See the MTA plan as well as a series of maps that summarize planned route changes. The Bus Turnaround Coalition (of which TSTC is a member) responded with a statement this morning, calling the MTA’s plan “the update and improvement commuters need to get to work and home faster and more efficiently.” Eleven routes will go to Midtown and eight will travel to downtown Manhattan, where riders can transfer to local buses or the subway. The network redesign is comprised of 19 routes that will serve nearly all existing Staten Island express bus riders. The average end-to-end route running time would be cut by about 20 minutes under the concept outlined by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Staten Islanders will have several months to comment on the proposed changes before any are implemented sometime next year.

Staten Island express buses will travel directly to and from Midtown or lower Manhattan, routes will be combined and underused stops will be eliminated as part of a drastic plan meant to improve the borough’s complex and outdated network. The article elaborates on each of the variety of proposed changes-from new and simplified routes to stop consolidation.Good news this week for Staten Island commuters: the MTA has completed its study on improving the borough’s express bus service - something Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Straphangers Campaign called for 16 years ago - and released a plan to speed up bus trips by streamlining routes and consolidating bus stops. The proposed changes will now face a second round of public engagement, conducted at community board and neighborhood meetings throughout 2017. 'Eleven routes will go to Midtown and eight will travel to downtown Manhattan, where riders can transfer to local buses or the subway.'Īccording to the article, the MTA began an evaluation of bus service on Staten Island two years ago, in July 2015, which included public engagement. 'The network redesign is comprised of 19 routes that will serve nearly all existing Staten Island express bus riders,' adds Sanders.

'The average end-to-end route running time would be cut by about 20 minutes under the concept,' according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) presentation to the editorial board of the Staten Island Advance earlier this week. 'Staten Island express buses will travel directly to and from Midtown or lower Manhattan, routes will be combined and underused stops will be eliminated,' explains Sanders of the proposed plan. Anna Sanders reports on a 'drastic plan' to overhaul express bus service on Staten Island.

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