{"history":[],"article":{"id":"ecf4ff02-d54e-4c7b-b8c5-19b413c6eb6e","title":"Select Bus Service","slug":"select-bus-service","content":":::summary\n![Select Bus Service](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/6098///M60.jpg)\n**Name:** Select Bus Service \n**Logo Size:** 200 \n**Image Size:** 300px \n**Image Caption:** An [M60 Select Bus Service](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-new-york-city-bus) bus operates through [Morningside Heights](https://bliptext.com/articles/morningside-heights), bound for [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport). \n**Founded:** 2008 \n**Locale:** [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city) \n**Service Type:** [Limited-stop](https://bliptext.com/articles/limited-stop), with some [bus rapid transit](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-rapid-transit) features \n**Routes:** 20 routes, 17 corridors · (20 proposed routes) \n**Destinations:** Bronx (3 routes) · [Bx6](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx6-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Washington Hts.](https://bliptext.com/articles/washington-heights-manhattan) – [Hunts Pt.](https://bliptext.com/articles/hunts-point-bronx) · [Bx12](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx12-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Inwood](https://bliptext.com/articles/inwood-manhattan) – [Bay Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/bay-plaza) · [Bx41](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx41-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [The Hub](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-hub-bronx) – [Williamsbridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/williamsbridge-bronx) · Brooklyn (3 routes) · [B44](https://bliptext.com/articles/b44-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Williamsburg](https://bliptext.com/articles/williamsburg-brooklyn) – [Sheepshead Bay](https://bliptext.com/articles/sheepshead-bay-brooklyn) · [B46](https://bliptext.com/articles/b46-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Bedford-Stuyvesant](https://bliptext.com/articles/bedford-stuyvesant-brooklyn) – [Kings Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/kings-plaza) · [B82](https://bliptext.com/articles/b82-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Spring Creek](https://bliptext.com/articles/spring-creek-brooklyn) – [Bath Beach](https://bliptext.com/articles/bath-beach-brooklyn) · Manhattan (9 routes) · [M14A](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Abingdon Sq](https://bliptext.com/articles/abingdon-square-park) – [Lower East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-east-side) · [M14D](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Chelsea Piers](https://bliptext.com/articles/chelsea-piers) – [Lower East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-east-side) · [M15](https://bliptext.com/articles/m15-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [East Harlem](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-harlem) – [South Ferry](https://bliptext.com/articles/south-ferry-manhattan) · [M23](https://bliptext.com/articles/m23-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Chelsea Piers](https://bliptext.com/articles/chelsea-piers) – [East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan) · [M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Javits Center](https://bliptext.com/articles/javits-center) – [East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan) · [M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-sbs-new-york-city-bus)A: [PABT](https://bliptext.com/articles/port-authority-bus-terminal) – [Waterside Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/waterside-plaza) · [M60](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [UWS](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) – [LGA Airpt.](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) · [M79](https://bliptext.com/articles/m79-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [UWS](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) – [UES](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-east-side) · [M86](https://bliptext.com/articles/m86-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [UWS](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) – [Yorkville](https://bliptext.com/articles/yorkville-manhattan) · Queens (4 routes) · [Q44](https://bliptext.com/articles/q44-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Bronx Zoo](https://bliptext.com/articles/bronx-zoo) – [Jamaica](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-queens) · [Q52](https://bliptext.com/articles/q52-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Elmhurst](https://bliptext.com/articles/elmhurst-queens) – [Arverne](https://bliptext.com/articles/arverne-queens) · [Q53](https://bliptext.com/articles/q53-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Woodside](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens) – [Rockaway Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/rockaway-park-queens) · [Q70](https://bliptext.com/articles/q70-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Woodside](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens) – [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) · Staten Island (1 route) · [S79](https://bliptext.com/articles/s79-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Staten Island Mall](https://bliptext.com/articles/staten-island-mall) – [Bay Ridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/bay-ridge-brooklyn) \n**Stations:** 261 \n**Fleet:** [New Flyer Xcelsior XD40/XD60/XN60](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-xcelsior) · [New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE XE60](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-xcelsior) · [Nova Bus LFS (4th Generation)/LFS Artic (2nd Generation)](https://bliptext.com/articles/nova-bus-lfs) \n**Operator:** [MTA Bus & MTA New York City Bus](https://bliptext.com/articles/mta-regional-bus-operations) \n**Website:** [MTA website](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)*[DOT website](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n:::\n\n# \n**Select Bus Service** (**SBS**; stylized as **+** select **bus**service) is a service provided by the [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://bliptext.com/articles/metropolitan-transportation-authority) (MTA)'s [Regional Bus Operations](https://bliptext.com/articles/mta-regional-bus-operations) for [limited-stop](https://bliptext.com/articles/limited-stop) **bus** routes with some **bus** rapid transit features in [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city).\nThe first SBS route was implemented in 2008 to improve speed and reliability on long, busy corridors.\nSBS routes use vehicle-segregated, camera-enforced [bus lanes](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-lanes-in-new-york-city); sidewalk extensions for bus stops; relatively long distances between stops; vehicular turn restrictions along corridors; and next-bus travel information screens.\nThe first route was the [Bx12](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx12-new-york-city-bus) along [Fordham Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-road) and the [Pelham Parkway](https://bliptext.com/articles/pelham-parkway-road);, the system has expanded to twenty SBS routes along seventeen corridors.\nTwenty more routes are proposed through 2027.\nIn summer 2018, the MTA announced that it was considering delaying the implementation of SBS routes outside Manhattan until 2021 because of the city's upcoming bus-network redesign.\n\n# History\nIn 2002, Schaller Consulting conducted a study on potential bus rapid transit services in New York City.\nIn 2004, the MTA in conjunction with the [New York City Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-department-of-transportation) and [New York State Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-state-department-of-transportation), performed an initial study on bus rapid transit, with 80 corridors studied citywide.\nIn late 2004, the MTA identified five corridors for implementation of bus rapid transit, one in each of the five boroughs: the [Fordham Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-road)/[Pelham Parkway](https://bliptext.com/articles/pelham-parkway-road) corridor in [the Bronx](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-bronx), [First Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-avenue-manhattan) and [Second Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-avenue-manhattan) in [Manhattan](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan), [Merrick Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/merrick-boulevard) in [Queens](https://bliptext.com/articles/queens), [Nostrand Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/nostrand-avenue) in [Brooklyn](https://bliptext.com/articles/brooklyn), and [Hylan Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/hylan-boulevard) in [Staten Island](https://bliptext.com/articles/staten-island).\nFour [bus priority](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-priority) corridors were identified for implementation or expansion (three in [Manhattan](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan), one in [the Bronx](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-bronx)): [Madison Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/madison-avenue) (expansion), [Fifth Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/fifth-avenue), [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan), and [Webster Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/webster-avenue).\nThe [Merrick Boulevard corridor](https://bliptext.com/articles/merrick-boulevard-buses) was eventually scrapped because of community opposition related to loss of parking.\nThe corridor is being considered again as part of the Bus Forward study in 2017.\nThe Select Bus Service program was unveiled to the public in March 2008.\nAt the time of the announcement, the MTA and then-Mayor [Michael Bloomberg](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-bloomberg) had stated that implementation on other corridors was contingent on the passage of [congestion pricing](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-congestion-pricing), which ultimately did not make it for a vote in the legislature.\nKey features of bus rapid transit include dedicated lanes, alignment of lanes to reduce conflicts with other vehicles, frequent service, off-vehicle fare collection, sheltered stations, [platform-level boarding](https://bliptext.com/articles/high-level-platform), and [intelligent transportation systems](https://bliptext.com/articles/intelligent-transportation-systems) (ITS) features such as [transit signal priority](https://bliptext.com/articles/transit-signal-priority).\nA 2011 study by the [Institute for Transportation and Development Policy](https://bliptext.com/articles/institute-for-transportation-and-development-policy) (ITDP) determined that the SBS system was best classified as \"Not BRT\" because it lacked many of these [BRT Standard](https://bliptext.com/articles/brt-standard) features.\n\n## Corridors\nThe first Select Bus Service corridor, on the [Bx12](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx12-new-york-city-bus) along [207th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/207th-street-manhattan), [Fordham Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-road), and [Pelham Parkway](https://bliptext.com/articles/pelham-parkway-road), was placed into service on June 29, 2008.\nThe next line, the [M15](https://bliptext.com/articles/m15-new-york-city-bus), saw Select Service begin on October 10, 2010 after the delivery of new low-floor buses.\nThe [M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-new-york-city-bus)/[M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-new-york-city-bus)A line was started on November 13, 2011.\nInitially, a [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan) busway was planned that would require eliminating [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan) as a through street, but it was dropped in favor of the standard SBS model.\nThe [B44](https://bliptext.com/articles/b44-new-york-city-bus) Rogers/[Bedford](https://bliptext.com/articles/bedford-avenue)/[Nostrand Avenues](https://bliptext.com/articles/nostrand-avenue) bus route, the fifth Select Bus Service corridor in the city, was implemented on November 17, 2013 after the arrival of new fare machines.\nThe [S79](https://bliptext.com/articles/s79-new-york-city-bus) [Hylan Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/hylan-boulevard)/[Richmond Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/richmond-avenue) route, initially slated to be converted to SBS in 2013, was moved up to September 2, 2012; the local equivalents of the [S79](https://bliptext.com/articles/s79-new-york-city-bus) route are the S78 and S59 buses.\nA sixth corridor, the second for the Bronx, began service on the [Bx41](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx41-new-york-city-bus) [Webster Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/webster-avenue) route on June 30, 2013; this route was the first \"Phase II\" SBS route to begin service (the existing corridors plus the B44 comprise Phase I).\nAnother Select Bus Service route on Webster Avenue, which will be extended to run between [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) and [Fordham Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-plaza-bronx) alongside the local Bx41 route, is proposed for later implementation.\nA seventh corridor, and the third for Manhattan, the [M60](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-new-york-city-bus) [125th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/125th-street-manhattan)–[Triborough Bridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/triborough-bridge)–[Astoria Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/astoria-boulevard) bus route to LaGuardia Airport, was converted to SBS on May 25, 2014; local service was replaced by other routes running alongside the route of the [M60](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-new-york-city-bus) (the [M100](https://bliptext.com/articles/m100-new-york-city-bus), [M101](https://bliptext.com/articles/m101-new-york-city-bus), [Bx15](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx15-new-york-city-bus), and [Q19](https://bliptext.com/articles/q19-new-york-city-bus)).\nAn eighth Select Bus Service route was planned in the 2014–2017 Financial Plan.\nThe eighth Select Bus Service corridor (ninth route overall), and the fourth in Manhattan, was for the [M86](https://bliptext.com/articles/m86-new-york-city-bus) running on [86th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/86th-street-manhattan), which was originally scheduled to start running on June 28, 2015, but pushed back to July 13, 2015; it did not include a major change in stops.\nThe ninth corridor, and the second for Brooklyn, is the [B46](https://bliptext.com/articles/b46-new-york-city-bus) on [Utica Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/utica-avenue).\nWhen implemented, the local and Select Bus Service route of the B46 changed northern terminals to improve reliability.\nOriginally planned for implementation in fall 2015, it was instituted on July 3, 2016.\nThe tenth corridor, and the first for Queens, is the [Q44](https://bliptext.com/articles/q44-new-york-city-bus) limited bus route running on East 177th Street (the [Cross Bronx Expressway](https://bliptext.com/articles/cross-bronx-expressway) service road) and [Main Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/main-street-queens), which began on November 29, 2015.\nSelected stops in the Bronx were combined into much busier stops for faster service, and some stops in Queens have been replaced by the [Q20A/B](https://bliptext.com/articles/q20a-b-new-york-city-bus) local routes.\nAs both the Q20 branches do not enter the Bronx and the Q44 ran local late nights only, the Q44 gained 24/7 SBS service between the [Bronx Zoo](https://bliptext.com/articles/bronx-zoo) and [Jamaica](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-queens).\nThe Q20A replaced the Q44 local in Queens late nights.\nIn September 2016, the eleventh corridor (twelfth route overall) and the second for Queens, the [Q70](https://bliptext.com/articles/q70-new-york-city-bus), was rebranded as the \"LaGuardia Link\" and became a SBS route.\nAs opposed to other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and airplanes in order to encourage more people to use public transportation when using the airport.\nThis marked MTA Bus's first SBS route, as well as the second for Queens and the eleventh overall.\nThe [M23](https://bliptext.com/articles/m23-new-york-city-bus), the twelfth corridor (thirteenth route) and the fifth in Manhattan, became a Select Bus Service route on November 6, 2016 with dedicated [bus lanes](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-lanes-in-new-york-city) and countdown clocks at some stops, replacing [M23](https://bliptext.com/articles/m23-new-york-city-bus) local service at the cost of $1.7 million.\nThe [M79](https://bliptext.com/articles/m79-new-york-city-bus) became an SBS route in May 2017, with the installation of bus lanes along its route.\nThe Bx6, after the completion of bus lanes and widened sidewalks, became an SBS route in September 2017.\nIt supplements the local service by stopping at high ridership stops.\nThis is the third route for the Bronx.\nSelect Bus Service along [Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodhaven-and-cross-bay-boulevards) was implemented on the [Q52](https://bliptext.com/articles/q52-new-york-city-bus) and [Q53](https://bliptext.com/articles/q53-new-york-city-bus) routes in November 2017.\nSelect Bus Service along Kings Highway was implemented on the B82, which replaced the former Limited-Stop route, on October 1, 2018.\nThe city subsequently announced that following the implementation of the B82 SBS, it would halt the implementation of Select Bus Service in the outer boroughs until 2021 as a result of budget cuts, and an upcoming redesign of the city's bus network.\nA temporary [M14 Select Bus Service](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus) route was proposed for implementation in early 2019, in preparation for the [14th Street Tunnel shutdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-tunnel-shutdown).\nThis route would have run between Tenth Avenue and Stuyvesant Cove Ferry, with local service on the M14A and M14D.\nFive additional temporary routes would have been implemented for the shutdown in April 2019.\nHowever, on January 3, 2019, the shutdown plan was altered by Governor [Andrew Cuomo](https://bliptext.com/articles/andrew-cuomo) and the proposed SBS routes were put on hold.\nIn February 2019, the MTA announced plans to implement SBS on the M14A and M14D, and has since been implemented on July 1, 2019.\nAll current SBS corridors are enforced by cameras restricting non-buses in these lanes on weekdays where the bus lane is curbside, with the bus lanes marked by red paint.\nWhere the bus lane is an offset lane (that is, one lane away from the curb), non-bus traffic is restricted at all times except for emergencies.\n# [The Bx12 Select Bus Service in 2008, the first SBS route in New York City. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Bx12///5740///NF-D60HF///at///Fordham///Plaza.JPG]\n\n# Current routes\nCurrently, SBS operates twenty different bus lines on seventeen different corridors.\nBy order of implementation, SBS was placed on the Bx12, M15, M34, M34A, S79, Bx41, B44, M60, M86, Q44, B46, Q70, M23, M79, Bx6, Q52, Q53, B82, M14A, and M14D routes.\nSBS replaced nearly-identical limited-stop service on the Bx12, M15, Bx41, B44, Q44, B46, Q70, Q52, Q53, and B82 where corresponding local bus service still operates (except on the Q44, whose nighttime local variant was eliminated and replaced with the full-time SBS route, and the Q70, which had no local equivalent before the conversion).\nThe Bx6 SBS was split from the Bx6 local, which had no limited-stop variant prior to SBS implementation on that route.\nThe B46 SBS omitted the Broadway section of the LTD route, while the B82 SBS did not replace service along the original B82 LTD portion between Bay 37th St and Coney Island.\nFor the other routes, all service was converted from local to SBS, and numerous local stops were combined or omitted.\nThe Bx12, M15, M34, M34A, S79, Bx41, B44, B46, Bx6, and Q52 routes run the whole day, while the M60, M86, Q44, Q70, M23, M79, Q53, M14A, and M14D routes run at all times.\nThe B82 is the first and only SBS line to not run on late nights and weekends.\n\n## Bx12\nThe **Bx12 Limited** was the first route to be converted into a Select Bus Service line, the **Bx12 SBS**.\nIt was placed into service in June 2008 replacing limited stop service with SBS on this line.\nBoth Bx12 Select Bus Service and Bx12 local are based out of the [Gun Hill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/gun-hill-bus-depot).\nDuring late nights, the corridor is served by the Bx12 local service, which operates 24/7.\n

