Buses

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (504+ words) The shelter outside Bargain Hunters supports native grasses and other plants. New York City gave a bus shelter in Brownsville a green purpose — adding vegetation above riders that officials say could help with both heat and stormwater. The test site…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (519+ words) New York City is expanding its electric school bus fleet after a pilot project found that a simpler charging setup could cut infrastructure costs by 20%, according to Electrek. The move will add 40 electric school buses for NYC Public Schools in…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (675+ words) New York City is pretty much broke. Mayor Zohran Mamdani may be crowing about the fact that he’s balanced the city’s budget, but that’s mostly because lawmakers in Albany bailed him out. There are also looming tax increases driving people…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (658+ words) Riders can either wait to be picked up at designated stops, or request a pick-up along the bus route using a mobile app from a mini bus like this one in Freeport in 2022. Credit: Howard Schnapp Nassau and Suffolk both…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (135+ words) GrowSF Muni wants to keep buying hybrid buses through 2031 rather than switch those purchases to battery-electric models. On September 1, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board authorized requests for five annual exemptions from state purchase rules, covering 2027 through 2031. California…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (581+ words) A community board on Manhattan’s East Side wants the Mamdani and Hochul administrations to turn First and Second Avenues into bus rapid transit corridors to speed up and fortify the busy M15 bus line. “This is the busiest bus route in…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (301+ words) Local lawmakers and residents are launching a petition campaign urging the MTA to expand subway accessibility in southwest Brooklyn, where several stations remain without elevators. Assemblyman William Colton and City Councilmember Susan Zhuang, joined by Democratic District Leaders Larry He…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (606+ words) Every day, intercity bus passengers arrive and depart from curbside stops across Manhattan. In many areas, you only know it’s a bus stop because there’s a sign marking where the bus will arrive. On a pleasant spring afternoon, that may…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (333+ words) You know that the climate zealots are on their heels when even the MTA, which is controlled by the woke state government, is conceding that they cannot follow through on the ridiculous mandate that their new buses be all electric....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (168+ words) Bus Festival, an immersive experience featuring pieces of the city’s transportation history from 1918 through 2001, will take place September 19 at Brooklyn Bridge Park On Saturday, iconic pieces from New York City’s historic bus fleet will return to the road as Bus…...