Select Bus Service

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Bx12 +SelectBusService #5741 at the Grand Concourse stop, bound for Manhattan.
Overview
Termini	Bay Plaza (full time) Orchard Beach (seasonal) Broadway-207 Street
Stations	14 (eastbound to Bay Plaza) 15 (westbound to Inwood) 13 (to/from Orchard Beach)
Service
Type	Bus rapid transit
Services	1
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Rolling stock	35 New Flyer D60HF BRT buses
History
Opened	2008-06-29
Route map Fordham Road–Pelham Parkway Line  Bx12   Bx12  Co-op City – Bay Plaza Co-op City Boulevard Bartow Avenue Baychester Avenue  Bx12   Bx12  (early mornings) Baychester – Edson Avenue  Bx12  summers only Orchard Beach  Bx12  Pelham Bay Park ​ (Westchester Avenue)   St. Paul Avenue Stillwell Avenue Eastchester Road Seymour Avenue – Jacobi Hospital Naragansett–Throop Avenues Williamsbridge Road Hone Avenue Muliner–Bronxwood Avenues White Plains Road ​ Southern Boulevard – Bronx Zoo Camberleng Avenue Hoffman Street Bathgate Avenue  Bx12  school days 2:31–2:48 pm Belmont Avenue Third Avenue – Fordham Plaza Decatur Avenue Elm Place Valentine Avenue ​ East 190th Street–Grand Concourse Jerome–Walton Avenues University Avenue Sedgwick Avenue  Bx12  Sedgwick Avenue (Webb Avenue) Cedar Avenue University Heights Bridge The Bronx Manhattan Tenth Avenue  Bx12   Bx12  Inwood – Broadway / 207th Street Legend SBS & Local stops Local stops  Bx12  SBS terminal  Bx12  Local terminal  Bx12  Late-night terminal Subway connection

Select Bus Service, branded as +SelectBusService, is a brand used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) for bus rapid transit service.

History

In conjunction with the New York City Department of Transportation, the MTA identified five corridors for implementation of bus rapid transit, one in each of the five boroughs, in late 2004: the Fordham Road/Pelham Parkway corridor in the Bronx, First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, Merrick Boulevard in Queens, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, and Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island. Three bus priority corridors were also identified for implementation or expansion, all in Manhattan: Madison Avenue (expansion), Fifth Avenue, and 34th Street. The Merrick Boulevard corridor was eventually scrapped because of community opposition related to loss of parking.

The +SelectBusService program was unveiled to the public on 2008-03-25.At the time of the announcement, the MTA and the mayor had stated that implementation on other corridors was contingent on the passage of congestion pricing, which ultimately did not make it for a vote in the state Legislature.

The first +SelectBusService corridor, on the Bx12, was placed into service on 2008-06-29. Other lines are expected to be rolled out in the next three years, with SBS coming to the M15 in fall 2009, and to the B44 and S79 in 2011. Federal funding has been applied for to continue the expansion.

Vehicle branding and fare payment

Buses assigned to the +SelectBusService brand are easily identifiable with a blue wrap below the stripe stretching all the way around the bus, on the front, sides, and back. In addition, +SelectBusService buses display +Select Bus Service+ in the destination sign, and flash blue lights on both sides of the destination sign and in the windshield. Bus stops where +SelectBusService buses stop are also identifiable with the SBS branding on the glass, and machines for MetroCard and coin payment in or near the shelters.

On +SelectBusService lines, unlike other bus lines in New York City (and a first in New York City), fare collection works via a proof-of-payment system. Customers must pay their fare before boarding the bus at pay stations located in bus shelters at the designated stops. Boarding can be done via the front or rear doors of the bus.

See also

• New York City Transit buses
• Bus rapid transit

External links

• Select Bus Service