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Select Bus Service

Select Bus Service
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New York City Transit NovaBus LFS 1254 M15 SBS.JPG
An M15 Select Bus Service bus operates through the Lower East Side, bound for South Ferry.
Founded 2008
Locale New York City, New York, United States
Service type Bus rapid transit
Routes
  • 13 bus routes
  • 12 corridors
  • (4 proposed)
Destinations B44: WilliamsburgSheepshead Bay
B46: Bedford-StuyvesantKings Plaza
Bx12: InwoodBay Plaza
Bx41: The HubWilliamsbridge
M15: East HarlemSouth Ferry
M23: Chelsea PiersEast Side
M34: West SideEast Side
M34A: P. A. Bus Term.Waterside Plaza
M60: Upper West SideLaGuardia Airport
M86: Upper West SideYorkville
Q44: Bronx ZooJamaica
Q70: WoodsideLaGuardia Airport
S79: Staten Island MallBay Ridge
Stations 163
Fleet

S79: Daimler Orion VII
B46 & Q70: New Flyer XD40

Q44: New Flyer XD60 and Nova Bus LFS Artic
All other routes: Nova Bus LFS Artic
Operator MTA New York City Bus & MTA Bus
Website Official website

Route map: Bing / Google

S79: Daimler Orion VII
B46 & Q70: New Flyer XD40

Select Bus Service (SBS; stylized on the buses as +selectbusservice) is a brand used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's MTA Regional Bus Operations for bus rapid transit service in New York City. SBS began service in 2008 in order to improve speed and reliability on long, busy corridors. SBS routes use vehicle-segregated, camera-enforced bus lanes; sidewalk extensions for bus stops; relatively large distances between stops; vehicular turn restrictions along corridors; and next-bus travel information screens. The first route was the Bx12 along Fordham Road and the Pelham Parkway; as of November 2016, thirteen SBS routes run along twelve corridors. Several more corridors are proposed for Select Bus Service, with four routes planned for implementation in spring 2017.

In 2002, Schaller Consulting conducted a study on potential bus rapid transit services in New York City. In 2004, the MTA in conjunction with the New York City Department of Transportation and New York State Department of Transportation, performed an initial study on bus rapid transit, with 80 corridors studied citywide. In late 2004, the MTA identified five corridors for implementation of bus rapid transit, one in each of the five boroughs: the Fordham Road/Pelham Parkway corridor in the Bronx, First Avenue and Second Avenue in Manhattan, Merrick Boulevard in Queens, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, and Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island. Four bus priority corridors were also identified for implementation or expansion (three in Manhattan, one in the Bronx): Madison Avenue (expansion), Fifth Avenue, 34th Street, and Webster Avenue. The Merrick Boulevard corridor was eventually scrapped because of community opposition related to loss of parking.


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