Select Bus Service

Select Bus Service
Founded2008
LocaleNew York City
Service typeLimited-stop, with some bus rapid transit features
Routes20 routes, 17 corridors
(3 proposed routes)
DestinationsBronx (3 routes)
Bx6: Washington Hts. – Hunts Pt.
Bx12: Inwood – Bay Plaza
Bx41: The Hub – Williamsbridge
Brooklyn (3 routes)
B44: Williamsburg – Sheepshead Bay
B46: Bedford-Stuyvesant – Kings Plaza
B82: Spring Creek – Bath Beach
Manhattan (9 routes)
M14A: Abingdon Sq – Lower East Side
M14D: Chelsea Piers – Lower East Side
M15: East Harlem – South Ferry
M23: Chelsea Piers – East Side
M34: Javits Center – East Side
M34A: PABT – Waterside Plaza
M60: UWS – LGA Airpt.
M79: UWS – UES
M86: UWS – Yorkville
Queens (4 routes)
Q44: Bronx Zoo – Jamaica
Q52: Elmhurst – Edgemere
Q53: Woodside – Rockaway Park
Q70: Woodside – LaGuardia Airport
Staten Island (1 route)
S79: Staten Island Mall – Bay 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.