MTA Regional Bus Operations
MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It was created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations in New York City operated by the MTA. As of February 2018, MTA Regional Bus Operations runs 234 local routes, 71 express routes, and 20 Select Bus Service routes. Its fleet of 5,840 buses is the largest municipal bus fleet in the United States and operates 24/7. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 730,924,600, or about 2,309,600 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
An early livery for the NYC Transit Authority
The early 1970s livery, using a blue base. This bus, a Flxible New Look, is operating in special holiday service in 2008.
A typical vehicle, an MCI cruiser, used in express bus service. This example wears the livery used from 1977 until 2016.
A MTA Bus Orion VII Old Gen on the Q100 Limited, this route used to be part of Queens Surface Corporation as the Q101R, till MTA takeover in 2005
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in North America, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City.
MTA headquarters, 2 Broadway
MTA Bus Time app on an iPhone.
OMNY Payment System for Subway Trains