\n# [A bus on the Bx12 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/MTA///New///York///City///Bus///Nova///Bus///LFSA///SBS///Bx12///%40///Bartow///Plaza.jpg]\n# [A geographically correct map of the Bx12 Select Bus Service route, showing all stations and connections. The route is in light blue. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Bx12///Map.png]\n\n## M15\nThe **M15 Limited** became the **M15 SBS** on October 10, 2010, which replaced limited stop service with SBS on this line.\nUnlike the former Limited, the M15 SBS makes limited stops south of Houston St, and only runs between 126 Street and South Ferry.\nSt Mark's Place and East 72nd Street were also eliminated.\nOriginally based out of the [126th Street Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/126th-street-bus-depot), since January 2015, M15 Select Bus Service is based out of the [Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/mother-clara-hale-bus-depot), while the M15 local is based out of the [Tuskegee Airmen Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/tuskegee-airmen-bus-depot).\n

\n# [248x248px | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/LFS1284///at///South///Ferry.jpg]\n# [A geographically correct map of the M15 Select Bus Service, showing all stations and connections. The route is shown in turquoise. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/M15-SBS-Map.png]\n\n## M34 and M34A\nThe **M34 SBS** and **M34A SBS** routes began in November 2011.\nThese are considered by the MTA as two SBS services, the **M34** 34th Street Crosstown and the former **M16** route, which was renamed the **M34**A; the routes share a single corridor.\nOriginally, a provision of this corridor was planned to create a special \"Busway\" which would have seen both the M34 and M34A SBS lines run along 34th Street in a special two-lane corridor with vehicular traffic traveling in only one direction (westbound after 6th Avenue/Broadway; eastbound after 5th Avenue).\nThis was eventually scrapped and replaced with curbside and offset bus lanes along 34th Street with bus bulbs at selected bus stops.\nThe stops are listed below from west to east.\nAlternate **M34 SBS** trips began originating/terminating at Waterside Plaza with the **M34A SBS** in September 2017.\nThis service used non-articulated Orion 7 hybrid-electric buses between November 2011 and early April 2013, when they were replaced by the articulated buses found on the majority of the other SBS routes.\nThe M34 and M34A are both based in the [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot).

\n# [A bus on the M34A SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/34th///St///5th///6th///Avs///Mid///18.jpg]\n\n## S79\nThe **S79 SBS** route began in September 2012.\nWhile the routing was left mostly intact, the S79 had all local service eliminated and replaced by local service on the S59 route along Richmond Avenue and the S78 route along Hylan Boulevard.\nThe route was straightened through New Springville to bypass the [Yukon Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/yukon-bus-depot).\nThis route uses rigid 40-foot Nova LFS diesel buses, and is the only SBS line that does not utilize off-board fare collection.\nIt is one of two SBS lines in the 5 boroughs that did not use 60-foot articulated buses, along with the B82 SBS, as well as the only SBS line to not have blue destination signs until July 2017.\nRiders must pay the fare on board, as they do on local, limited-stop, and express buses.\nThe S79 Select Bus Service is based out of the Yukon Bus Depot.\nNorthbound is towards Brooklyn and southbound is towards Staten Island.\nThe S79 SBS is 14.8 mi long.\n

\n# [A Bay Ridge-bound S79 SBS bus at the Eltingville Transit Center. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/8585///S79-SBS.jpg]\n\n## Bx41\nThe **Bx41 Limited**, running along [Webster Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/webster-avenue) and Melrose Avenue in the Bronx, was the first route to be converted into a Phase II Select Bus Service line.\nThe **Bx41 SBS** began service in June 2013.\nThe stops are nearly identical to the limited service it replaced, and service was expanded from peak hours to seven days a week.\nThe stops are listed from south to north below.\nBoth the Bx41 local & SBS were originally based out of the [Kingsbridge Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingsbridge-depot).\nIn January 2017, both routes were moved to the [Gun Hill Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/gun-hill-depot) to ease the pressure and relieve the severe overcrowding at the Kingsbridge Bus Depot.

\n# [A bus on the Bx41 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/MTA///The///Hub///E///148///St///3rd///Av.jpg]\n\n## B44\nThe **B44 SBS** route began in November 2013, replacing the **B44 Limited** service with Select Bus Service.\nInitially planned for the end of 2011, then later the summer of 2012, the start date was pushed to November 2013 as the buses for the service did not arrive until early 2013.\nUnlike other SBS routes, this service involved a significant change in route, and approximately 20 limited stops were eliminated.\nThe elimination of the Avenue L stop, located adjacent to a school, from the SBS route, was controversial, with local elected representatives and community members starting a petition and calling for its restoration.\nIn February 2014, just under three months since its launch, the MTA conceded to community pressure and added Avenue L and Gates Avenue to the SBS route.\nThis bus is based out of the [Flatbush Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/flatbush-bus-depot).\nStops are listed from south to north.

