The city announced today it will add three high speed bus routes to LaGuardia Airport starting next year that could save as much 40 minutes in travel time, officials said.
The proposed routes – which will have dedicated travel lanes in high traffic areas – will run from the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.
They are the M60 Select Bus Service that runs along 125th Street in Manhattan, a new route from Woodside and Jackson Heights, Queens via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and a proposed Select Bus Service route from Webster Avenue in The Bronx.
Like the popular SBS routes deployed in other parts of the city, the buses will have passengers pay prior to boarding to speed things along and have technology installed to switch traffic signals from red to green.
“Select Bus Service improves travel times, enhances safety and increases ridership wherever we have installed it,” said Mayor Bloomberg.
“This new Select Bus Service to LaGuardia will not only cut travel time for people flying in and out of New York, but it will also benefit New Yorkers who commute to work at the airport every day from Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.”