Staten Island Local Bus

Restructure Local Bus Routes to Discontinue Underutilized or Duplicative Segments

• Restructure the S42 and S52 in New Brighton
• Restructure the S60 and S66 on Grymes Hill
• Discontinue S40/90 Service to Howland Hook

Discontinue Service on Low-Performing Local Bus Routes

There is one route proposed for complete discontinuation and two routes proposed for weekend discontinuation.

• Discontinue weekend S54 service
• Discontinue all S67 service (operates weekday peak-hours only)
• Discontinue weekend S76 service

Note that all S42 service would be discontinued as part of the New Brighton restructuring and partially replaced peak hours by selected S52 trips. The S60 would be discontinued as a part of the Grymes Hill restructuring but partially replaced peak hours by S66 service.

Reduce Spans of Service on Local Bus Routes

This proposal reduces service at the start or end of service (on non-24 hour routes), during periods of extremely low ridership.

• Start weekday service later on the S66; end weekday service earlier on the S54 and S57; start Saturday and Sunday service later on the S57; and end Saturday service earlier on the S57

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Proposal Modified March 19, 2010

Restructure the S42 and S52 in New Brighton

Description of Action:
This proposal has been modified based on public comments. This proposal would discontinue the S42 entirely and reroute the S52 to operate via the S42 routing on St. Mark’s Place/Hamilton Avenue and Westervelt Avenue to Jersey Street in order to maintain service in New Brighton. The modified proposal would retain S42 service weekdays (from 6AM to 9AM and 2PM to 1AM). Select trips would be extended (school days only) south to Forest Avenue. The S52 would continue to be rerouted to operate along the S42 route-path at all times (weekdays and weekends).

Neighborhoods Affected:
St. George, New Brighton.

Customer Impact:
Approximately 200 weekday off-peak customers and 350 weekend customers would be required to walk up to five minutes to the S44, S46, or S52.

Cost per Rider:
Total: $4.26, Direct Operating: $2.24 weekdays,
Total: $5.87, Direct Operating: $3.09 weekends (for the S42)

Initial Net Annual Savings:
$0.8 million

Reduction in Savings:
$0.2 million

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Discontinue S40/S90 Service to Howland Hook

Description of Action:
Discontinue the underused segment of the S40/S90 into Howland Hook (operates weekdays only).

Neighborhoods Affected:
Howland Hook.

Customer Impact:
15 customers would have to walk up to seven minutes to the nearest S40/S90 bus stop.

Cost per Rider:
n/a

Net Annual Savings:
$0.1 million

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Description of Action:
Discontinue weekend service on the S54 (S57 service would be retained to maintain service to Seaview Hospital).

Neighborhoods Affected:
Livingston, Castleton Corners, Egbertville, Richmond, Great Kills.

Customer Impact:
Approximately 1,100 weekend customers would be required to use the S57; a typical customer’s trip would increase by 10 to 20 minutes.

Cost per Rider:
Total: $14.39, Direct Operating: $7.57

Net Annual Savings:
$0.5 million

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Proposal Modified March 19, 2010

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Description of Action:
Discontinue all service on the S67 (operates weekday peakhours only).

Neighborhoods Affected:
Port Richmond, Westerleigh, Castleton Corners, St. George.

Customer Impact:
Approximately 700 weekday customers would be required to use the S57 or S66; a typical customer’s trip would increase by eight minutes.

Cost per Rider:
Total: $5.38, Direct Operating: $2.83

Net Annual Savings:
$0.5 million

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Description of Action:
Discontinue weekend service on the S76.

Neighborhoods Affected:
St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, Fox Hills, Grasmere, Dongan Hills, New Dorp, Oakwood.

Customer Impact:
Approximately 3,870 weekend customers would be required to use the S74 or S78; a typical customer’s trip would increase by up to 20 minutes.

Cost per Rider:
Total: $4.54, Direct Operating: $2.39

Net Annual Savings:
$0.3 million

NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction Proposals
Profile of Elements – Staten Island Local Bus

Reduce Spans of Service on Staten Island Local Bus Routes

Description of Action:
This proposal reduces the spans of service on three local bus routes in Staten Island:

• Start weekday service later on the S66
• End weekday service earlier on the S54 and S57
• Start Saturday and Sunday service later on the S57
• End Saturday service earlier on the S57

Neighborhoods Affected:
Many neighborhoods throughout Staten Island (see attached map).

Customer Impact:
Depending on the neighborhood, customers would either be required to use other bus or rail services or would have no transit service available during those hours.

Cost per Rider:
n/a

Net Annual Savings:
$0.4 million