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

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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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.

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

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