Queens Bus Network Redesign: Reports, Past Events, and Archived Materials

Customer Priorities: 

• Increased Reliability – Customers want to be able to rely on buses to arrive when expected Customers want buses to be more reliable, less crowded, and less bunched. 

• Shorter Travel Times – Customers want shorter waits at stops, and to get to their destinations faster. 

• Better Connections – Customers want access to more of the city than they have now, especially better interborough connections and better access across long distances within the borough. 

• Easier to Use – Customers want the bus network to be easier to use. 

Travel at a Glance: 

• Population and employment density is concentrated along subway lines. The Queens Bus Network covers much of the rest of the borough, but travel times are often long as routes meander throughout various neighborhoods before reaching the subway. 

• Only 20 of the 81 subway stations in or near Queens are accessible, according to the standards set in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The network redesign could be particularly important for those customers whose transit options are currently more limited. 

• About 52 percent of Queens commuters travel via transit. According to Census ACS data, about 39 percent of Queens commuters identified rail modes as their primary means of transportation, while 11 percent identified bus as their primary means. About 38 percent of commuters drive to work. 

• Most customers in Queens rely on a bus and a subway to get where they need to go. 

• Most Queens residents have access to some level of bus service. Approximately 94.27 percent live within a quarter-mile walk (about 5 minutes) of a local, limited, SBS or express bus stop. 

Limitations of the Existing System: 

• Existing routes meander through much of the borough, since they were designed to get everyone to a subway station. 

• The most productive routes are often short and mostly straight. They also tend to traverse through high-activity areas and make connections with subway lines and other key bus routes. 

• Close bus stop-spacing hinders high-ridership routes by slowing down the bus at stops too often. 

• Many bus routes try to serve several different purposes at once, serving none of the individual purposes well. 

• Even with bus routes covering most of the borough, there are opportunities to improve system connectivity and provide easier access to places in the borough that customers want to go. 

• Read the Queens Bus Network Existing Conditions Report (Low Resolution - 27MB) 
• Read the Queens Bus Network Existing Conditions Report (High Resolution - 150MB) 
• Click here to read through the corridors in your area 
• Presentation Boards from Our Open House Events 
• Queens Bus Network Redesign Kickoff Presentation 
• Queens Bus Network Redesign Project Launch Press Release 

2019 Open House Events  

• Tuesday, May 7 — 7-9 PM 
  Peninsula Library 
  92-25 Rockaway Beach Blvd 

• Monday, May 13 — 6:30-8:30 PM 
  PS 69 Jackson Heights 
  77-02 37th Ave 

• Wednesday, May 15 — 6:30-8:30 PM 
  The Woodhaven Elementary School 
  91-02 88th Ave 

• Monday, May 20 — 6:30-8:30 PM 
  PS 112Q Dutch Kills School — Astoria 
  25-05 37th Avenue 

• Tuesday, May 21 — 6:30-8:30 PM 
  Flushing Library 
  41-17 Main St 

• Tuesday, May 28 — 7-9 PM 
  Central Jamaica Library 
  89-11 Merrick Blvd 

2019 On-Street Outreach Schedule  

• Monday, July 15 — 6:30-9:30 AM 
  21st St - Queensbridge Houses 

• Tuesday, July 16 — 6:30-9:30 AM 
  71st Av & Queens Blvd 

• Tuesday, July 16 — 3:30-6:30 PM 
  Main St-Flushing 

• Wednesday, July 17 — 6:30-9:30 AM 
  Beach Channel Dr & Beach 54th St 

• Monday, July 22 — 4:00-7:00 PM 
  Parsons Ave & 88th Ave 

• Tuesday, July 23 — 6:30-9:30 AM 
  Union Ave and Parsons Ave 

• Tuesday, July 23 — 4:30-7:30 PM 
  39th Ave-Flushing 

• Wednesday, July 24 — 7:00-10:00 AM 
  Cross Bay Blvd & Liberty Ave 

• Friday, July 26 — 3:30-6:30 PM 
  165 St Terminal