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In January 2000, the MTA announced plans to reroute northbound X27, X28, and X29 to run directly via Greenwich Street and Trinity Place after exiting the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, instead of running via a 0.5 miles (0.80 km)-long loop consisting of West Street, Battery Place, Greenwich Street, and Trinity Place.
In February 1999, the MTA announced plans to implement Sunday limited-stop service on the B41, B44, and B46 due to increased ridership. The $76,000 annual increase in costs was expected to be offset by increased ridership. The change was expected to be implemented in May 1999. [121] Busiest bus route in Brooklyn; third busiest route in New York ...
The latter two routes and all express bus routes in the borough are operated by the MTA Bus Company. All depots in the division, including those under the MTA Bus Company, are represented by TWU Local 100. Although named the Bronx Division, only three are actually located in The Bronx, with the others in Inwood, Manhattan and the suburb of Yonkers.
Some MTA Bus-operated limited bus stops are light purple. Green: MTA express bus service, (pick-up only to Manhattan, drop-off only from Manhattan). B110 express service in Brooklyn (privately operated). Some stops are labelled as blue while others are labelled as green; Some MTA Bus-operated express bus stops are light green. Turquoise
The R6 originally consisted of a full-time route between Port Richmond and St. George via Jewett Avenue and a weekday shuttle in Grymes Hill, designated the S6S. Sometime between April 2, 1989 and April 15, 1990, the R112 was renamed to the S62, the R6 and S6S were relabeled to the S66 and S60, respectively, and the S61 was created.
On September 10, 1995, as part of MTA service changes, Sunday service on the Bx20 was discontinued due to low ridership. The M100 was extended on its southern end from 3rd Avenue-125th Street to 2nd Avenue-127th Street and on its northern end from Inwood-207th Street to Broadway and West 220th Street on September 7, 1997.
The X80 was started sometime in the 2000s as an express shuttle bus to Randalls Island during special events, with the M35 skipping the stop neat Icahn Stadium whenever the X80 operates. [ citation needed ] On June 28, 2015, westbound M35 buses were rerouted to serve Hell Gate Circle after running on Sunken Garden Loop.
In December 2000, the MTA announced plans to extend the span of eastbound service following weekday and Saturday service from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m., and to extend Sunday service from 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. to allow western Queens residents to use the bus to return from evening events in Manhattan.