‘Next Stop’: Mamdani, Hochul roll out plan to cut NYC bus trips by 6 minutes on 50 ‘priority’ routes

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Posted on July 8, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul, the city Department of Transportation and the MTA on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for making the city’s buses run 20% faster along 50 “priority corridors” — a change they say could save riders up to six minutes on trips along those routes.

Among those 50 routes they pitched building five “rapid bus corridors,” bus rapid transit-style designs equipped with infrastructure that allows the vehicles to move quickly and make stops at neighborhood bus stations.