MTA Planning | NYC Select Bus Service

Project Description

The MTA New York City Transit (NYCT), the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) are planning to introduce Select Bus Service (SBS) to New York. SBS will utilize innovative bus rapid transit elements that will improve the speed and reliability of bus service on the implemented routes.

Goals and Objectives

SBS Benefits Include:

A new high performance transit option for NYC.
Improve the speed, reliability and appeal of the bus system, city-wide.
Provide measurable benefits to current customers as well as attracting new riders and supporting growth and redevelopment.

The goals of the study are:

Identify the opportunities for SBS in NYC with the greatest potential benefits and the highest probability of successful implementation.
Move a comprehensive, cost-effective city-wide SBS demonstration program into implementation.
Improve those corridors not selected for the SBS demonstration by using techniques identified by the study.

Project Phases and Schedule

The first SBS corridor, Fordham Rd-Pelham Parkway is expected to be implemented in the summer of 2008.

Major Planning Activities Include:

Identify strategic issues relating to SBS implementation in NYC;
Based on U.S. and world-wide experience, identify the range of SBS improvements that might work well in NYC;
Identify and evaluate all candidate corridors with SBS potential in New York City;
Select the 15 corridors with the highest probability of success and potential benefit; Project Update
Develop a preliminary concept plan for each corridor tailored to the market and physical environment in that corridor;
Select the best corridors and develop more detailed plans while identifying improvements that can be implemented elsewhere.
Comprehensive Project Reassessment.
Preparation of detailed plans for Fordham Road-Pelham Parkway Corridor.
Implementation of Fordham Road-Pelham Parkway Corridor.