“It’s a heavily utilized route,” Beckmann told the Home Reporter.īut while Beckmann applauded the idea of more seats for passengers, she expressed concern about how the articulated B1 buses will navigate tricky turns at key spots along its route, including 86th Street and Fourth Avenue. The line of passengers waiting for the B1 often stretches around the corner, she said. The changeover to articulated buses on the B1 line is being done partly to accommodate students traveling to and from Kingsborough Community College, officials said.īeckmann said the Kingsborough-bound B1’s first stop, 86th Street and Fourth Avenue, is located near the 86th Street station on the R subway line. The bus operates along 86 th Street in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst for much of its route. The B1 runs between Bay Ridge and Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach. “The B1 will be fully converted to articulated operation in April 2020,” MTA spokesperson Shams Tarek told the Home Reporter in an email. The articulated buses, which have an accordion-type section in the center, can carry up to 115 passengers, 30 more than the buses currently in use. The longer vehicles, called articulated buses, are 60 feet long, as opposed to the standard-model buses, which are 40 feet in length. 16, according to District Manager Josephine Beckmann.
Officials from New York City Transit informed Community Board 10 of the coming change in a letter sent to the board on Jan.
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