Template:Short description Template:Use mdy datesThe 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, the former of which includes Select Bus Service routes.
Description and history[]
The fleet consists of over 5,700 buses of various types and models for fixed-route service, making MTA RBO's fleet the largest public bus fleet in the United States.[1] The MTA also has over 2,000 vans and cabs for ADA paratransit service, providing service in New York City, southwestern Nassau County, and the city of Yonkers. All vehicles (except for paratransit cabs) are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.[2][3] Fixed-route buses are dispatched from 28 garages (20 New York City Bus and 8 MTA Bus) and one annex in New York City.
Several fleet improvements have been introduced over the system's history. The first large order of air conditioned buses began service in 1966.[4] "Kneeling buses" were introduced in 1976, and wheelchair lifts began appearing in 1980.[5][4][6] Also in the 1980s, stop-request cords ("bell cords") were replaced by yellow tape strips. However, buses ordered after 2008 feature cords rather than tape strips due to the latter's higher maintenance cost.[7] Articulated buses were introduced in 1996, and have since become prominent in the Bronx and Manhattan.[8][5] Low-floor buses, designed to speed boarding and alighting and improve riding conditions for elderly and disabled passengers, were first tested in 1997[9][10] and have made up most of the new non-express buses ordered since the early 2000s. Most post-2000 orders also feature stop-request buttons located on grab bars.[11] Beginning in 2016, new orders along with buses built after 2011 will be built/retrofitted with Wi-Fi connectivity and USB charging ports.
Starting in 2016, efforts to bring an audio/visual system to the current and future fleet went underway to improve customer service and ADA accessibility thru use of next stop announcements & PSAs. Though the former Long Island Bus Division (now NICE Bus) had already deployed such a system throughout its fleet since the early-2000s, the MTA had only trialed similar systems alongside GPS tracking between 2007 to 2012 on select routes in the New York City Bus system. Current plans include the installation of digital information screens installed throughout the interior of the bus which will provide real-time information such as time, weather, advertisements, & service advisories. [12] The screens are supplied by contract from 3 different vendors and are installed on new bus deliveries starting in 2017 while buses built after 2008 are currently receiving retrofits. A new livery was also introduced, replacing the blue stripe livery on a white base that had been in use in one variation or another since the late 1970s. The first of these buses entered service in mid-May 2016 on the Q10 route.[13]
Buses operating on clean or alternative fuels also make up a significant portion of the fleet, particularly since the establishment of the MTA's "Clean Fuel Bus" program in June 2000.[4] Buses running compressed natural gas (CNG) were first tested in the early 1990s,[14][15] and mass-ordered beginning in 1999.[4][14] Hybrid-electric buses, operating with a combination of diesel and electric power, were introduced in September 1998 with the OBI Orion VI,[4][16][17] and mass-ordered beginning in 2002 with the OBI Orion VII.[5][16] These hybrid buses proved to be useful, at least the 2006-2007 Orion VII models.[18] Within the current fleet are over 1,600 diesel-electric buses and over 700 buses powered by compressed natural gas, which make up over half of the total fleet.[1][19][20] This is the largest fleet of either kind in the United States.[20][21]
In 2017, the MTA ordered a test fleet of ten forty-foot battery-electric buses, five from New Flyer and five from Proterra, the XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE and Catalyst BE40 models respectively. These were all leases, which expired in 2021. In 2019, the MTA ordered their first battery-electric sixty-foot articulated buses, with an order of fifteen XE60 Xcelsior CHARGE buses from New Flyer, deployed on Manhattan Select Bus Service routes. In April 2021, the agency placed an RFP for forty-five new forty-foot battery-electric buses.
Later in 2021, the MTA awarded New Flyer the contract for the electric bus order, set to arrive in late 2022 and 2023. 15 more buses were added to the originally 45 bus contract, making 60 buses for MTA NYCT.
Fixed-route fleet details[]
A roster of the fleet is shown below. Not included below are buses and vans not open to the general public (Access-A-Ride vans, taxicabs, and employee shuttle buses), retired buses, or demonstration buses. This list also does not include buses formerly operated by MTA Long Island Bus (now Nassau Inter-County Express) that are now operated under contract to Nassau County by Transdev.
Local, limited, & Select Bus Service vehicles[]
All buses listed below have semi-low floors.
