Overview
- City and state leaders released a 51‑page plan that aims to speed buses by 20% on 50 priority corridors, a change officials say could shave up to six minutes off typical trips.
- The strategy pairs street changes such as protected bus lanes and queue‑jump signals with route redesigns and a pledge to replace over 40% of the fleet.
- The MTA committed to implement all‑door boarding by 2027 to speed boarding, and the plan calls for new bus‑priority technology like transit signal priority.
- Enforcement will be expanded to protect bus lanes: the MTA will add Automated Camera Enforcement to more routes, the city will install 200 stationary bus‑lane cameras, and NYPD daily enforcement coverage will increase.
- The plan proposes five rapid bus corridors, names Flatbush Avenue as the first to be built by 2030, and includes near‑term rider upgrades—300 shelters by 2028, 875 stops with seating this year, and 90 real‑time displays now—with the goal that 90% of New Yorkers live within a half‑mile of rapid transit or rapid bus service.