Mta Bus Time Q85 (2024)

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All express buses are diesel-powered, 45 ft (14 m) long commuter coaches. All buses are high-floored.

Longest rides: The longest local bus route is Staten Island's S78 at 19.7 miles between the St George Ferry Terminal and the Bricktown Mall in Charleston.

Average bus speeds, which shot up to over 9 miles per hour in 2020 during the early days of the pandemic, have sagged back down to 7.9 miles per hour as of May this year after remaining above 8 miles per hour through 2023, according to MTA figures.

Buses, which weigh between 21 and 34 tons, had to be redirected away from the city-owned Grand Street Bridge — which has a new 13-ton weight limit — at the request of the city transportation agency, MTA officials confirmed.

The M102 bus line — a line that runs from the East Village to Harlem with 8,000 daily weekday riders — won the 17th Annual Pokey Award, given to the slowest local bus route in the city by transit advocates with the New York Public Interest Research Group's Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter.

Originally a streetcar line along Second Avenue, it is now the M15 bus route, the busiest bus route in the city and United States, carrying 16.4 million riders annually.

Wheelchair priority seating area

Nearly 1,000 of our 60-foot articulated buses feature a single flip-up seat next to either 2 or 3 attached flip seats in the wheelchair securement area, as shown below.

Operating Schedule: 10 AM - 5 PM (Stop #11 Times Square North) Every 30 Minutes, tour duration takes 90 Minutes Customers are advised to visit the Big Bus website or to download the Big Bus app to see the most up to date bus stop locations and timings.

The majority of buses in Metro Transit's fleet are 40-feet standard diesel buses. Articulated, 60-foot buses are typically used on express routes that operate only during the busiest times of day (rush hours) and make fewer stops. Coach buses are used for express service.

The A provides the longest one-seat ride in the system—at 32.39 miles (52.13 km), between Inwood and Far Rockaway—and a 2015 study indicated that it had a weekday ridership of 600,000.