This summer’s cuts will dramatically affect some lines. Of the 13 key routes in question - the B3, B4, B24, B63, B74, M1, M2, M3, M4, M7, M55, B11, S51 - 26 schedules will get worse for riders in terms of longer times between buses, while three will get better (on the B63 and B4). The summer cuts - which will save the multi-billion-dollar agency $2.8 million - affect various portions of the schedule on 13 lines.Įach bus lines has three headway-time schedules throughout the day, during the morning and evening commute times, plus non-rush hours. As ridership dropped, the agency cut back service - a vicious and recurrent cycle that Byford has previously called a “death spiral.” There is talk of $31 million in bus service cuts.īus ridership has been cratering for more than a decade due to snail-like speeds in Manhattan’s Central Business District and other busy sections of the city.
The summertime changes foretell potentially devastating cuts next year, when the MTA faces a $510-million operating deficit.
Thirteen months after the launch of Andy Byford’s “Bus Action Plan,” New York City Transit will reduce service on specific routes this summer “to more closely align with customer demand” and reflect congestion-induced speed reductions, according to a memo distributed to MTA board members on Monday. The MTA’s bus service “death spiral” inches ever closer.
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