\n# [A bus on the B44 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Nostrand///Av///Marine///Pkwy///td///%282019-01-16%29///05a.jpg]\n# [A map showing the B44 SBS (in light blue) with rail connections. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/B44-Select-Bus-Service.png]\n\n## M60\nThe **M60** operates between the [Upper West Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) of Manhattan and [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport), providing crosstown service along [125th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/125th-street-manhattan) in Harlem.\nSelect Bus Service was originally scheduled to begin in mid or late 2013, but was pushed to May 2014 due to community opposition, citing loss of available parking spaces along 125th Street in Manhattan.\nDue to its status as an airport connector, buses on the route are equipped with luggage racks.\nThe M60 was based out of [126th Street Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/126th-street-depot) upon implementation as a Select Bus Service route.\nIn January 2015, the M60 moved to the [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot), where most Manhattan crosstown routes are based out of, due to the closing of the 126th Street Depot.\nOn April 2, 2023, it was once again moved, this time to [Mother Clara Hale Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/mother-clara-hale-depot), due to roof construction at Michael J. Quill Bus Depot.\nThe stops are listed below, west to east.\nStops at the eastern end of the route, within [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport), are marked \"Airport Stop\".\n

\n# [An M60 bus in Morningside Heights in 2020. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/6098///M60.jpg]\n\n## M86\nThe **M86** bus, running crosstown along [86th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/86th-street-manhattan) in Manhattan, was identified as a potential bus rapid transit corridor in 2009.\nThe **M86 SBS** route debuted in July 2015.\nIt was the fourth corridor in Manhattan and the fifth Manhattan bus line to have Select Bus Service.\nThe M86 SBS was based out of the [Tuskegee Airmen Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/tuskegee-airmen-depot), but was switched to the [Michael J. Quill Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-depot) in January 2018.\n

\n# [An M86 SBS during the debut of SBS service in 2015. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/M86///SBS///%2819479318480%29.jpg]\n# [A geographically correct map of the M86 Select Bus Service route, showing all stations and connections. The route is in light blue, bolded. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/M86///SBS///%2819641116596%29.jpg]\n\n## Q44\nIn 2015, the [Main Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/main-street-queens) corridor, along with the parallel [Kissena](https://bliptext.com/articles/kissena-boulevard)/Parsons Boulevards corridor and the 164th Street corridor, was studied by the [NYC Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-department-of-transportation) for the implementation of SBS between [Flushing](https://bliptext.com/articles/flushing-queens) and [Jamaica, Queens](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-queens).\nThe **Q44 Limited** route, which formerly made limited stops only during the day, was planned for conversion into a full-time [bus rapid transit](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-rapid-transit) line, with local service continuing to be provided by the parallel Q20A/B services.\nThe **Q44 SBS** was approved in June 2015, with no changes from the original routing, which runs between Queens and [the Bronx](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-bronx).\nDue to community opposition, bus lanes were only installed on a small portion of the route between [Roosevelt Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/roosevelt-avenue) and the [Long Island Expressway](https://bliptext.com/articles/long-island-expressway) in Downtown Flushing and Queensboro Hill, and on Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica.\nPortions of the Archer Avenue lanes were installed before the implementation of SBS.\nThe route began service in November 2015.\nThe Q44 is the first Q-prefixed route to have Select Bus Service, which replaces both the Q44 late-night local and daytime limited-stop buses.\nLocal bus service in Queens is provided by the Q20A/B, while there is no local equivalent in the Bronx.\nThe Q20A/B and the Q44 SBS are based out of the [Casey Stengel Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/casey-stengel-depot).\n

\n# [A Jamaica bound Q44 SBS in Flushing, Queens. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/NYCT///Bus///2017///New///Flyer///XD60///6001.jpg]\n\n## B46\nThe B46 line is the busiest bus route in Brooklyn and 3rd busiest in the entire city.\nSelect Bus Service began in July 2016, after being originally scheduled for a fall 2015 implementation.\nThe B46 SBS replaced the B46 Limited, making similar stops along Utica Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard.\nUnlike the former Limited, the B46 SBS makes limited stops south of Avenue H, and only runs between Kings Plaza and DeKalb Avenue.\nThe B46 local was extended along Broadway to replace limited-stop service to the [Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal](https://bliptext.com/articles/williamsburg-bridge-plaza-bus-terminal) at all times.\nBoth the B46 local and Select Bus Service are based out of the [Flatbush Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/flatbush-bus-depot), as is the B44 SBS.\nThe B46 is the second Select Bus Service in Brooklyn, and the first one to not operate during late nights since the B44 in November 2013.\n

\n# [A bus on the B46 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Flatlands///Av///Utica///Av///td///10.jpg]\n\n## Q70\nIn [Queens](https://bliptext.com/articles/queens), the Q70 limited-stop bus between [Woodside](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens) and [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) via the [Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/roosevelt-avenue-74th-street-new-york-city-subway) subway station was implemented in September 2013, replacing the portion of the [Q33](https://bliptext.com/articles/q33-new-york-city-bus) local bus that went to [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport).\nAlthough the Q70 was intended as a bus rapid transit project, it had yet to be branded as Select Bus Service and did not employ most SBS elements, as it lacked ticket machines, all-door boarding, branded buses, and dedicated bus lanes.\nThe Q70 SBS was implemented in September 2016, when it was rebranded as the \"LaGuardia Link\" with the implementation of off-board payment of fares.\nAs opposed to other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and airplanes on the top half of the bus imposed with the standard SBS livery on the lower half.\nNo fares have been charged since May 2022.\nThe Q70, based out of [LaGuardia Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-depots-of-mta-regional-bus-operations), is the second Queens bus line to have Select Bus Service and the first one for MTA Bus.\n

\n# [A bus on the Q70 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/New///Flyer///Q70///SBS.jpg]\n\n## M23\nThe M23 route has been traditionally crowded, with 4,862,343 riders in 2010 and 3,831,755 riders in 2015, or 15,000 riders a day.\nIn 2003, it was given the \"Pokey Award\" by the [Straphangers Campaign](https://bliptext.com/articles/straphangers-campaign), the least prestigious award given to other New York City Bus routes that also runs at a speed of 4 mph. It also got that distinction in 2007 when it also ran at an average of 4 mph, slightly faster than the average walking speed of 3 mph.\nIn 2009, the MTA and the [New York City Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-department-of-transportation) (NYCDOT) identified the [M14A/D](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-crosstown-line-surface), on parallel [14th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-manhattan), as a potential corridor for Phase II of SBS, the city's [bus rapid transit](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-rapid-transit) system, as well as finalized plans to implement SBS on the [M16](https://bliptext.com/articles/m16-new-york-city-bus)/[M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-new-york-city-bus) along the also-parallel [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan).\nThe crosstown bus corridors were noted for slow travel speeds.\nThe M23 was originally not planned to be an SBS route, but in 2008, it had been part of a pilot program in which 30 articulated, redesigned SBS buses were rolled out on the M23 for some time.\nAfter lengthy consultation, the M23 was converted to SBS in November 2016, replacing the identical local counterpart bus line.\nUnlike the former local line, the westbound stop on 5th Avenue and two bi-directional stops on Lexington Avenue are not served by this line.\nThe M23 is based out of the [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot).\nIt is the fifth corridor in Manhattan and the sixth Manhattan bus line to have Select Bus Service.\n

\n# [A bus on the M23 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/23rd///St///11th///Av///td///%282018-11-27%29///X07.jpg]\n\n## M79\nThe M79 local bus route was identified as a heavily traveled corridor in a 2009 study by the DOT and NYCTA, and in a December 2013 study by the [Pratt Center for Community Development](https://bliptext.com/articles/pratt-center-for-community-development) of Brooklyn.\nIt was converted to SBS in May 2017.\nThe M79 is based out of the [Michael J. Quill Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-depot).\n

\n# [A westbound M79 SBS at 81st Street and Central Park West. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/MTA///81st///St///CPW///08.jpg]\n\n## Bx6\nIn September 2017, the Bx6 SBS service was split from the existing Bx6 local service.\nThe Bx6 SBS initially operated a similar route to the local, but the eastbound SBS route followed the westbound local route instead of exiting the [Macombs Dam Bridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/macombs-dam-bridge) to [Jerome Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/jerome-avenue).\nThe Bx6 SBS supplements the existing Bx6 local service, making stops at select high-ridership locations and all transfers points to Metro-North and subways.\nIn late 2019, it was announced that the Bx6 SBS route's eastern terminus would be relocated from [Hunts Point](https://bliptext.com/articles/hunts-point-bronx) to [Soundview](https://bliptext.com/articles/soundview-bronx), along the path of the Bx5 route, with the change set to take effect in 2024 once MetroCard has been retired.\nThe Bx6 SBS is based out of the [West Farms Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-farms-bus-depot), as is the Bx6 local.\nIt is the third Bronx Bus line to have Select Bus Service and the first one since the Bx41 in June 2013, as well as the first SBS line to run a CNG Fleet.\nThe Bx6 is the MTA's 15th Select Bus Service line to date.\nThe Bx6 corridor is the first to use bus lanes in the median of the street at the E 161st Street/Sheridan-Sherman Avenues stops, as opposed to [curbside or offset bus lanes](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-lanes-in-new-york-city).\nThe median bus lanes supposedly speeds up traffic by going around [double-parked](https://bliptext.com/articles/double-parking) cars.\nOriginally, a similar provision of median bus lanes was planned for the 34th Street Corridor in Manhattan.\nA planned \"Busway\" would have seen both the M34 and M34A SBS lines run along 34th Street in a special two-lane corridor with vehicular traffic travelling in only one direction (westbound after 6th Avenue/Broadway; eastbound after 5th Avenue), this was eventually scrapped and replaced with curbside and offset bus lanes along 34th Street with bus bulbs at selected bus stops (see above).\nThe Bx6 SBS is 6.2 mi long.\n

\n# [A bus on the Bx6 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/2018///New///Flyer///Xcelsior///XN60///CNG///Artic///1014///on///the///Bx6///%2BSelect///Bus///Service%2B.jpg]\n\n## Q52 and Q53\nThe Q52 and Q53 buses were converted to Select Bus Lines in November 2017.\nThe Q52 SBS is based out of the [JFK Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/jfk-depot), while the Q53 SBS is based out of the [LaGuardia Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-depot).\nThey are the 3rd and 4th Queens bus lines, and the 2nd and 3rd MTA Bus bus lines, to be converted into Select Bus Service.\n

\n# [A bus on the Q52 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Cross///Bay///Bl///Linden///Bl///td///02.jpg]\n\n## B82\nThe [B82](https://bliptext.com/articles/b82-new-york-city-bus) Limited was converted to Select Bus Service in October 2018.\nThe B82 SBS did not replace limited service between Bay 37th St and Coney Island.\nThe B82 is the 3rd Brooklyn bus line (the MTA's 18th) to have Select Bus Service, and the only SBS line to run on weekdays only.\nService on late nights and weekends is provided by the B82 local.\nThe B82 SBS is based out of the [East New York Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-new-york-depot).\n

\n# [A bus on the B82 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Flatlands///Av///Utica///Av///td///22///-///New///B82.jpg]\n\n## M14A and M14D\nA temporary [M14 Select Bus Service](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus) route was scheduled to be implemented in January 2019, in preparation for the full [14th Street Tunnel shutdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-tunnel-shutdown).\nFollowing the alteration in the 14th Street Tunnel rehabilitation plans in January 2019, the M14 SBS was put on hold.\nLater, it was announced that the M14A/D routes themselves would be converted to SBS, replacing their former local versions.\nThe M14A/D SBS routes were implemented in July 2019.\nThese are the first Bus routes to take advantage of an Exclusive 14th Street Busway that went into effect in October 2019.\nBoth the M14A and M14D are based out of [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot) and are both the 8th and 9th Manhattan bus lines, and the MTA’s 19th and 20th bus lines overall, to have Select Bus Service, respectively.\n

