Comptroller Stringer Statement on MTA Bus Action Plan

“The bus action plan released today by the MTA is a clear step in the right direction that seeks to tackle the challenges we highlighted in our report last fall – and that’s welcome news for riders. In our analysis of the bus system, we called for a top-to-bottom review of the bus network, to better connect working people to new and emerging job centers in all five boroughs and advocated for more off-peak service to help the growing share of New Yorkers who don’t work 9-to-5, but are now left in the dark by a bus system that all but shuts down at night.

“We’ve urged the MTA to work more closely with the DOT to implement Transit Signal Priority, and unleash the innovative technologies of the future that will keep New Yorkers moving. And from better bus maps to more bus shelters, to improving bus lane enforcement and creating a real and rapid bus transit system, we’ve urged common sense steps to turn our bus system around.

“I want to thank Joe Lhota and Andy Byford for releasing this comprehensive plan and for considering the recommendations put forward by our office and advocates. Overhauling our bus system is an economic and social imperative that is absolutely critical to our future. The plan announced today by the MTA is encouraging and offers hope for real progress. New York is a world class city, and it is time we have a world class bus system to go with it.”

To read Comptroller Stringer’s report from last fall, The Other Transit Crisis, click here.

To read Comptroller Stringer’s profiles of each New York City bus route, click here.

To read Comptroller Stringers report on Select Bus Service, click here.

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