What is the longest bus route in NYC?

Number of routes: 234 local, 20 Select Bus Service, and 73 express bus routes in the five boroughs. 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. Depots: Buses are housed, washed, and maintained at 28 depots.



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The Midtown Bus Terminal is located in the heart of Times Square. It is not only the nation's largest bus terminal, it's also the world's busiest.

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MTA bus speeds were found to be among the lowest in the nation — and rarely average above 9 mph. By comparison, the average human walks at about 3 mph (and maybe faster for New Yorkers), and the average man runs at 8 mph.

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The free buses will go into effect this Sunday, September 24, and include the following: Bx18A/B, B60, M116, Q4, and S46/96. Once the pilot program is completed, Hochul reportedly expects the MTA to extend the free bus service into 2025. There's also a free shuttle bus that takes you around Downtown Manhattan.

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For the driver to stop the bus where you want to get off, push the tape strip located above and beside the windows. You need to signal your driver about one block before your desired stop. The bus will stop at the route's next stop. Stops are every 2-3 blocks, except for limiteds.

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The first vehicle was delivered to the “Netphener Omnibus-Gesellschaft mbH” bus company in the Siegerland region of Germany, today part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The world's first motorized bus went into service on 18 March 1895.

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About bus fares OMNY is accepted on all New York City buses. Fares can also be paid with a MetroCard, coins, or SingleRide ticket. Some buses are fare-free: Q70-LaGuardia Link to and from LaGuardia Airport.

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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.

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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 over 9.6 million people annually.

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North America's most northerly bus service, the Dalton Highway Express covers a rugged 500 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to the ominously named settlement of Deadhorse. Outside the window the frigid tundra stretched away to meet the horizon; vast, treeless and unnerving.

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