Details
- LocationQueens
- TypeBus Network Redesign
- StatusPlanning
Area Map
40.707629483535, -73.795462692511
Timeline
- April 2019: Queens Bus Network Redesign initiative launched
- August 2019: Queens Existing Conditions Report published
- December 2019: Original Queens Draft Plan published
- August 2021: Bus Network Redesign initiative restarted after COVID-related pause
- December 2021: Original Queens Draft Plan withdrawn from consideration
- March 2022: Queens New Draft Plan published
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About the project
We are excited to restart the Queens Bus Network Redesign initiative. This is an ambitious plan that will improve bus travel for Queens riders.
The New Draft Plan, driven by customer feedback, was released on March 29, 2022. Through our outreach efforts in winter 2020, we collected an immense amount of constructive feedback from the public. Comments centered around subway connections, schedule proposals, and bus stop spacing. This feedback became the primary input for the new draft plan.
With the new Draft Plan, we worked to address as many customer concerns as possible, while still including some well-received elements of the Original Draft Plan. Overall, we focused on redesign strategies that would improve the existing bus network.
Project benefits
- Improved connections and a simplified network that will decrease travel times and make trips simpler for riders
- Improved intraborough and interborough connections
- Increased frequencies to create a better all-day frequent network to meet customer needs
- Better balanced stop spacing, which will speed up buses and improve reliability
- Bus Priority Projects on targeted corridors will maximize travel time savings and improve the quality of service
Next steps
This spring, the MTA will host a range of public engagements and workshops to gather additional input from customers and Queens residents. Your input will inform and shape the Proposed Final Plan.
This process is laid out more fully in the report.
Public workshops
We're planning a better bus network for Queens, and we want to hear from you. Please join us for your community event!
All workshops will be take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sessions will begin at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Please use this link to register for your community workshop. If you can’t make the workshop for your neighborhood, feel free to sign up for a different one.
Each workshop will be conducted in English with captioning and other languages per the list below. Additional language interpreters, ASL, and captioning will be available upon advance request via the registration form no later than five business days before the workshop you want to attend.
Schedule of public workshops
Date |
Community district |
Neighborhoods covered |
Language assistance provided |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday, April 18 |
Community District 1 |
Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside |
Spanish, Mandarin, Bangla |
Thursday, April 21 |
Community District 2 |
Hunters Point, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside |
Spanish, Mandarin, Bangla |
Tuesday, April 26 |
Community District 3 |
East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, North Corona |
Spanish, Mandarin, Bangla |
Thursday, April 28 |
Community District 4 |
Corona, Corona Heights, Elmhurst |
Spanish, Mandarin |
Wednesday, May 4 |
Community District 5 |
Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Fresh Pond, Liberty Park |
Spanish, Mandarin |
Thursday, May 5 |
Community District 6 |
Forest Hills, Rego Park |
Spanish, Mandarin |
Tuesday, May 10 |
Community District 7 |
Kissena Park, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Bay Terrace, College Point, Beechhurst, Queensborough Hill, Willets Point |
Spanish, Mandarin, Korean |
Thursday, May 12 |
Community District 8 |
Briarwood, Cunningham Heights, Flushing South, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Hilltop Village, Holliswood, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens, Pomonok, Utopia |
Spanish, Bangla |
Monday, May 16 |
Community District 9 |
Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Kew Gardens |
Spanish, Bangla |
Wednesday, May 18 |
Community District 10 |
Howard Beach, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Tudor Village, Lindenwood |
Spanish, Bangla |
Tuesday, May 24 |
Community District 11 |
Bayside, Douglaston to Little Neck, Auburndale, East Flushing, Oakland Gardens, Hollis Hills |
Spanish, Mandarin, Korean |
Thursday, May 26 |
Community District 12 |
Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, South Ozone Park, Springfield Gardens |
Spanish, Bangla |
Tuesday, May 31 |
Community District 13 |
Bellaire, Bellerose, Brookville, Cambria Heights, Floral Park, Glen Oaks, Laurelton, Meadowmere, North Shore Towers, Queens Village, Rosedale, Wayanda |
Spanish, Bangla |
Thursday, June 2 |
Community District 14 |
Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Neponsit, Arverne, Bayswater, Edgemere, Rockaway, Rockaway Park, Far Rockaway |
Spanish |
Please join your Virtual Workshop at https://mta.zoom.us/j/86541509211?pwd=Qk5MZUpZa2k2SmRBMldtRUVmZnVzUT09
Meeting ID: 865 4150 9211
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Explore the proposed bus network
Interactive network maps
We need your feedback! Use this interactive Remix map to view our proposed bus routes and stops in detail. Please provide comments using the "Post Comment" button on the top right of the page. Then click on the route that you would like to comment on. To learn more about how to use the Remix maps and provide comments, please watch the short video pop-up in the links below.
Where we left off
In December 2019, we released the original Queens Bus Network Redesign Draft Plan. It focused on providing more reliable service, faster travel, better connections, and improving ease of use. For the next three months, we held dozens of outreach events throughout Queens. Resulting from these efforts, we received over 11,000 comments.
However, in March 2020, we paused work on the Bus Network Redesigns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project remained on pause for approximately 18 months.
In August 2021, we announced we would restart the Bus Network Redesigns, with the Bronx local bus project resuming first, and the Queens project up next.