Image | Builder and
model name |
Model year | Length | Numbers
(total) |
Amount active | Energy source | Operator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
File:Kew Gdns Union Tpke td (2018-07-07) 10.jpg | Orion Bus IndustriesOrion VII 07.501 HEVOriginal Generation | 2006-2007 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 3500–3783
6690–6905(500 buses) |
282
retiring |
Diesel-electric hybrid | MTA Bus & NYCT |
M55 3824 | Orion Bus IndustriesOrion VII 07.501 HEV
Next Generation |
2008 | 3800–3959
(160 buses) |
156 | |||
Bx10 4348 | 2009-2010 | 3960–4278
4330–4702(692 buses) |
665 | ||||
Bx15 1210 | Nova BusLFS-A TL62102A1st Generationarticulated | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 1200–1289
(90 buses) |
88 | Diesel | NYCT | |
Q27 8056 | Nova BusLFS TL40102A3rd Generation | 2011 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 8000–8089
(90 buses) |
89 | ||
File:4th Av 87th St Bklyn td (2018-09-19) 01.jpg | Orion Bus IndustriesOrion VII 07.501EPA103rd Generation | 7000–7089
(90 buses) |
83 | ||||
B83 4823 | New FlyerXD40 Xcelsior | 4810–4899
(90 buses) |
90 | ||||
B16 455 | New FlyerC40LF Low Floor | 2011-2013 | 185–672
(488 buses) |
488 | CNG | MTA Bus & NYCT | |
Bx19 5956 | Nova BusLFS-A TL62102A1st Generation
articulated |
Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 5252–5298
5300–5363 5770–5986 (328 buses) |
328 | Diesel | NYCT | |
File:XD60 on B38 .jpg | New FlyerXD60 Xcelsiorarticulated | 2012-2013 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 4710–4799
(90 buses) |
89 | ||
B26 7293 | New FlyerXD40 Xcelsior | 2014-2015 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 7090–7483
(394 buses) |
393 | MTA Bus & NYCT | |
S89 Limited 8310 | Nova BusLFS TL40102A
4th Generation |
2015-2016 | 8090–8503
(414 buses) |
413 | NYCT | ||
Q111 5416 | New FlyerXD60 Xcelsior
articulated |
Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 5364–5438
(75 buses) |
75 | MTA Bus | ||
M14 6105File:2017 New Flyer XD60 5990 on the Q44-SBS.jpg | 2016-2017 | 5987–6125
(139 buses) |
139 | MTA Bus & NYCT | |||
B16 758 | New FlyerXN40 Xcelsior | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 673–810
(138 buses) |
137 | CNG | NYCT | |
Bx1 5439File:23rd St 9th 10th Avs Mid td (2018-11-27) 01.jpg | Nova BusLFS-A TL62102A
2nd Generation articulated |
2016-2019 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 5439–5602
(164 buses) |
164 | Diesel | |
B35 1103File:161st St River Av td (2019-01-24) 92.jpg | New FlyerXN60 Xcelsiorarticulated | 2017-2018 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 1000–1109
(110 buses) |
109 | CNG | |
File:4th Av 87th St Bklyn td (2019-07-10) 04a.jpg | New FlyerXD40 Xcelsior | 2017-2019 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 7484–7850
(367 buses) |
366 | Diesel | |
B13 9501 | New FlyerXDE40 Xcelsior | 2018 | 9500–9509
(10 buses) |
10 | Diesel-electric hybrid | ||
Q46 8529 | Nova BusLFS TL40102A
4th Generation |
2018-2019 | 8504–8754
(251 buses) |
251 | Diesel | ||
Q53 SBS 6234File:Kings Hwy Nostrand Av td (2019-08-25) 02.jpg | New FlyerXD60 Xcelsior
articulated |
2018-2020 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 6126–6286
(161 buses) |
161 | MTA Bus & NYCT | |
File:MTA NYC Bus M14A-SBS Bus.jpg | New FlyerXE60 Xcelsior CHARGEarticulated | 2019 | 4950–4964
(15 buses)[22] |
15 | Battery electric | NYCT | |
File:9806 M4.jpg | Nova BusLFS HEV TL40102A4th Generation | 2021-2022 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 9620–9910
(291 buses) |
126
under delivery |
Diesel-electric hybrid | |
File:9510 xde40.jpg | New FlyerXDE40 Xcelsior | 9416–9499, 9510–9619
(204 buses) |
95
under delivery | ||||
File:Lfs 8755.jpg | Nova BusLFS TL40102A4th Generation | 8755–8963
(209 buses) |
1
testing in progress |
Diesel |
Express bus fleet[]
All express buses are diesel-powered, Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) long commuter coaches. All buses are high-floored.[23]
