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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.
In 1978, Metro was the first large transit agency to order high-capacity articulated buses (buses with a rotating joint). [11] Today, King County Metro has one of the largest articulated fleets in North America (second only to MTA New York City Transit) and articulated buses account for about 42% of the agency's fleet.
[161] [162] [163] The depot was originally the New York headquarters and bus garage for Greyhound Lines. Ground broke on the facility on April 26, 1966. [164] It was designed by De Leuw, Cather, and Associates and built by Turner Construction. [164] It was sold to the New York City Transit Authority in 1996.
MTA Regional Bus Operations: Operator: Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority: Garage: Kingsbridge Depot: Vehicle: Nova Bus LFS Nova Bus LFS HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XE40: Began service: February 12, 1928 (Bx7) March 5, 1989 (Bx20) June 22, 1947 (M100) Route; Locale: The Bronx and Manhattan, New York, U.S. Communities served
These RTS buses have been in continuous service for the NYCTA for 38 years since August 5, 1981 when the first MTA NYCTA's GMC RTS-04 # 1201 of East New York Depot was placed into service on the B7 bus route in Brooklyn, New York. The MTA-NYCTA/MABSTOA was the largest RTS fleet operator.
MTA New York City Bus operates seven of the express routes in Brooklyn and Queens, which are prefixed with the letter X, as well as all express routes in Staten Island, which are prefixed with the letters SIM. The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system, is $7. Discount fare media is available. Except ...
When the New York Railways Corporation started converting streetcar lines to buses in 1935–36, the new replacement bus services were operated by the New York City Omnibus Corporation, [6] which had been formed in 1926 and had shared management with The Omnibus Corporation. [7] New York Railways Corporation was dissolved in 1936.
In 2008, the bus operations of New York City Transit and MTA Bus Company (as well as the now former Long Island Bus division) were merged into a new regional operation, MTA Regional Bus Operations. The New York City Bus and MTA Bus brands continue to be used on all buses, but New York City Transit (NYCT), Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit ...