As part of next year's financial plan, New York City Transit is hoping to make riders' lives easier. Here are details:
Bus
• Bus Rapid Transit initiative scheduled to begin with implementation along two routes.
• B83 bus route extended to Gateway Shopping Center in Brooklyn
• B61 and B77 routes extended to Ikea in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn
• Increased Staten Island express bus service on weekends, weekdays, middays and nights, in addition to the new S89 service to Bayonne beginning this fall.
Subway
• Additional rush hour, weekday off-peak and weekend service on the L Line to provide shorter waiting times and more comfortable travel conditions.
• Additional evening service on the Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 6, and additional weekend service on the No. 7.
• New R160 cars to be delivered for service on the J, Z, L, M, N and Q Lines. (We expect board approval of the first of two contract options for 620 cars)
• ADA accessibility at five stations, including South Ferry (new No. 1 Line terminal), Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike on the E and F, and 47-50th Streets/Rockefeller Center on the B, D, F and V.
• Longer hours of weekday service on the B and W, and extended service on the G to Church Avenue, Brooklyn.
