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Can Buses Be Better?

More than 2 million riders take buses every day, and they are critical transit resources to outer-borough neighborhoods, the disabled and some of the elderly. Yet buses have been neglected in the debate over New York City’s transit crisis. Is there a way to give passengers a better ride?

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Costly Utility Rates Could Jeopardize MTA’s Move to All-Electric Buses

Mariana Simões | May 23, 2023

This summer, utility companies must submit plans detailing how they’ll implement a series of solutions to make electricity rates more affordable for electric vehicles. But their plan has fallen short of giving the MTA the preferential rate it says it needs to able to foot the bill, as it seeks to transition its 5,800-bus fleet off fossil fuels.

Mayor’s Senior-Friendly Initiatives Undercut by Poor Bus Service, New Report Says

Jeanmarie Evelly | December 14, 2018

A new book released by the transit advocacy group Riders Alliance on Thursday details the experiences of Bronx seniors as they traverse the bus system.

New MTA Plan Proposes ‘Top-to-Bottom Transformation’ of City’s Sluggish Bus System

Jeanmarie Evelly | April 23, 2018

The MTA and NYC Transit unveiled their Bus Action Plan on Monday, an effort to transform the city’s bus network and address declining ridership numbers.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Beaucoups Bids to Block Buses Blossom

Jarrett Murphy | April 4, 2018

A slow-evolving plan to create better bus service is encountering resistance in two boroughs.

UrbaNerd: Is Your Bus Getting Crowded … or Lonely?

Jarrett Murphy | March 14, 2018

Likely because of service problems, bus ridership overall has been shrinking. But that’s more true for some lines than others, and on some bus routes, ridership is on the way up.

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Will Fixes for the NYC Bus System Arrive Faster Than NYC Buses Do?

Jarrett Murphy | March 13, 2018

The mayor has proposed expanded select bus service. The roll-out is too slow for many advocates. Meanwhile, bus drivers say increased bus-lane enforcement is necessary.

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Video: Your 2-Minute Briefing on the NYC Bus System

Marc Bussanich and Jarrett Murphy | March 9, 2018

What’s wrong with the city’s buses? What’s right with them?

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MTA’s Bus Plan Will Rethink Routes, Target Congestion

Jarrett Murphy | March 8, 2018

The authority’s chairman gave a few hints about what the forthcoming ‘bus action plan’ will look like.

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City Buses Are Slow, Unreliable and What Many Disabled & Aging NYers Rely On

Angely Mercado | March 7, 2018

Because so little of the subway system is accessible to the mobility impaired, buses play a vital role for people living with disabilities or aging New Yorkers who have trouble navigating stairs. But crowding and delays affect those riders even more than others.

The Ride

Riders Want City to Speed Up New Technology for Buses

Angely Mercado | March 6, 2018

Advocates says City Hall, the governor’s office and the MTA should look to cities across the country and in other countries for technological advances that could make buses reliable.

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