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The New York City Transit Authority, in March 1971, sought permission from the New York City Board of Estimate to operate express buses during rush hours along the FDR Drive. It was hoped that the route would attract Upper East Side residents that used their cars to get to the Financial District.
Service type. Express bus service. Destinations. LGA, JFK, PenStation, PABT, GCT. Operator. Golden Touch Transportation of NY, Inc./franchised bus operators. Website. nycairporter.com. NYC Express Bus, formerly known as NYC Airporter, was an airport transfer service.
New York Bus Service also previously operated two local bus routes in 1968 from Co-op City to the Wakefield–241st Street station via Baychester Av. (Bx71), and from Co-op City to the Eastchester–Dyre Avenue station (Bx70). Both of these routes were discontinued in 1972 due to low ridership.
Most of the express routes had been initiated by Riverdale Transit Corp., which began service on August 19, 1968. One express route had been initiated by Pelham Parkway Bus Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Bus Associates, Inc., in April 1971.
The list of bus routes in New York City has been split by borough: List of bus routes in Manhattan; List of bus routes in Brooklyn; List of bus routes in the Bronx; List of bus routes in Queens; List of bus routes in Staten Island; There is also a list of express bus routes: List of express bus routes in New York City; See also
List of express bus routes in New York City: all routes; List of bus routes in Westchester County: BxM4C; Connections to New York City Subway stations at the bus routes' terminals are also listed where applicable. New York City Bus. Most bus routes do not operate overnight, usually defined as midnight to 5:00 AM.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City ...
The QM1, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8, QM31, QM35, and QM36 bus routes constitute a public transit line in New York City, operating express between Northeast Queens and Midtown or Downtown Manhattan. The routes operate primarily on Union Turnpike in Queens, and travel non-stop via Queens Boulevard, the Long Island Expressway, and the Midtown Tunnel or ...
IRT Dyre Avenue Line ( 5 train) – entire line. IRT Pelham Line ( 6 and <6> trains) – entire line. IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> trains) – from 33rd Street–Rawson Street to Flushing–Main Street. IRT New Lots Line ( 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains) at Junius Street – center track is not usable in revenue service.
Five express routes to Manhattan were initiated in the 1970s and 1980s: the QM10 & QM11 in 1970, QM12 in 1971, and QM22, QM24, and QM24W in June 1988. Triboro was the first private company in the city to initiate express operations with the Q53 Woodside-Rockaway Park Express bus line in 1956, at the request of the City of New York due to the ...