Select Bus Service

Select Bus Service
Founded2008
LocaleNew York City
Service typeLimited-stop, with some bus rapid transit features
Routes20 routes, 17 corridors
(20 proposed routes)
DestinationsBronx (3 routes)
Bx6: Washington Hts.Hunts Pt.
Bx12: InwoodBay Plaza
Bx41: The HubWilliamsbridge
Brooklyn (3 routes)
B44: WilliamsburgSheepshead Bay
B46: Bedford-StuyvesantKings Plaza
B82: Spring CreekBath Beach
Manhattan (9 routes)
M14A: Abingdon SqLower East Side
M14D: Chelsea PiersLower East Side
M15: East HarlemSouth Ferry
M23: Chelsea PiersEast Side
M34: Javits CenterEast Side
M34A: PABTWaterside Plaza
M60: UWSLGA Airpt.
M79: UWSUES
M86: UWSYorkville
Queens (4 routes)
Q44: Bronx ZooJamaica
Q52: ElmhurstArverne
Q53: WoodsideRockaway Park
Q70: WoodsideLaGuardia Airport
Staten Island (1 route)
S79: Staten Island MallBay Ridge
Stations261
FleetNew Flyer Xcelsior XD40/XD60/XN60
New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE XE60
Nova Bus LFS (4th Generation)/LFS Artic (2nd Generation)
OperatorMTA Bus & MTA New York City Bus
WebsiteMTA website • DOT website

Select Bus Service (SBS; stylized as +selectbusservice) is a service provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Regional Bus Operations for limited-stop bus routes with some bus rapid transit features in New York City. The first SBS route was implemented in 2008 to improve speed and reliability on long, busy corridors.

SBS routes use vehicle-segregated, camera-enforced bus lanes; sidewalk extensions for bus stops; relatively long distances between stops; vehicular turn restrictions along corridors; and next-bus travel information screens. The first route was the Bx12 along Fordham Road and the Pelham Parkway; as of July 2019, the system has expanded to twenty SBS routes along seventeen corridors. Twenty more routes are proposed through 2027. In summer 2018, the MTA announced that it was considering delaying the implementation of SBS routes outside Manhattan until 2021 because of the city's upcoming bus-network redesign.