus Depot, like a local Bx6. This is also the third Bronx Bus line that has the Select Bus Service and the first since Bx41 on June 30, 2013. Bx6 is also the path of the Service Select the 15th MTA Bus to date.
The Bx6 corridor is the first to use the bus lanes on the median road on Jalan E 161st Street/Sheridan-Sherman stop, as opposed to a bus line by the side of the road or offset. The median bus line should accelerate traffic by driving around parked cars. Initially, similar provisions of the median bus lanes were planned for the 34th Street Corridor in Manhattan. A planned "Busway" will see both the M34 and M34A SBS runs along 34th Street in a special two-lane corridor with one-way traffic (westward after 6th Avenue/Broadway, east after 5th Avenue), this is eventually discarded and replaced with curbside walkways and offsets along 34th Street with bus lights at selected bus stops (see above).
Q52 and Q53
Bus Q52 and Q53 are converted to Select Bus Lines on November 12, 2017. Q52 SBS is based in JFK Depot, while Q53 SBS is based in LaGuardia Depot. They are also the 3rd and 4th Queens bus lines which will be converted to Select Bus Service (the second and third bus lines of the MTA Bus).
Future routes
Other Select Bus Routes The service is planned for the near future as part of the continuation of Phase II, including underserved neighborhoods by fast transit and widely used express bus routes. It was identified during a 2009 study by DOT and MTA, in a December 2013 study by the Pratt Center for Community Development Brooklyn, and in 2017 by DOT and MTA. Twenty-one routes are expected to be added to the SBS system between October 2017 and 2027.
Corridor selected for implementation
The new 14-mile SBS route in Manhattan will be made before April 2019, in anticipation of the closure of 14th Street Tunnel. It will not be converted from an existing M14A or M14D route. The new SBS route will end at Stuyvesant Cove and operate through Avenue C, where it will connect with the new ferry service. St 14 will undergo extensive SBS conversions creating a new busway between 3rd Ave and 9th Ave eastbound, and between 3rd Ave and 8th Ave westbound. Three temporary SBS routes from Manhattan to Brooklyn via the Williamsburg Bridge will also be created. One route will depart from SoHo, Manhattan, to Bedford Avenue station in Brooklyn; the second will connect SoHo to Grand Street station in Brooklyn; and a third will run from Union Square, Manhattan, to Grand Street station. Other potential routes such as B41 have undergone preliminary studies and community outreach, but have not been considered for implementation.
Q25 or Q34 Limited, which runs primarily along Parsons and Boulevards in Queens, has been proposed to convert to Bus Select Service. The corridor is one of the future corridors that may be identified in the 2017 announcement of the expansion of the SBS system.
Potential corridors
Below are the potential and environmental corridors listed under the 2009 study, the current Phase II plan that has not yet been implemented, and from the 2017 study.
Corridors and Environment include:
- Middle Village (current Q29, Q47)
- JamaicaÃ,/Hillside Avenue Corridor (now Q1, Q36, Q43, Q110)
- Southeast Queens (Q4, Q5, Q85, and Q84 current routes)
- Southeast Queens (current Q113 and Q114 routes)
- Union Turnpike (current Q46 route)
- Flatbush Avenue Corridor (now B41)
- Several Brooklyn South East-West Corridors (B6 and B82 at this time): B82 is planned for July 2018.
- Manhattan West Side - Amsterdam Avenue/135th Street to Hudson Street/8th Avenue (now M11)
- Broadway to Central Bronx (now Bx9)
- University Avenue (now Bx3)
- Tremont Avenue (current Bx40 and Bx42 routes)
- Harlem to Southern Boulevard (now Bx19)
- Soundview to Washington Heights (now Bx36)
- 96th Street Crosstown (current M96)
- Church Avenue (now B35)
- Ridgewood to Flushing (current Q58)
- Flushing to Springfield Boulevard (currently Q27)
- Queens Access to JFK (current Q10)
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- Mayor Deegan Expressway (I-87)
- Bruckner Expressway (I-278)
- Long Island Expressway (I-495)
- Gowanus Expressway (I-278)
- Staten Island Expressway (I-278)
"Difficult trips", difficult journeys and/or requiring multiple transfers, as identified by the MTA:
- Crosstown Corridor 14th Street - 23rd Street/11th Avenue to Grand Street/Avenue D (M14A/M14D at this time); planned for implementation in 2018 or 2019.
- Jamaica to Flushing Corridor: Q25 Limited is proposed for future conversion.
- Bushwick to Downtown Brooklyn Corridor (now B38 and B54)
- Middle East Middle East-West Corridor
- Southern Brooklyn East-West Corridor - Bay Ridge to JFK Airport (B6 route, and current B82)
- Northern Boulevard Flushing - Manhattan Corridor via Queensboro Bridge: Q66 is proposed for future conversion.
The following subway lines have been flagged for being on or above 95% of the New York City Subway loading guide during peak hours:
- Broadway-Seventh Avenue 2 and 3 train
- Lexington Avenue 4 , 5 , 6 , and & lt; 6 & gt; train
- Queens-Manhattan Connection: 7, E, N, and W train
Areas that are experiencing or may experience significant growth in housing units and which have limited transit access:
- South Bronx: SBS Bx6 took place on September 3, 2017.