Image | Builder and
model name |
Model year | Numbers
(total) |
Amount active | Operator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
File:Cross Bay Bl 133rd Av td 01.jpg | Motor Coach IndustriesD4500CL | 2004-2007 | 3000–3474
4300–4329(505 buses) |
422
retiring |
MTA Bus & NYCT |
File:N Conduit Av 88th St td 09.jpg | Motor Coach IndustriesD4500CT | 2008 | 2210–2250
(41 buses) |
30
retiring | |
File:State St Battery Pl td (2018-08-23) 16.jpg | PrévostX3-45 Commuter1st Generation | 2011 | 2400–2489
(90 buses) |
90 | NYCT |
File:Kew Gdns Union Tpke td (2018-06-20) 28.jpg | Motor Coach IndustriesD4500CT | 2013 | 2251–2304
(54 buses) |
53 | |
File:Bowling Green td (2018-08-23) 07.jpg | PrévostX3-45 Commuter
1st Generation |
2014-2016 | 2490–2789
(300 buses) |
298 | |
File:Main St Union Tpke td (2021-03-01) 35.jpg | PrévostX3-45 Commuter
2nd Generation |
2021-2022 | 1300–1629
(330 buses) |
156
under delivery |
MTA Bus & NYCT |
Future bus fleet[]
Builder and model name | Model year | Length | Numbers
(total) |
Energy source | Operator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova BusLFS | 2023 | Expression error: Unrecognized word "m". ft (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. {{{4}}}) | 8964–9098
(135 buses) |
Diesel | MTA Bus |
New FlyerXE40 Xcelsior CHARGE | 2022-2023 | TBA
(60 buses) |
Battery electric | NYCT | |
TBA
(375 buses) | |||||
TBATBA | 2025-2026 | TBA
(60 buses) |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MTA Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting: January 2016. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (January 2016).
- ↑ MTA New York City Transit (NYCT).
- ↑ MTA Bus Company (MTABUS).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 New York City Transit - History and Chronology. Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (December 1, 2010) The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6.
- ↑ New York City Transit Facts & Figures: 1979. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority (1979).
- ↑ Sulzberger, A.J.. "The Return of the Bus Bell Cord", The New York Times, May 12, 2009.
- ↑ NEW BUS A REAL STRRRETCH (October 3, 1996).
- ↑ Rolland D. King (January 1, 1998). New Designs and Operating Experiences with Low-floor Buses. Transportation Research Board. ISBN 978-0-309-06308-1.
- ↑ Kornblut, Anne E. (January 20, 1997). REDESIGNED BUS MAY AID DISABLED.
- ↑ [1] "How to Ride the Bus" mta.info
- ↑ Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source | Newsday.
- ↑ "2,042 New Buses to Have Free Wi-Fi and USB Charging Ports by 2020", Metropolitan Transportation Authority, March 8, 2016.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Template:Cite journal
- ↑ Pierre-Pierre, Garry (January 16, 1996). Buses Using Natural Gas Do Well in Pilot Program.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Press Release (November 29, 2005). Orion Hybrid/Electric Buses Are Key To Cleaner Air And Improved Economy. Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
- ↑ Wald, Matthew L. (February 8, 1999). Hybrid Bus Is Environmentally Friendly.
- ↑ New York’s hybrid buses prove their worth (en-US) (2008-02-07).
- ↑ Young, Angelo (July 1, 2013). New York City Scrapping Nearly A Fourth Of Its Hybrid Bus Engines For 100% Diesel Bus Engines. International Business Times.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Transit & Bus Committee Meeting 49–50. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (April 23, 2018).
- ↑ Press Release (September 5, 2008). MTA NYC Transit Introduces New Generation Hybrid Electric Bus Into Staten Island Service. Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
- ↑ MTA Deploys First All-Electric Bus Fleet to 14th Street Busway.
- ↑ Aber, Judah (May 2016). Electric Bus Analysis for New York City Transit.
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