\n# [Select Bus Service | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/2019///New///Flyer///XD60///6191///on///the///M14A///SBS///August///2022.jpg]\n# [An M14A SBS and M14D SBS on 14th Street in 2022 and 2024, respectively | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/%28USA-New///York%29///Metropolitan///Transportation///Authority///5514///NY-MTA-BA3694///M14D///2024-06-19.jpg]\n\n# Future routes\nOther Select Bus Service routes are planned for the near future as part of the continuation of Phase II, including neighborhoods underserved by rapid transit and heavily used [express bus routes](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-express-bus-routes-in-new-york-city).\nThese were identified during a 2009 study by the DOT and MTA, in a December 2013 study by the [Pratt Center for Community Development](https://bliptext.com/articles/pratt-center-for-community-development) of Brooklyn, and in a 2017 by the DOT and MTA.\nTwenty-one routes are expected to be added to the SBS system between October 2017 and 2027.\n\n## Corridors chosen for implementation\nThe M96 was set to become the next route to be converted to Select Bus Service after the M14, with implementation set for 2019, but was pushed back due to budget constraints.\nBus lanes will be added to 96th Street, bus stops will be consolidated and signal timing will be changed along the street as part of the Better Buses Action Plan, which was unveiled on April 19, 2019, making it one of the next corridors to become SBS.\nThe MTA bus network redesign's route type distribution has a new route type called \"Crosstown/SBS\", which all current SBS routes fall under.\nThe MTA is planning to upgrade some existing routes into the route type (B41 Limited) and create some new ones (B55 (current B35 Limited, but extended to JFK Airport)), and Q98 (current Q58 Limited, but runs along Horace Harding Expressway, bypassing Corona)).\nThe [Q25 or Q34 Limited](https://bliptext.com/articles/q25-and-q34-buses), running primarily along Parsons and [Kissena Boulevards](https://bliptext.com/articles/kissena-boulevard) in Queens, has been proposed for conversion to Select Bus Service.\nThe corridor was one of the possible future corridors identified in the 2017 announcement about the SBS system's expansion.\nOther potential routes such as the [B41](https://bliptext.com/articles/b41-new-york-city-bus) have undergone preliminary studies and community outreach, but have yet to be considered for implementation.\n\n## Potential corridors\nBelow are potential corridors and neighborhoods listed under the 2009 study, current Phase II plans that have not already been implemented, and from the 2017 study.\nAs of Spring 2019, all future proposals, except for the North Shore BRT study, have been postponed, while awaiting the Bus System Redesign.\nCorridors and Neighborhoods include:\nHigh-volume express bus corridors include:\n\"Difficult trips\", trips that are difficult to make and/or require many transfers, as identified by the MTA:\nThe following subway lines have been flagged for being at or above 95% of [New York City Subway](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-subway) loading guidelines during rush hours:\nAreas that are undergoing or may undergo significant growth in housing units and that have limited transit access:\nAdditional Study Areas include:\nThere are also \"tiered\" corridors based on importance, identified in the Pratt Center report in December 2013 and a previous report from 2007.\n\"First-tiered\" corridors:\n\"Second-tiered\" corridors:\n\n# Fare and payment\nThe fare for SBS is the same as on all New York City Transit local and limited-stop buses, $2.90, payable with a [MetroCard](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard) or coins at booths on each stop, with the exception of the Q70, which is fare-free.\nThe fare can also be paid on board SBS Buses with MTA's new [OMNY](https://bliptext.com/articles/omny) fare payment system, by tapping a contactless bank card, smart device or [OMNY](https://bliptext.com/articles/omny) Card at any [OMNY](https://bliptext.com/articles/omny) reader at any door, excluding the S79 SBS.\nUnlike other bus lines in New York City, fare collection for SBS uses a [proof-of-payment](https://bliptext.com/articles/proof-of-payment) system.\nPassengers are required to pay their fare before boarding the bus at pay stations located in bus shelters at the designated stops (for customers using UniTicket, which is valid for boarding) or paying the fare on board at any door using OMNY.\nOnce fare payment is made, one must board the bus at that stop within one hour.\nBoarding can be done via any of the two or three doors (depending on the bus fleet), except on S79 buses, where all passengers board from the front door since fares are paid on board.\nNew York City Transit fare inspectors (organized in \"EAGLE\" teams), [NYPD](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-police-department) officers, or MTA police officers check for proof of payment receipts.\nOMNY Users will have their payment method validated with a reader carried by the \"EAGLE\" Team to ensure Proof of Payment.\nThose unable to produce one are subject to a fine of up to $100.\nThese inspections are conducted randomly, or through the entire bus at specific stations.\nProof-of-payment receipts are only valid for the route that stops at the station at which one boards (i.e., an M34/M34A SBS receipt cannot be used on the M15 SBS).\nWhen transferring from one SBS route to another, one must obtain a second receipt from that route's fare payment machines.\nOMNY users must use the same payment method on their next leg of their trip to obtain their free transfer.\nFree transfers between routes are also provided with [MetroCards](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard).\n\n## Fare machines\nSelect Bus Service fare machines consist of modified versions of existing MTA and DOT devices.\nMetroCard payment utilizes MetroCard Fare Collection Machines, similar in design to ATM/Debit Card [MetroCard vending machines](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard-vending-machines) (known as MetroCard Express Machines) used in the [New York City Subway](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-subway), but without touch screens.\nCoin payment utilizes a modified [Parkeon](https://bliptext.com/articles/parkeon) [Muni Meter](https://bliptext.com/articles/muni-meter).\nThe original machines used on the Bx12 in 2008 consisted of re-purposed versions of MetroCard Express Machines and first-generation Parkeon multi-space devices, which have since been replaced.\nSince 2020, Select Bus Service routes have had OMNY readers mounted on each door, where riders can tap their contactless cards, smart devices, or OMNY cards to pay the fare.\n# [OMNY readers installed on buses | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Staten///Island///Transit///Improvements.jpg]\n# [Ticketing machines used on B44 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Ticketing///Machines///for///Select///Bus///Service.jpg]\n\n# Fleet\nSelect Bus Service buses are wrapped in a unique blue paint scheme that identifies them as operating in this particular service.\nOlder buses are painted mostly white, with a blue stripe just below the windows and a teal pattern with plus signs and \"+selectbusservice\" logos.\nIn March 2016, a new gold-and-blue livery was introduced across the entire MTA fleet.\nSBS buses delivered after March 2016 have a variation of this livery, with the teal pattern below the windows and the new gold and blue livery above.\nOn the buses with 2016 livery, the Select Bus Service logo is located at the front and sides the bus.\nQ70 buses contain a unique \"LaGuardia Link\" livery with clouds and airplane outlines against a turquoise background on the top, as well as the words \"LaGuardia Link\", the route bullets for the, and the [Long Island Rail Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/long-island-rail-road) (LIRR) acronym.\nThe bottom of LaGuardia Link buses contain a wave pattern in various shades of teal and blue, with plus signs and the SBS logo on the front of the bus.\nAll SBS buses display **+Select Bus** in the destination sign.\nBus stops where SBS buses stop are also identifiable with the SBS branding on the glass shelters, and machines for [MetroCard](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard) and coin payment in or near the shelters, except for the S79 SBS, which does not employ off-board fare collection.\nAll buses on the SBS services employ all-door boarding operation, in which each set of doors open simultaneously for easier boarding and alighting, with the exception of the S79 which does not employ all-door boarding.\nUpon the debut of Select Bus Service, blue flashing lights on both sides of the destination sign were used to help designate SBS buses from local buses, which have orange lights.\nWhile some, including bus operators, claimed the flashing blue lights helped improve travel times for buses, they were controversial due to some drivers mistaking them for emergency vehicles.\nThe use of the lights also violated the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law (Article 9, Section 375 (41)).\nNYS Law states \"The use of blue lights on vehicles shall be restricted for use only by a volunteer firefighter\" and \"may be affixed to a police vehicle and fire vehicle, provided that such blue light or lights shall be displayed on a police vehicle and fire vehicle for rear projection only.\"\nThe lights were removed from service in January 2013.\nTo replace the lights, in July 2015 the MTA began overhauling the front destination signs of buses to display the route in a blue background, as well as a completely blue background that flashes twice when it says +Select Bus (formerly it read +Select Bus Service).\nAt night on some routes, the front destination sign is blue text on an unlit black background.\nStarting with the Q44 in November 2015, the blue background is kept when the front signage transitions to show the terminal of the route and the main streets traveled.\nAs of July 2017, the SBS fleet on all routes have had their front destination signs overhauled, and new routes that launched after December 2015 came with the new destination signs.\nIn December 2019, the MTA unveiled its first 15 fully electric articulated buses, the [XE60](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-xcelsior) fleet by [New Flyer Industries](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-industries), which now operate on various Michael J. Quill Depot SBS routes.\nAs of December 2022, all SBS routes use 60-foot articulated buses except the B82 and S79.","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T10:51:42.616Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T10:51:42.616Z","search_vector":"'bus':2 'select':1 'servic':3","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Select Bus Service \n**Logo Size:** 200 \n**Image Size:** 300px \n**Image Caption:** An [M60 Select Bus Service](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-new-york-city-bus) bus operates through [Morningside Heights](https://bliptext.com/articles/morningside-heights), bound for [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport). \n**Founded:** 2008 \n**Locale:** [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city) \n**Service Type:** [Limited-stop](https://bliptext.com/articles/limited-stop), with some [bus rapid transit](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-rapid-transit) features \n**Routes:** 20 routes, 17 corridors · (20 proposed routes) \n**Destinations:** Bronx (3 routes) · [Bx6](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx6-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Washington Hts.](https://bliptext.com/articles/washington-heights-manhattan) – [Hunts Pt.](https://bliptext.com/articles/hunts-point-bronx) · [Bx12](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx12-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Inwood](https://bliptext.com/articles/inwood-manhattan) – [Bay Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/bay-plaza) · [Bx41](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx41-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [The Hub](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-hub-bronx) – [Williamsbridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/williamsbridge-bronx) · Brooklyn (3 routes) · [B44](https://bliptext.com/articles/b44-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Williamsburg](https://bliptext.com/articles/williamsburg-brooklyn) – [Sheepshead Bay](https://bliptext.com/articles/sheepshead-bay-brooklyn) · [B46](https://bliptext.com/articles/b46-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Bedford-Stuyvesant](https://bliptext.com/articles/bedford-stuyvesant-brooklyn) – [Kings Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/kings-plaza) · [B82](https://bliptext.com/articles/b82-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Spring Creek](https://bliptext.com/articles/spring-creek-brooklyn) – [Bath Beach](https://bliptext.com/articles/bath-beach-brooklyn) · Manhattan (9 routes) · [M14A](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Abingdon Sq](https://bliptext.com/articles/abingdon-square-park) – [[Lower [[East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan)](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan)](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-east-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-east-s ide) · [M14D](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[Chelsea Piers](https://bliptext.com/articles/chelsea-piers)](https://bliptext.com/articles/chelsea-piers) – [[Lower [[East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan)](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan)](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-east-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/lower-east-s ide) · [M15](https://bliptext.com/articles/m15-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [East Harlem](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-harlem) – [South Ferry](https://bliptext.com/articles/south-ferry-manhattan) · [M23](https://bliptext.com/articles/m23-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[Chelsea Piers](https://bliptext.com/articles/chelsea-piers)](https://bliptext.com/articles/chelsea-piers) – [[East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan)](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan) · [M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Javits Center](https://bliptext.com/articles/javits-center) – [[East Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan)](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-side-manhattan) · [M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-sbs-new-york-city-bus)A: [PABT](https://bliptext.com/articles/port-authority-bus-terminal) – [Waterside Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/waterside-plaza) · [M60](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[[UWS](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) – [LGA Airpt.](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) · [M79](https://bliptext.com/articles/m79-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[[UWS](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) – [UES](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-east-side) · [M86](https://bliptext.com/articles/m86-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[[UWS](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side)](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) – [Yorkville](https://bliptext.com/articles/yorkville-manhattan) · Queens (4 routes) · [Q44](https://bliptext.com/articles/q44-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Bronx Zoo](https://bliptext.com/articles/bronx-zoo) – [Jamaica](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-queens) · [Q52](https://bliptext.com/articles/q52-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Elmhurst](https://bliptext.com/articles/elmhurst-queens) – [Arverne](https://bliptext.com/articles/arverne-queens) · [Q53](https://bliptext.com/articles/q53-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[Woodside](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens)](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens) – [Rockaway Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/rockaway-park-queens) · [Q70](https://bliptext.com/articles/q70-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [[Woodside](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens)](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens) – [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) · Staten Island (1 route) · [S79](https://bliptext.com/articles/s79-sbs-new-york-city-bus): [Staten Island Mall](https://bliptext.com/articles/staten-island-mall) – [Bay Ridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/bay-ridge-brooklyn) \n**Stations:** 261 \n**Fleet:** [New Flyer Xcelsior XD40/XD60/XN60](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-xcelsior) · [New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE XE60](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-xcelsior) · [Nova Bus LFS (4th Generation)/LFS Artic (2nd Generation)](https://bliptext.com/articles/nova-bus-lfs) \n**Operator:** [MTA Bus & MTA New York City Bus](https://bliptext.com/articles/mta-regional-bus-operations) \n**Website:** [MTA website](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)*[DOT website](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n \n\n# \n**Select Bus Service** (**SBS**; stylized as **+** select **bus**service) is a service provided by the [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://bliptext.com/articles/metropolitan-transportation-authority) (MTA)'s [Regional Bus Operations](https://bliptext.com/articles/mta-regional-bus-operations) for [limited-stop](https://bliptext.com/articles/limited-stop) **bus** routes with some **bus** rapid transit features in [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city).