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In Eric Adams's successful campaign for the 2021 New York City mayoral election, he promised to add 150 miles (240 km) of bus lanes in New York City in four years. This was in accordance with the City Council's 2019 legislation that mandated 150 miles of bus lanes by 2024. [ 28 ]
Express bus service began along the corridor on August 2, 1971, as the Q18X, as the first New York City Transit express service between Queens and Manhattan. [39] The route was renumbered the X18 in 1976, before being renumbered to its current designation, the X68, on April 15, 1990. [40]
The Q44 is one of two Queens bus routes to operate between the two boroughs (along with the Q50). The Q44 and Q20 were originally operated by the North Shore Bus Company from the 1930s to 1947; they are now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand. In June 1999, the Q44 began limited stop service in Queens ...
The QM1, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8, QM31, QM35, and QM36 bus routes constitute a public transit line in New York City, operating express between Northeast Queens and Midtown or Downtown Manhattan. The routes operate primarily on Union Turnpike in Queens, and travel non-stop via Queens Boulevard , the Long Island Expressway , and the Midtown Tunnel or ...
The Q11, Q21, Q52, and Q53 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running along Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards in Queens, New York City.The corridor extends primarily along the length of the two boulevards through "mainland" Queens, a distance of 6 miles (9.7 km) [5]: 19 between Elmhurst and the Jamaica Bay shore in Howard Beach.
In 1909, the Manhattan and Queens Traction Company was granted a perpetual franchise by the city to build a streetcar line along Queens Boulevard towards the Queens-Nassau County border. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] On March 30, 1909, the Queensboro Bridge opened between Long Island City in Queens and Midtown Manhattan. [ 8 ]
The list of bus routes in New York City has been split by borough: List of bus routes in Manhattan; List of bus routes in Brooklyn; List of bus routes in the Bronx; List of bus routes in Queens; List of bus routes in Staten Island; There is also a list of express bus routes: List of express bus routes in New York City
[13] [14] [15]: 1 A New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (M18-15) [16] [17] replaced the 23rd Street Crosstown Line trolley. [18]: 238 The bus was taken over by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA) in 1962. [16] The route became the M26 on July 1, 1974 as part of the renumbering of bus routes in Manhattan.