The plan is an attempt to strengthen the reliability of the bus system and to speed up the service. In the new design, there are 69 routes – including nine new routes – with changes to nearly ...

Two scholars at NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management have developed a daring new plan for Brooklyn’s bus service, which they say would bring ridership to its highest peak yet and save the ...

Bus stops on local routes in Brooklyn are an average of 830 feet apart, which means buses sometimes stop every one to two blocks. Some turns would also be removed to speed up routes.

Local residents gathered outside the Park Slope Library in 2019 to demand the MTA bring back the B71 bus route. Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon has been fighting for its return since 2010.

While the possible restoration of those bus routes is good news for commuters in Brooklyn and the Bronx, riders between Manhattan and Staten Island may get the short end of the stick. The MTA may ...