

But given the gravity and scope of bus service and ridership decline in NYC, these limited studies and the actual changes resulting from them fall far short of the citywide effort that will be needed to fix New York’s ailing bus system. MTA responses to the July launch of the Turnaround: How to Fix NYC’s Buses report by a coalition of pro-transit groups asserted that “many of the recommendations in the report are actions the MTA is already taking.” The MTA referred reporters to bus studies of Co-op City (2014) and northeastern Queens (2015) and an ongoing study in Staten Island as examples.