- Queens East River Bank
- Brooklyn East River waterfront
- West Coast/South Coast (Charleston, Tottenville) from Staten Island
Additional Study Areas include:
- North Shore of Staten Island (Current S40 and S90 Routes; former North Shore Branch of Staten Island Railway); is being studied by MTA
There are also "tiered" corridors based on interests identified in the Pratt Center report in December 2013 and previous reports from 2007.
The "First-tier" corridor:
- LaGuardia-Woodhaven/Cross Bay-Rockaway (Queens); Combination of current Q72 and Q52/Q53 routes.
Q52/Q53 LTD (Woodhaven & Cross Bay Boulevards) was converted on November 12, 2017.
Two-storey corridor:
- Far Rockaway-Jamaica (Queens); Current Q113 and Q114 routes
- Bush Terminal/Sunset Park-JFK via Southeast Brooklyn (Brooklyn-Queens)
- East Bronx-East Harlem (Bronx-Manhattan) cluster clinic
- Mid-Staten Island-Hudson County, Tunnel NJ-Holland-Manhattan (Staten Island-New Jersey-Manhattan)
Rates and payments
The fare for SBS is the same as in all local New York City Transit buses and a limited stop, $ 2.75, paid with MetroCard or coin at the booth at each stop. The boarding procedure for SBS S79 is the same as that in local regular buses and limited buses. On all other SBS services, unlike other bus lines in New York City, tariff collection for SBS uses a payment proof system. Passengers are required to pay a fee before boarding a bus at a payment station located at a bus stop at a designated stop (for customers using UniTicket, which apply to boarding). After the fare payment is made, one must board the bus at the stop within one hour. Dormitory can be done through one of two or three doors (depending on the bus fleet), except on the S79 bus, where all passengers are up from the front door because the tariff is paid on board. The New York City Transit rate inspector (set in the "EAGLE" team), NYPD officers, or MTA police officers checks for payment receipts; those who can not produce one will be fined up to $ 100. This inspection is done randomly, or through all buses at a particular station.
In addition, the payment receipt only applies to routes that stop at stations where one board (ie, SBS M34/M34A receipt can not be used on SBS M15). When transferring from one SBS route to another, one must get a second receipt from the route paying machine. Free transfers between routes are also provided with MetroCards.
Machine rates
Select the Bus Service tariff machine consisting of modified versions of existing MTA and DOT devices. MetroCard payments use MetroCard Fare Collection Machines, similar in design to ATMCard/MetroCard Debit Card machines (known as MetroCard Express Machines) used in Subway New York City, but without touch screens. Coin payment using Parkeon Muni Meter modified. The original machine used on Bx12 in 2008 consisted of a repeated version of MetroCard Express Machines and the first generation Parkeon multi-space device, which has since been replaced.
Fleet
Select Bus Service Bus wrapped in a unique blue paint scheme that identifies them as operating in this particular service. Older buses are painted mostly white, with blue lines just below the window and a teal pattern with plus sign and logo "selectbusservice". In March 2016, new gold and blue livery was introduced throughout the MTA fleet. SBS buses shipped after March 2016 have variations of this livery, with a blue pattern under the new gold and blue livery windows and above.
All SBS buses display Select Bus in the destination mark. Buses stop where SBS bus stops can also be identified with SBS branding in glass shelters, and machines for MetroCard and coin payments inside or near shelters (except SBS S79, which does not use off-board fee collection). In addition, all buses in the SBS service use boarding operations of all doors, where each set of doors is open simultaneously to ease up and down, with the exception of S79 that does not use boarding of all doors.
After the debut of the Select Bus Service, blinking blue lights on both sides of the destination mark are used to help point the SBS bus off the local bus (which has an orange light). While some, including bus operators, claiming blinking blue lights help increase travel time for buses, they become controversial because some drivers mistakenly think they are for emergency vehicles. The use of lights also violates New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law (Article 9, Section 375 (41)). NYS Law states "The use of blue lights on vehicles should be restricted for use only by volunteer firefighters" and "may be attached to police vehicles and fire vehicles, provided that blue lights or lights will be displayed on police vehicles and fire vehicles only for rear projection. "The lights were removed from service on January 18, 2013.
To replace the lights, in July 2015 the MTA began to remodel the destination marks in front of the bus to show the route on a blue background, as well as a completely blinking blue background twice when it says Select Bus (previously read Select Bus Service). At night on multiple routes, the destination sign is blue text on a dark black background. Beginning with Q44 in November 2015, the blue background is saved when the transition front sign shows the route terminal and the main roads it passes. Beginning in July 2017, the SBS fleet on all routes already has a revamped front-end ramp, and new routes launched after that date come with a new destination sign.
List of fleets
The following table lists the buses used on each route.
See also
- Regional Bus Operations MTA
- Bus rapid transit
References
External links
- Official website
- MTA Planning Website The
- nyc.gov site
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