Streamline bus routes for more direct trips that can get riders to their destination faster with less turning and meandering. And with Queens’ bus network seeing no significant updates over the past century to keep up with the city’s growth and evolving transit needs, redesigning the network is now a crucial step in improving access to reliable transit in Queens, where more than half of residents rely on transit every day. But no matter how many bus lanes are painted or how effectively they’re enforced, traveling by bus is only as efficient and reliable as the overall network they’re part of. Right now, buses in Queens (and across the city) are slow and unreliable, mainly because they’re stuck in traffic. The Queens bus network redesign is a part of MTA’s Fast Forward plan to improve NYC bus service that began in 2018 with a redesign of the Bronx bus network and Staten Island’s express bus network. So how did we get here? And what does this “re-redesign” mean for bus riders in Queens?
We’re excited to see how rider feedback has been integrated into the MTA’s newest network draft.
Riders Alliance has been fighting for years to update our city’s outdated bus network in order to serve the needs of today’s ridership, not the ridership of the 20th century. MTA has released an updated Queens bus network “re-redesign” draft plan today, restarting the process that’s been paused since the release of their first network draft plan in late 2019.
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