Rapid Bus Service for LaGuardia Airport Moves Forward

Bus service is set to expand in Harlem, the Bronx, and Queens in an effort to cut travel times to LaGuardia Airport.

Proposed changes: In the upper map, the Webster Avenue bus route would be extended from the Bronx across the RFK Bridge to LaGuardia, and both that line and the M60 (the red line) would potentially be upgraded to express bus service, quickening travel times. The lower map shows a potential new route that would be a direct route to LaGuardia via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Courtesy of NYC Department of Transportation

NEW YORK—Bus service is set to expand in Harlem, the Bronx, and Queens in an effort to cut travel times to LaGuardia Airport.

Three new bus routes will either be upgraded or created anew, and will notably include Select Bus Service.

Select Bus Service, also known as rapid bus service, improves travel times by up to 20 percent through the use of two sets of doors for boarding, dedicated bus lanes, pre-boarding payment, and Traffic Signal Priority, which uses equipment to prolong green lights at some intersections until buses go through.

All three planned routes would shift outer-borough transportation in a good way, according to transportation experts.

Proposed Routes