Here’s how to pay.Īt each bus stop, you’ll see a machine. So ALWAYS pay in advance and keep the receipt handy. If you don’t, at any time an agent could come on the bus (or wait at a bus stop) and check for your receipt, then issue you a $100 ticket (fare evasion summons) for neglecting to pay for your ride. The fare for SBS is the same as the subway and local and limited bus service, or $2.75 per trip, but you must pay your fare before boarding the bus. Buying a ticket for Select Bus Service in NYC Every borough in New York City has at least one SBS route.

Select Bus Service NYC bus routesĪs of the writing of this blog post, there are 20 Select Bus Service lines on 17 different corridors. Here are the basics and how to use Select Bus Service in NYC. Haven’t tried SBS yet? Go ahead, but read this first. The aim is to offer faster more reliable service to New Yorkers, and this expanding program does just that. The initiative provides dedicated bus lanes, fare collection before boarding the bus, as well as signal priority at lights on high-traffic bus routes. SBS or as you’ll see on the outside of the buses “+selectbusservice,” is a form of rapid transit that the MTA launched in 2008. I ride the M86 to cross town to the Upper East Side pretty often, and I’m here to tell you that riding the bus now takes minutes thanks to Select Bus Service. If you’ve never tried Select Bus Service in NYC, you might want to skip the cab ride and give it a go. On certain routes, traveling by bus is a lot quicker than it used to be.

Photo by Jurian H via Pixabay Learn the basics before you use Select Bus Service in NYC

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