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The last non-accessible vehicle in the MTA New York City Bus fleet, excluding routes that later became part of the MTA Bus Company, was retired in 1993. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] In 1997, the first low-floor bus in the city was tested; these buses have ramps rather than a wheelchair lift, with a significantly lower step to the curb.
The MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet is a fleet of buses in fixed-route service in New York City under the "MTA New York City Bus" (also known as New York City Transit or NYCT) and "MTA Bus" brands, both of which operate local, limited, express, and Select Bus Service routes.
RTA was created after a referendum in 1974. In 1973, CTA had instituted its first major service cuts, [6] and several suburban bus companies, including Evanston Bus Company and Glenview Bus Company had ceased operations, forcing Evanston to make arrangements with CTA and Wilmette to start a municipal service.
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
New York New York The Guardian has suggested that New York City may have been the first American city with a homeless relocation program, starting in 1987. [1] As of 2017, the New York City Department of Homeless Services was spending $500,000 annually on relocation, [1] [3] making it significantly larger than other schemes across the United ...
A corresponding bus crisis was not covered as heavily in the media, but in November 2017, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer identified several causes for the bus system's unreliability. [ 181 ] [ 182 ] The average speeds of New York City buses were found to be 7 to 8 miles per hour (11 to 13 km/h), [ 181 ] the slowest of any major bus ...
Another form of Reduced Fare OMNY cards given by a city funded program 'Fair Fares NYC' for low income and SNAP governmental assistance recipients, became available in February 2025. Full deployment to other New York City-area transit systems had been expected by 2023 but has been delayed.
In 2003, the Straphangers Campaign gave the M23 the "Pokey Award" because it ran slower than any other bus route in all of New York City, at an average speed of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h); [27] [28] it also received that distinction in 2007 when it also ran at an average of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h), slightly faster than the average walking ...