\nThe first SBS route was implemented in 2008 to improve speed and reliability on long, busy corridors.\nSBS routes use vehicle-segregated, camera-enforced [bus lanes](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-lanes-in-new-york-city); sidewalk extensions for bus stops; relatively long distances between stops; vehicular turn restrictions along corridors; and next-bus travel information screens.\nThe first route was the [Bx12](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx12-new-york-city-bus) along [Fordham Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-road) and the [Pelham Parkway](https://bliptext.com/articles/pelham-parkway-road);, the system has expanded to twenty SBS routes along seventeen corridors.\nTwenty more routes are proposed through 2027.\nIn summer 2018, the MTA announced that it was considering delaying the implementation of SBS routes outside Manhattan until 2021 because of the city's upcoming bus-network redesign.\n\n# History\nIn 2002, Schaller Consulting conducted a study on potential bus rapid transit services in New York City.\nIn 2004, the MTA in conjunction with the [New York City Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-department-of-transportation) and [New York State Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-state-department-of-transportation), performed an initial study on bus rapid transit, with 80 corridors studied citywide.\nIn late 2004, the MTA identified five corridors for implementation of bus rapid transit, one in each of the five boroughs: the [Fordham Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-road)/[Pelham Parkway](https://bliptext.com/articles/pelham-parkway-road) corridor in [the Bronx](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-bronx), [First Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-avenue-manhattan) and [Second Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-avenue-manhattan) in [Manhattan](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan), [Merrick Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/merrick-boulevard) in [Queens](https://bliptext.com/articles/queens), [Nostrand Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/nostrand-avenue) in [Brooklyn](https://bliptext.com/articles/brooklyn), and [Hylan Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/hylan-boulevard) in [Staten Island](https://bliptext.com/articles/staten-island).\nFour [bus priority](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-priority) corridors were identified for implementation or expansion (three in [Manhattan](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan), one in [the Bronx](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-bronx)): [Madison Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/madison-avenue) (expansion), [Fifth Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/fifth-avenue), [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan), and [Webster Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/webster-avenue).\nThe [Merrick Boulevard corridor](https://bliptext.com/articles/merrick-boulevard-buses) was eventually scrapped because of community opposition related to loss of parking.\nThe corridor is being considered again as part of the Bus Forward study in 2017.\nThe Select Bus Service program was unveiled to the public in March 2008.\nAt the time of the announcement, the MTA and then-Mayor [Michael Bloomberg](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-bloomberg) had stated that implementation on other corridors was contingent on the passage of [congestion pricing](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-congestion-pricing), which ultimately did not make it for a vote in the legislature.\nKey features of bus rapid transit include dedicated lanes, alignment of lanes to reduce conflicts with other vehicles, frequent service, off-vehicle fare collection, sheltered stations, [platform-level boarding](https://bliptext.com/articles/high-level-platform), and [intelligent transportation systems](https://bliptext.com/articles/intelligent-transportation-systems) (ITS) features such as [transit signal priority](https://bliptext.com/articles/transit-signal-priority).\nA 2011 study by the [Institute for Transportation and Development Policy](https://bliptext.com/articles/institute-for-transportation-and-development-policy) (ITDP) determined that the SBS system was best classified as \"Not BRT\" because it lacked many of these [BRT Standard](https://bliptext.com/articles/brt-standard) features.\n\n## Corridors\nThe first Select Bus Service corridor, on the [Bx12](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx12-new-york-city-bus) along [207th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/207th-street-manhattan), [Fordham Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-road), and [Pelham Parkway](https://bliptext.com/articles/pelham-parkway-road), was placed into service on June 29, 2008.\nThe next line, the [M15](https://bliptext.com/articles/m15-new-york-city-bus), saw Select Service begin on October 10, 2010 after the delivery of new low-floor buses.\nThe [M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-new-york-city-bus)/[M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-new-york-city-bus)A line was started on November 13, 2011.\nInitially, a [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan) busway was planned that would require eliminating [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan) as a through street, but it was dropped in favor of the standard SBS model.\nThe [B44](https://bliptext.com/articles/b44-new-york-city-bus) Rogers/[Bedford](https://bliptext.com/articles/bedford-avenue)/[Nostrand Avenues](https://bliptext.com/articles/nostrand-avenue) bus route, the fifth Select Bus Service corridor in the city, was implemented on November 17, 2013 after the arrival of new fare machines.\nThe [S79](https://bliptext.com/articles/s79-new-york-city-bus) [Hylan Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/hylan-boulevard)/[Richmond Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/richmond-avenue) route, initially slated to be converted to SBS in 2013, was moved up to September 2, 2012; the local equivalents of the [S79](https://bliptext.com/articles/s79-new-york-city-bus) route are the S78 and S59 buses.\nA sixth corridor, the second for the Bronx, began service on the [Bx41](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx41-new-york-city-bus) [Webster Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/webster-avenue) route on June 30, 2013; this route was the first \"Phase II\" SBS route to begin service (the existing corridors plus the B44 comprise Phase I).\nAnother Select Bus Service route on Webster Avenue, which will be extended to run between [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) and [Fordham Plaza](https://bliptext.com/articles/fordham-plaza-bronx) alongside the local Bx41 route, is proposed for later implementation.\nA seventh corridor, and the third for Manhattan, the [M60](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-new-york-city-bus) [125th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/125th-street-manhattan)–[Triborough Bridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/triborough-bridge)–[Astoria Boulevard](https://bliptext.com/articles/astoria-boulevard) bus route to LaGuardia Airport, was converted to SBS on May 25, 2014; local service was replaced by other routes running alongside the route of the [M60](https://bliptext.com/articles/m60-new-york-city-bus) (the [M100](https://bliptext.com/articles/m100-new-york-city-bus), [M101](https://bliptext.com/articles/m101-new-york-city-bus), [Bx15](https://bliptext.com/articles/bx15-new-york-city-bus), and [Q19](https://bliptext.com/articles/q19-new-york-city-bus)).\nAn eighth Select Bus Service route was planned in the 2014–2017 Financial Plan.\nThe eighth Select Bus Service corridor (ninth route overall), and the fourth in Manhattan, was for the [M86](https://bliptext.com/articles/m86-new-york-city-bus) running on [86th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/86th-street-manhattan), which was originally scheduled to start running on June 28, 2015, but pushed back to July 13, 2015; it did not include a major change in stops.\nThe ninth corridor, and the second for Brooklyn, is the [B46](https://bliptext.com/articles/b46-new-york-city-bus) on [Utica Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/utica-avenue).\nWhen implemented, the local and Select Bus Service route of the B46 changed northern terminals to improve reliability.\nOriginally planned for implementation in fall 2015, it was instituted on July 3, 2016.\nThe tenth corridor, and the first for Queens, is the [Q44](https://bliptext.com/articles/q44-new-york-city-bus) limited bus route running on East 177th Street (the [Cross Bronx Expressway](https://bliptext.com/articles/cross-bronx-expressway) service road) and [Main Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/main-street-queens), which began on November 29, 2015.\nSelected stops in the Bronx were combined into much busier stops for faster service, and some stops in Queens have been replaced by the [Q20A/B](https://bliptext.com/articles/q20a-b-new-york-city-bus) local routes.\nAs both the Q20 branches do not enter the Bronx and the Q44 ran local late nights only, the Q44 gained 24/7 SBS service between the [Bronx Zoo](https://bliptext.com/articles/bronx-zoo) and [Jamaica](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-queens).\nThe Q20A replaced the Q44 local in Queens late nights.\nIn September 2016, the eleventh corridor (twelfth route overall) and the second for Queens, the [Q70](https://bliptext.com/articles/q70-new-york-city-bus), was rebranded as the \"LaGuardia Link\" and became a SBS route.\nAs opposed to other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and airplanes in order to encourage more people to use public transportation when using the airport.\nThis marked MTA Bus's first SBS route, as well as the second for Queens and the eleventh overall.\nThe [M23](https://bliptext.com/articles/m23-new-york-city-bus), the twelfth corridor (thirteenth route) and the fifth in Manhattan, became a Select Bus Service route on November 6, 2016 with dedicated [bus lanes](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-lanes-in-new-york-city) and countdown clocks at some stops, replacing [M23](https://bliptext.com/articles/m23-new-york-city-bus) local service at the cost of $1.7 million.\nThe [M79](https://bliptext.com/articles/m79-new-york-city-bus) became an SBS route in May 2017, with the installation of bus lanes along its route.\nThe Bx6, after the completion of bus lanes and widened sidewalks, became an SBS route in September 2017.\nIt supplements the local service by stopping at high ridership stops.\nThis is the third route for the Bronx.\nSelect Bus Service along [Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodhaven-and-cross-bay-boulevards) was implemented on the [Q52](https://bliptext.com/articles/q52-new-york-city-bus) and [Q53](https://bliptext.com/articles/q53-new-york-city-bus) routes in November 2017.\nSelect Bus Service along Kings Highway was implemented on the B82, which replaced the former Limited-Stop route, on October 1, 2018.\nThe city subsequently announced that following the implementation of the B82 SBS, it would halt the implementation of Select Bus Service in the outer boroughs until 2021 as a result of budget cuts, and an upcoming redesign of the city's bus network.\nA temporary [M14 Select Bus Service](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus) route was proposed for implementation in early 2019, in preparation for the [14th Street Tunnel shutdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-tunnel-shutdown).\nThis route would have run between Tenth Avenue and Stuyvesant Cove Ferry, with local service on the M14A and M14D.\nFive additional temporary routes would have been implemented for the shutdown in April 2019.\nHowever, on January 3, 2019, the shutdown plan was altered by Governor [Andrew Cuomo](https://bliptext.com/articles/andrew-cuomo) and the proposed SBS routes were put on hold.\nIn February 2019, the MTA announced plans to implement SBS on the M14A and M14D, and has since been implemented on July 1, 2019.\nAll current SBS corridors are enforced by cameras restricting non-buses in these lanes on weekdays where the bus lane is curbside, with the bus lanes marked by red paint.\nWhere the bus lane is an offset lane (that is, one lane away from the curb), non-bus traffic is restricted at all times except for emergencies.\n# [The Bx12 Select Bus Service in 2008, the first SBS route in New York City. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Bx12///5740///NF-D60HF///at///Fordham///Plaza.JPG]\n\n# Current routes\nCurrently, SBS operates twenty different bus lines on seventeen different corridors.\nBy order of implementation, SBS was placed on the Bx12, M15, M34, M34A, S79, Bx41, B44, M60, M86, Q44, B46, Q70, M23, M79, Bx6, Q52, Q53, B82, M14A, and M14D routes.\nSBS replaced nearly-identical limited-stop service on the Bx12, M15, Bx41, B44, Q44, B46, Q70, Q52, Q53, and B82 where corresponding local bus service still operates (except on the Q44, whose nighttime local variant was eliminated and replaced with the full-time SBS route, and the Q70, which had no local equivalent before the conversion).\nThe Bx6 SBS was split from the Bx6 local, which had no limited-stop variant prior to SBS implementation on that route.\nThe B46 SBS omitted the Broadway section of the LTD route, while the B82 SBS did not replace service along the original B82 LTD portion between Bay 37th St and Coney Island.