{"id":40855,"date":"2026-07-11T17:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=40855"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:51:36","slug":"mayor-mamdani-and-governor-hochul-unveil-historic-plan-to-build-the-fastest-best-bus-system-in-new-york-city-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/40855","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul unveil historic plan to build the fastest, best bus system in New York City history"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service,\u00a0<\/em>a sweeping bus action plan to build the next generation of bus service in New York City.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The plan marks a historic partnership between the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to transform how New Yorkers experience the city\u2019s buses \u2014 with investments that will make service faster, more accessible and more comfortable from curb to destination. The City has committed $254 million in expense funding and $628 million in capital funding over five fiscal years to carry out\u00a0Next Stop<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Next Stop\u00a0<\/em>identifies 50 priority bus corridors for improvements across the five boroughs and launches the City\u2019s next generation of rapid bus service along five key routes. Together, these investments will speed up buses by 20%, shorten commutes by up to six minutes each way, improve reliability, expand accessibility and create a bus system worthy of the city that depends on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor working New Yorkers, every minute matters. But for too long, our buses have been stuck in traffic instead of keeping pace with the city that never sleeps,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a commute stretches longer than it should, that\u2019s less time with your kids, less time with your loved ones and less time enjoying the greatest city on earth. Together with Governor Hochul, we\u2019re investing in faster, more reliable buses because New Yorkers deserve a transit system that respects their time. This plan will make it easier to get to work, school and home \u2014 and build a city that works better for the people who keep it running.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, millions of New Yorkers rely on buses to get around this city, but for far too long, making their journeys faster and their lives easier has seemed out of reach. That all changes today,\u201d said\u00a0Governor Hochul.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York is in the midst of a transit renaissance, with historic investments being made to improve the lifeblood of our city. Now, working with Mayor Mamdani, we are advancing a bold and ambitious plan to move buses faster, dramatically expand bus priority, reduce delays and make our bus system the envy of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, we at MTA have wanted more bus lanes, more enforcement of cars and trucks blocking bus lanes. Faster buses. Congestion pricing. But it\u2019s no secret we didn\u2019t have support at the local level,\u201d said Janno Lieber, Chair and CEO of the MTA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is not the case anymore. Our partners today \u2014 this Governor, this Mayor and this NYC DOT \u2014 all want to make sure that riding the bus is always faster than walking. They want to follow through on long overdue commitments to build bus lanes and busways. They will ramp up traffic enforcement to keep streets moving. Buses can only move as fast as traffic allows, so if you are a bus or a bus rider this is terrific news.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNext Stop\u00a0<\/em>represents a historic partnership to build the fastest, best bus system in our city\u2019s history,\u201d said\u00a0Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan is designed to deliver for riders, to give time back to our neighbors and to make our bus system easier, more reliable and more comfortable for everyone. It represents a unique spirit of collaboration in which Albany and City Hall do not hesitate to work together to improve working people\u2019s lives. The City has the streets, the State has the buses, and together, we are committed to delivering fast buses and better service for New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToo often, New York City\u2019s bus riders have felt like an afterthought. The Mamdani administration is putting the city\u2019s one million daily bus riders front and center through this historic partnership and investment,\u201d said\u00a0NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.<\/p>\n

\u201cBus service shouldn\u2019t be treated as a second-rate option at the mercy of traffic congestion. It should be a world-class system for a world-class city: fast, comfortable, reliable and convenient enough that every New Yorkers sees the bus as a great way to get around.\u00a0Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service<\/em>\u00a0provides the blueprint for transforming our bus system, and we are deeply appreciative of Governor Hochul and the MTA for their strong partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mayor came in with a mandate for fast and free buses, and today he\u2019s proudly delivering on fast, with a bold plan that will speed up buses for millions of daily riders,\u201d said\u00a0Elizabeth Adams, Senior Advisor for Fast and Free Buses for Mayor Mamdani.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Thanks to a historic partnership between the MTA and DOT, we are marking a new chapter for bus riders. These improvements will give people real time back in their day for what\u2019s truly needed. The bus is a lifeline for countless New Yorkers and when someone is made late to work, school or to pick up their kids, it can have devastating impacts. Thank you to the advocates and partners who made this plan possible and helped bring this vision forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Yorkers take 2.75 million trips on New York City buses each day, making the system the busiest in the nation \u2014 carrying more riders than the bus systems of Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia combined. But New York\u2019s buses remain the slowest of any major U.S. city, averaging just eight miles per hour.<\/p>\n

Improving bus service is central to Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul\u2019s promise to make New York City more livable for working people. Bus riders are disproportionately working class, women and people of color and are more likely than subway riders or drivers to live in households earning less than $100,000 annually.<\/p>\n

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NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service,\u00a0a sweeping bus action plan to build the next generation of bus service in New York City. The plan marks a historic partnership between the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40856,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855\/revisions\/40856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}