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About the route
The proposed B12 Local runs between Broadway Junction and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
The existing length of the B12 route is 4.1 miles. This would not change under the proposed Draft Plan.
In the existing route, the average stop spacing is 689 feet. Under the proposed route, that would increase to 1,009 feet. There would be 2.4 turns per mile on the route.
The route would include connections to the B7, B10, B14, B15, B16, B17, B20, B25, B40, B41, B41-XT, B43, B44, B44-SBS, B45, B46, B46-SBS, B47, B49, B53, B60, B66, B76, B83, Q24, and Q56. It would also connect to the and trains, as well as the Long Island Rail Road.
Route improvements
- Improved stop spacing
- Improved frequency
- Priority Corridor
Review the B12 route summary
The proposed B12 would maintain its existing routing. A new branch of the B12 is proposed, the B10 LTD. On weekdays, the B10 LTD would travel the same route path between Broadway Junction and Utica Av but would make only Limited stops. West of Utica Av, the
B10 LTD would travel on Empire Blvd to its new terminal at the Prospect Park station. The proposed B16 would provide additional service on Clarkson Av.
As a Local route, stops would be spaced slightly farther apart than existing to speed up buses and improve reliability.
Weekday frequencies would be decreased since buses would be split between the proposed B10 LTD and B12, but there would be an overall increase in service on the shared section between Broadway Junction and Utica Av. Weekend frequencies would be increased, when the B10 LTD would not operate. No service span changes are being proposed at this time.
B12 proposed frequency and span
Weekday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 10 minutes
- Midday: 12 minutes
- PM Peak: 10 minutes
- Early Evening: 15 minutes
- Late Evening: 15 minutes
Saturday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- Early Morning: 8 minutes
- Morning: 8 minutes
- Midday: 8 minutes
- Early Evening: 8 minutes
- Late Evening: 13 minutes
Sunday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- Early Morning: 15 minutes
- Morning: 12 minutes
- Midday: 10 minutes
- Early Evening: 10 minutes
- Late Evening: 15 minutes
* Frequency indicates how often the bus comes on average in the peak direction.