\nFor the other routes, all service was converted from local to SBS, and numerous local stops were combined or omitted.\nThe Bx12, M15, M34, M34A, S79, Bx41, B44, B46, Bx6, and Q52 routes run the whole day, while the M60, M86, Q44, Q70, M23, M79, Q53, M14A, and M14D routes run at all times.\nThe B82 is the first and only SBS line to not run on late nights and weekends.\n\n## Bx12\nThe **Bx12 Limited** was the first route to be converted into a Select Bus Service line, the **Bx12 SBS**.\nIt was placed into service in June 2008 replacing limited stop service with SBS on this line.\nBoth Bx12 Select Bus Service and Bx12 local are based out of the [Gun Hill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/gun-hill-bus-depot).\nDuring late nights, the corridor is served by the Bx12 local service, which operates 24/7.\n \n \n# [A bus on the Bx12 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/MTA///New///York///City///Bus///Nova///Bus///LFSA///SBS///Bx12///%40///Bartow///Plaza.jpg]\n# [A geographically correct map of the Bx12 Select Bus Service route, showing all stations and connections. The route is in light blue. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Bx12///Map.png]\n\n## M15\nThe **M15 Limited** became the **M15 SBS** on October 10, 2010, which replaced limited stop service with SBS on this line.\nUnlike the former Limited, the M15 SBS makes limited stops south of Houston St, and only runs between 126 Street and South Ferry.\nSt Mark's Place and East 72nd Street were also eliminated.\nOriginally based out of the [126th Street Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/126th-street-bus-depot), since January 2015, M15 Select Bus Service is based out of the [Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/mother-clara-hale-bus-depot), while the M15 local is based out of the [Tuskegee Airmen Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/tuskegee-airmen-bus-depot).\n \n# [248x248px | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/LFS1284///at///South///Ferry.jpg]\n# [A geographically correct map of the M15 Select Bus Service, showing all stations and connections. The route is shown in turquoise. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/M15-SBS-Map.png]\n\n## M34 and M34A\nThe **M34 SBS** and **M34A SBS** routes began in November 2011.\nThese are considered by the MTA as two SBS services, the **M34** 34th Street Crosstown and the former **M16** route, which was renamed the **M34**A; the routes share a single corridor.\nOriginally, a provision of this corridor was planned to create a special \"Busway\" which would have seen both the M34 and M34A SBS lines run along 34th Street in a special two-lane corridor with vehicular traffic traveling in only one direction (westbound after 6th Avenue/Broadway; eastbound after 5th Avenue).\nThis was eventually scrapped and replaced with curbside and offset bus lanes along 34th Street with bus bulbs at selected bus stops.\nThe stops are listed below from west to east.\nAlternate **M34 SBS** trips began originating/terminating at Waterside Plaza with the **M34A SBS** in September 2017.\nThis service used non-articulated Orion 7 hybrid-electric buses between November 2011 and early April 2013, when they were replaced by the articulated buses found on the majority of the other SBS routes.\nThe M34 and M34A are both based in the [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot). \n# [A bus on the M34A SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/34th///St///5th///6th///Avs///Mid///18.jpg]\n\n## S79\nThe **S79 SBS** route began in September 2012.\nWhile the routing was left mostly intact, the S79 had all local service eliminated and replaced by local service on the S59 route along Richmond Avenue and the S78 route along Hylan Boulevard.\nThe route was straightened through New Springville to bypass the [Yukon Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/yukon-bus-depot).\nThis route uses rigid 40-foot Nova LFS diesel buses, and is the only SBS line that does not utilize off-board fare collection.\nIt is one of two SBS lines in the 5 boroughs that did not use 60-foot articulated buses, along with the B82 SBS, as well as the only SBS line to not have blue destination signs until July 2017.\nRiders must pay the fare on board, as they do on local, limited-stop, and express buses.\nThe S79 Select Bus Service is based out of the Yukon Bus Depot.\nNorthbound is towards Brooklyn and southbound is towards Staten Island.\nThe S79 SBS is 14.8 mi long.\n \n \n# [A Bay Ridge-bound S79 SBS bus at the Eltingville Transit Center. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/8585///S79-SBS.jpg]\n\n## Bx41\nThe **Bx41 Limited**, running along [Webster Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/webster-avenue) and Melrose Avenue in the Bronx, was the first route to be converted into a Phase II Select Bus Service line.\nThe **Bx41 SBS** began service in June 2013.\nThe stops are nearly identical to the limited service it replaced, and service was expanded from peak hours to seven days a week.\nThe stops are listed from south to north below.\nBoth the Bx41 local & SBS were originally based out of the [Kingsbridge Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingsbridge-depot).\nIn January 2017, both routes were moved to the [Gun Hill Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/gun-hill-depot) to ease the pressure and relieve the severe overcrowding at the Kingsbridge Bus Depot. \n# [A bus on the Bx41 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/MTA///The///Hub///E///148///St///3rd///Av.jpg]\n\n## B44\nThe **B44 SBS** route began in November 2013, replacing the **B44 Limited** service with Select Bus Service.\nInitially planned for the end of 2011, then later the summer of 2012, the start date was pushed to November 2013 as the buses for the service did not arrive until early 2013.\nUnlike other SBS routes, this service involved a significant change in route, and approximately 20 limited stops were eliminated.\nThe elimination of the Avenue L stop, located adjacent to a school, from the SBS route, was controversial, with local elected representatives and community members starting a petition and calling for its restoration.\nIn February 2014, just under three months since its launch, the MTA conceded to community pressure and added Avenue L and Gates Avenue to the SBS route.\nThis bus is based out of the [Flatbush Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/flatbush-bus-depot).\nStops are listed from south to north. \n# [A bus on the B44 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Nostrand///Av///Marine///Pkwy///td///%282019-01-16%29///05a.jpg]\n# [A map showing the B44 SBS (in light blue) with rail connections. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/B44-Select-Bus-Service.png]\n\n## M60\nThe **M60** operates between the [Upper West Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) of Manhattan and [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport), providing crosstown service along [125th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/125th-street-manhattan) in Harlem.\nSelect Bus Service was originally scheduled to begin in mid or late 2013, but was pushed to May 2014 due to community opposition, citing loss of available parking spaces along 125th Street in Manhattan.\nDue to its status as an airport connector, buses on the route are equipped with luggage racks.\nThe M60 was based out of [126th Street Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/126th-street-depot) upon implementation as a Select Bus Service route.\nIn January 2015, the M60 moved to the [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot), where most Manhattan crosstown routes are based out of, due to the closing of the 126th Street Depot.\nOn April 2, 2023, it was once again moved, this time to [Mother Clara Hale Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/mother-clara-hale-depot), due to roof construction at Michael J. Quill Bus Depot.\nThe stops are listed below, west to east.\nStops at the eastern end of the route, within [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport), are marked \"Airport Stop\".\n \n# [An M60 bus in Morningside Heights in 2020. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/6098///M60.jpg]\n\n## M86\nThe **M86** bus, running crosstown along [86th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/86th-street-manhattan) in Manhattan, was identified as a potential bus rapid transit corridor in 2009.\nThe **M86 SBS** route debuted in July 2015.\nIt was the fourth corridor in Manhattan and the fifth Manhattan bus line to have Select Bus Service.\nThe M86 SBS was based out of the [Tuskegee Airmen Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/tuskegee-airmen-depot), but was switched to the [Michael J. Quill Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-depot) in January 2018.\n \n# [An M86 SBS during the debut of SBS service in 2015. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/M86///SBS///%2819479318480%29.jpg]\n# [A geographically correct map of the M86 Select Bus Service route, showing all stations and connections. The route is in light blue, bolded. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/M86///SBS///%2819641116596%29.jpg]\n\n## Q44\nIn 2015, the [Main Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/main-street-queens) corridor, along with the parallel [Kissena](https://bliptext.com/articles/kissena-boulevard)/Parsons Boulevards corridor and the 164th Street corridor, was studied by the [NYC Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-department-of-transportation) for the implementation of SBS between [Flushing](https://bliptext.com/articles/flushing-queens) and [Jamaica, Queens](https://bliptext.com/articles/jamaica-queens).\nThe **Q44 Limited** route, which formerly made limited stops only during the day, was planned for conversion into a full-time [bus rapid transit](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-rapid-transit) line, with local service continuing to be provided by the parallel Q20A/B services.\nThe **Q44 SBS** was approved in June 2015, with no changes from the original routing, which runs between Queens and [the Bronx](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-bronx).\nDue to community opposition, bus lanes were only installed on a small portion of the route between [Roosevelt Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/roosevelt-avenue) and the [Long Island Expressway](https://bliptext.com/articles/long-island-expressway) in Downtown Flushing and Queensboro Hill, and on Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica.\nPortions of the Archer Avenue lanes were installed before the implementation of SBS.\nThe route began service in November 2015.\nThe Q44 is the first Q-prefixed route to have Select Bus Service, which replaces both the Q44 late-night local and daytime limited-stop buses.\nLocal bus service in Queens is provided by the Q20A/B, while there is no local equivalent in the Bronx.\nThe Q20A/B and the Q44 SBS are based out of the [Casey Stengel Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/casey-stengel-depot).\n \n# [A Jamaica bound Q44 SBS in Flushing, Queens. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/NYCT///Bus///2017///New///Flyer///XD60///6001.jpg]\n\n## B46\nThe B46 line is the busiest bus route in Brooklyn and 3rd busiest in the entire city.\nSelect Bus Service began in July 2016, after being originally scheduled for a fall 2015 implementation.\nThe B46 SBS replaced the B46 Limited, making similar stops along Utica Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard.\nUnlike the former Limited, the B46 SBS makes limited stops south of Avenue H, and only runs between Kings Plaza and DeKalb Avenue.\nThe B46 local was extended along Broadway to replace limited-stop service to the [Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal](https://bliptext.com/articles/williamsburg-bridge-plaza-bus-terminal) at all times.\nBoth the B46 local and Select Bus Service are based out of the [Flatbush Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/flatbush-bus-depot), as is the B44 SBS.\nThe B46 is the second Select Bus Service in Brooklyn, and the first one to not operate during late nights since the B44 in November 2013.\n \n# [A bus on the B46 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Flatlands///Av///Utica///Av///td///10.jpg]\n\n## Q70\nIn [Queens](https://bliptext.com/articles/queens), the Q70 limited-stop bus between [Woodside](https://bliptext.com/articles/woodside-queens) and [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport) via the [Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/roosevelt-avenue-74th-street-new-york-city-subway) subway station was implemented in September 2013, replacing the portion of the [Q33](https://bliptext.com/articles/q33-new-york-city-bus) local bus that went to [LaGuardia Airport](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-airport).\nAlthough the Q70 was intended as a bus rapid transit project, it had yet to be branded as Select Bus Service and did not employ most SBS elements, as it lacked ticket machines, all-door boarding, branded buses, and dedicated bus lanes.\nThe Q70 SBS was implemented in September 2016, when it was rebranded as the \"LaGuardia Link\" with the implementation of off-board payment of fares.\nAs opposed to other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and airplanes on the top half of the bus imposed with the standard SBS livery on the lower half.\nNo fares have been charged since May 2022.\nThe Q70, based out of [LaGuardia Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-depots-of-mta-regional-bus-operations), is the second Queens bus line to have Select Bus Service and the first one for MTA Bus.\n \n# [A bus on the Q70 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/New///Flyer///Q70///SBS.jpg]\n\n## M23\nThe M23 route has been traditionally crowded, with 4,862,343 riders in 2010 and 3,831,755 riders in 2015, or 15,000 riders a day.\nIn 2003, it was given the \"Pokey Award\" by the [Straphangers Campaign](https://bliptext.com/articles/straphangers-campaign), the least prestigious award given to other New York City Bus routes that also runs at a speed of 4 mph. It also got that distinction in 2007 when it also ran at an average of 4 mph, slightly faster than the average walking speed of 3 mph.\nIn 2009, the MTA and the [New York City Department of Transportation](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-department-of-transportation) (NYCDOT) identified the [M14A/D](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-crosstown-line-surface), on parallel [14th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-manhattan), as a potential corridor for Phase II of SBS, the city's [bus rapid transit](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-rapid-transit) system, as well as finalized plans to implement SBS on the [M16](https://bliptext.com/articles/m16-new-york-city-bus)/[M34](https://bliptext.com/articles/m34-new-york-city-bus) along the also-parallel [34th Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/34th-street-manhattan).\nThe crosstown bus corridors were noted for slow travel speeds.\nThe M23 was originally not planned to be an SBS route, but in 2008, it had been part of a pilot program in which 30 articulated, redesigned SBS buses were rolled out on the M23 for some time.\nAfter lengthy consultation, the M23 was converted to SBS in November 2016, replacing the identical local counterpart bus line.\nUnlike the former local line, the westbound stop on 5th Avenue and two bi-directional stops on Lexington Avenue are not served by this line.\nThe M23 is based out of the [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot).\nIt is the fifth corridor in Manhattan and the sixth Manhattan bus line to have Select Bus Service.