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New York's second-largest fleet of buses is offering free rides for the summer in Westchester County for the third consecutive year. Starting July 1, you can hop on a Bee-Line bus without having ...
From Nov. 19 through Nov. 27, and from Dec. 7 through Dec. 26, there will be no charge for riding a Bee-Line bus or using the ParaTransit service. Westchester Bee-Line bus fares free for upcoming ...
As part of a pilot program by the MTA to make five bus routes free (one in each borough), the B60, Bx18, M116, Q4, and S46/96 were selected as fare-free routes in July 2023. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] The pilot program would last six to twelve months and buses would display a "Fare Free" sign, similar to the one used on the Q70 . [ 87 ]
In February 2020, it was announced that Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus fleet would be expanding with 78 hybrid-electric 60-foot buses (all delivered by summer 2020), 106 hybrid-electric 40-foot buses and two 40-foot battery-electric buses – all built by New Flyer Industries – under a plan to have the entire transit bus fleet running on ...
[167] [168] With the addition of unlimited-ride MetroCards in 1998, the New York City Transit system was the last major transit system in the United States with the exception of BART in San Francisco to introduce passes for unlimited bus and rapid transit travel. [169] Unlimited-ride MetroCards are available for 7-day and 30-day periods. [170]
The Bee-Line Bus System, the bus system for Westchester County, operates a network of bus routes throughout Westchester County, serving destinations throughout much of the county and parts of The Bronx in New York City. Routes are sometimes identified with a "W" prefix for Westchester County (ex: W60), following the same system used by the MTA.
Intermediate public transport (IPT), also known as paratransit, encompasses a range of hired road vehicles that offer flexible passenger transportation services.Unlike traditional public transit, IPT does not operate on a fixed schedule and may vary in its adherence to set routes.
The cost of providing paratransit service is considerably higher than traditional fixed-route bus service, with Maryland's Mobility service reporting per-passenger costs of over $40 per trip in 2010. [29] Paratransit ridership growth of more than 10% per year was reported in the District of Columbia metropolitan area for 2006 through 2009.