List of express bus routes in New York City
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates 80 express bus routes in New York City, United States. All express routes are assigned multi-borough (BM, BxM, QM, SIM) prefixes, except four routes operated by New York City Transit in Brooklyn, which are prefixed with the letter X.
The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system, is $7.25. Discount fare media is available. Except for the ad-hoc X80 service, coins are not accepted on express buses.
Express buses operate using over-the-road diesel-powered, 45-ft-long coaches, from Motor Coach Industries and Prevost Car. For more information, visit the fleet page.
Manhattan to Staten Island
Most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway, and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel into Lower Manhattan. Some routes operate through New Jersey via the Goethals Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey Route 495, and Lincoln Tunnel to directly serve Midtown Manhattan.
On August 19, 2018, all of the Staten Island-Manhattan express bus routes were redesigned to offer simpler and direct routes, fewer stops to speed up the trips, and additional service for off-peak hours and weekends. The new routes originally planned consists of 21 express routes: 11 traveling to Midtown, 8 traveling to Downtown and 2 traveling to Greenwich Village via Battery Park City.
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