\n \n \n# [A bus on the M23 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/23rd///St///11th///Av///td///%282018-11-27%29///X07.jpg]\n\n## M79\nThe M79 local bus route was identified as a heavily traveled corridor in a 2009 study by the DOT and NYCTA, and in a December 2013 study by the [Pratt Center for Community Development](https://bliptext.com/articles/pratt-center-for-community-development) of Brooklyn.\nIt was converted to SBS in May 2017.\nThe M79 is based out of the [Michael J. Quill Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-depot).\n \n \n# [A westbound M79 SBS at 81st Street and Central Park West. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/MTA///81st///St///CPW///08.jpg]\n\n## Bx6\nIn September 2017, the Bx6 SBS service was split from the existing Bx6 local service.\nThe Bx6 SBS initially operated a similar route to the local, but the eastbound SBS route followed the westbound local route instead of exiting the [Macombs Dam Bridge](https://bliptext.com/articles/macombs-dam-bridge) to [Jerome Avenue](https://bliptext.com/articles/jerome-avenue).\nThe Bx6 SBS supplements the existing Bx6 local service, making stops at select high-ridership locations and all transfers points to Metro-North and subways.\nIn late 2019, it was announced that the Bx6 SBS route's eastern terminus would be relocated from [Hunts Point](https://bliptext.com/articles/hunts-point-bronx) to [Soundview](https://bliptext.com/articles/soundview-bronx), along the path of the Bx5 route, with the change set to take effect in 2024 once MetroCard has been retired.\nThe Bx6 SBS is based out of the [West Farms Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-farms-bus-depot), as is the Bx6 local.\nIt is the third Bronx Bus line to have Select Bus Service and the first one since the Bx41 in June 2013, as well as the first SBS line to run a CNG Fleet.\nThe Bx6 is the MTA's 15th Select Bus Service line to date.\nThe Bx6 corridor is the first to use bus lanes in the median of the street at the E 161st Street/Sheridan-Sherman Avenues stops, as opposed to [curbside or offset bus lanes](https://bliptext.com/articles/bus-lanes-in-new-york-city).\nThe median bus lanes supposedly speeds up traffic by going around [double-parked](https://bliptext.com/articles/double-parking) cars.\nOriginally, a similar provision of median bus lanes was planned for the 34th Street Corridor in Manhattan.\nA planned \"Busway\" would have seen both the M34 and M34A SBS lines run along 34th Street in a special two-lane corridor with vehicular traffic travelling in only one direction (westbound after 6th Avenue/Broadway; eastbound after 5th Avenue), this was eventually scrapped and replaced with curbside and offset bus lanes along 34th Street with bus bulbs at selected bus stops (see above).\nThe Bx6 SBS is 6.2 mi long.\n \n# [A bus on the Bx6 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/2018///New///Flyer///Xcelsior///XN60///CNG///Artic///1014///on///the///Bx6///%2BSelect///Bus///Service%2B.jpg]\n\n## Q52 and Q53\nThe Q52 and Q53 buses were converted to Select Bus Lines in November 2017.\nThe Q52 SBS is based out of the [JFK Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/jfk-depot), while the Q53 SBS is based out of the [LaGuardia Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/laguardia-depot).\nThey are the 3rd and 4th Queens bus lines, and the 2nd and 3rd MTA Bus bus lines, to be converted into Select Bus Service.\n \n# [A bus on the Q52 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Cross///Bay///Bl///Linden///Bl///td///02.jpg]\n\n## B82\nThe [B82](https://bliptext.com/articles/b82-new-york-city-bus) Limited was converted to Select Bus Service in October 2018.\nThe B82 SBS did not replace limited service between Bay 37th St and Coney Island.\nThe B82 is the 3rd Brooklyn bus line (the MTA's 18th) to have Select Bus Service, and the only SBS line to run on weekdays only.\nService on late nights and weekends is provided by the B82 local.\nThe B82 SBS is based out of the [East New York Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/east-new-york-depot).\n \n# [A bus on the B82 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Flatlands///Av///Utica///Av///td///22///-///New///B82.jpg]\n\n## M14A and M14D\nA temporary [M14 Select Bus Service](https://bliptext.com/articles/m14-sbs-new-york-city-bus) route was scheduled to be implemented in January 2019, in preparation for the full [14th Street Tunnel shutdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/14th-street-tunnel-shutdown).\nFollowing the alteration in the 14th Street Tunnel rehabilitation plans in January 2019, the M14 SBS was put on hold.\nLater, it was announced that the M14A/D routes themselves would be converted to SBS, replacing their former local versions.\nThe M14A/D SBS routes were implemented in July 2019.\nThese are the first Bus routes to take advantage of an Exclusive 14th Street Busway that went into effect in October 2019.\nBoth the M14A and M14D are based out of [Michael J. Quill Bus Depot](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-j-quill-bus-depot) and are both the 8th and 9th Manhattan bus lines, and the MTA’s 19th and 20th bus lines overall, to have Select Bus Service, respectively.\n \n# [Select Bus Service | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/2019///New///Flyer///XD60///6191///on///the///M14A///SBS///August///2022.jpg]\n# [An M14A SBS and M14D SBS on 14th Street in 2022 and 2024, respectively | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/%28USA-New///York%29///Metropolitan///Transportation///Authority///5514///NY-MTA-BA3694///M14D///2024-06-19.jpg]\n\n# Future routes\nOther Select Bus Service routes are planned for the near future as part of the continuation of Phase II, including neighborhoods underserved by rapid transit and heavily used [express bus routes](https://bliptext.com/articles/list-of-express-bus-routes-in-new-york-city).\nThese were identified during a 2009 study by the DOT and MTA, in a December 2013 study by the [Pratt Center for Community Development](https://bliptext.com/articles/pratt-center-for-community-development) of Brooklyn, and in a 2017 by the DOT and MTA.\nTwenty-one routes are expected to be added to the SBS system between October 2017 and 2027.\n\n## Corridors chosen for implementation\nThe M96 was set to become the next route to be converted to Select Bus Service after the M14, with implementation set for 2019, but was pushed back due to budget constraints.\nBus lanes will be added to 96th Street, bus stops will be consolidated and signal timing will be changed along the street as part of the Better Buses Action Plan, which was unveiled on April 19, 2019, making it one of the next corridors to become SBS.\nThe MTA bus network redesign's route type distribution has a new route type called \"Crosstown/SBS\", which all current SBS routes fall under.\nThe MTA is planning to upgrade some existing routes into the route type (B41 Limited) and create some new ones (B55 (current B35 Limited, but extended to JFK Airport)), and Q98 (current Q58 Limited, but runs along Horace Harding Expressway, bypassing Corona)).\nThe [Q25 or Q34 Limited](https://bliptext.com/articles/q25-and-q34-buses), running primarily along Parsons and [Kissena Boulevards](https://bliptext.com/articles/kissena-boulevard) in Queens, has been proposed for conversion to Select Bus Service.\nThe corridor was one of the possible future corridors identified in the 2017 announcement about the SBS system's expansion.\nOther potential routes such as the [B41](https://bliptext.com/articles/b41-new-york-city-bus) have undergone preliminary studies and community outreach, but have yet to be considered for implementation.\n\n## Potential corridors\nBelow are potential corridors and neighborhoods listed under the 2009 study, current Phase II plans that have not already been implemented, and from the 2017 study.\nAs of Spring 2019, all future proposals, except for the North Shore BRT study, have been postponed, while awaiting the Bus System Redesign.\nCorridors and Neighborhoods include:\nHigh-volume express bus corridors include:\n\"Difficult trips\", trips that are difficult to make and/or require many transfers, as identified by the MTA:\nThe following subway lines have been flagged for being at or above 95% of [New York City Subway](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-subway) loading guidelines during rush hours:\nAreas that are undergoing or may undergo significant growth in housing units and that have limited transit access:\nAdditional Study Areas include:\nThere are also \"tiered\" corridors based on importance, identified in the Pratt Center report in December 2013 and a previous report from 2007.\n\"First-tiered\" corridors:\n\"Second-tiered\" corridors:\n\n# Fare and payment\nThe fare for SBS is the same as on all New York City Transit local and limited-stop buses, $2.90, payable with a [MetroCard](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard) or coins at booths on each stop, with the exception of the Q70, which is fare-free.\nThe fare can also be paid on board SBS Buses with MTA's new [OMNY](https://bliptext.com/articles/omny) fare payment system, by tapping a contactless bank card, smart device or [OMNY](https://bliptext.com/articles/omny) Card at any [OMNY](https://bliptext.com/articles/omny) reader at any door, excluding the S79 SBS.\nUnlike other bus lines in New York City, fare collection for SBS uses a [proof-of-payment](https://bliptext.com/articles/proof-of-payment) system.\nPassengers are required to pay their fare before boarding the bus at pay stations located in bus shelters at the designated stops (for customers using UniTicket, which is valid for boarding) or paying the fare on board at any door using OMNY.\nOnce fare payment is made, one must board the bus at that stop within one hour.\nBoarding can be done via any of the two or three doors (depending on the bus fleet), except on S79 buses, where all passengers board from the front door since fares are paid on board.\nNew York City Transit fare inspectors (organized in \"EAGLE\" teams), [NYPD](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-police-department) officers, or MTA police officers check for proof of payment receipts.\nOMNY Users will have their payment method validated with a reader carried by the \"EAGLE\" Team to ensure Proof of Payment.\nThose unable to produce one are subject to a fine of up to $100.\nThese inspections are conducted randomly, or through the entire bus at specific stations.\nProof-of-payment receipts are only valid for the route that stops at the station at which one boards (i.e., an M34/M34A SBS receipt cannot be used on the M15 SBS).\nWhen transferring from one SBS route to another, one must obtain a second receipt from that route's fare payment machines.\nOMNY users must use the same payment method on their next leg of their trip to obtain their free transfer.\nFree transfers between routes are also provided with [MetroCards](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard).\n\n## Fare machines\nSelect Bus Service fare machines consist of modified versions of existing MTA and DOT devices.\nMetroCard payment utilizes MetroCard Fare Collection Machines, similar in design to ATM/Debit Card [MetroCard vending machines](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard-vending-machines) (known as MetroCard Express Machines) used in the [New York City Subway](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city-subway), but without touch screens.\nCoin payment utilizes a modified [Parkeon](https://bliptext.com/articles/parkeon) [Muni Meter](https://bliptext.com/articles/muni-meter).\nThe original machines used on the Bx12 in 2008 consisted of re-purposed versions of MetroCard Express Machines and first-generation Parkeon multi-space devices, which have since been replaced.\nSince 2020, Select Bus Service routes have had OMNY readers mounted on each door, where riders can tap their contactless cards, smart devices, or OMNY cards to pay the fare.\n# [OMNY readers installed on buses | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Staten///Island///Transit///Improvements.jpg]\n# [Ticketing machines used on B44 SBS route | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Ticketing///Machines///for///Select///Bus///Service.jpg]\n\n# Fleet\nSelect Bus Service buses are wrapped in a unique blue paint scheme that identifies them as operating in this particular service.\nOlder buses are painted mostly white, with a blue stripe just below the windows and a teal pattern with plus signs and \"+selectbusservice\" logos.\nIn March 2016, a new gold-and-blue livery was introduced across the entire MTA fleet.\nSBS buses delivered after March 2016 have a variation of this livery, with the teal pattern below the windows and the new gold and blue livery above.\nOn the buses with 2016 livery, the Select Bus Service logo is located at the front and sides the bus.\nQ70 buses contain a unique \"LaGuardia Link\" livery with clouds and airplane outlines against a turquoise background on the top, as well as the words \"LaGuardia Link\", the route bullets for the, and the [Long Island Rail Road](https://bliptext.com/articles/long-island-rail-road) (LIRR) acronym.\nThe bottom of LaGuardia Link buses contain a wave pattern in various shades of teal and blue, with plus signs and the SBS logo on the front of the bus.\nAll SBS buses display **+Select Bus** in the destination sign.\nBus stops where SBS buses stop are also identifiable with the SBS branding on the glass shelters, and machines for [MetroCard](https://bliptext.com/articles/metrocard) and coin payment in or near the shelters, except for the S79 SBS, which does not employ off-board fare collection.\nAll buses on the SBS services employ all-door boarding operation, in which each set of doors open simultaneously for easier boarding and alighting, with the exception of the S79 which does not employ all-door boarding.\nUpon the debut of Select Bus Service, blue flashing lights on both sides of the destination sign were used to help designate SBS buses from local buses, which have orange lights.\nWhile some, including bus operators, claimed the flashing blue lights helped improve travel times for buses, they were controversial due to some drivers mistaking them for emergency vehicles.\nThe use of the lights also violated the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law (Article 9, Section 375 (41)).\nNYS Law states \"The use of blue lights on vehicles shall be restricted for use only by a volunteer firefighter\" and \"may be affixed to a police vehicle and fire vehicle, provided that such blue light or lights shall be displayed on a police vehicle and fire vehicle for rear projection only.\"\nThe lights were removed from service in January 2013.\nTo replace the lights, in July 2015 the MTA began overhauling the front destination signs of buses to display the route in a blue background, as well as a completely blue background that flashes twice when it says +Select Bus (formerly it read +Select Bus Service).\nAt night on some routes, the front destination sign is blue text on an unlit black background.\nStarting with the Q44 in November 2015, the blue background is kept when the front signage transitions to show the terminal of the route and the main streets traveled.\nAs of July 2017, the SBS fleet on all routes have had their front destination signs overhauled, and new routes that launched after December 2015 came with the new destination signs.\nIn December 2019, the MTA unveiled its first 15 fully electric articulated buses, the [XE60](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-xcelsior) fleet by [New Flyer Industries](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-flyer-industries), which now operate on various Michael J. Quill Depot SBS routes.\nAs of December 2022, all SBS routes use 60-foot articulated buses except the B82 and S79.","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}