M14 (New York City bus)
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14th Street Crosstown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Livery | Select Bus Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began service | 1899 (streetcar) 1936 (bus) 2019 (SBS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Locale | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start | M14A-SBS: West Side – Abingdon Square M14D-SBS: Chelsea Piers – 11th Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Via | 14th Street, Avenue A, Avenue D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End | M14A-SBS: Lower East Side – Grand Street M14D-SBS: Lower East Side – Delancey Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | M14A-SBS EB: 3.3 miles (5.3 km)[1] M14D-SBS EB: 3.6 miles (5.8 km)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operates | 24 hours[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual patronage | 4,243,744 (2022)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timetable | M14A/D SBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 14th Street Crosstown Line is a
Route description and service
Both M14 services share the 14th Street Crosstown corridor between 9th Avenue on the West Side and Avenue A on the Lower East Side. The "A" and "D" designations refer to the north–south streets used by each service within the Lower East Side (Avenue A and Avenue D respectively).[3][5]
West of 9th Avenue, the M14A SBS turns south along
During weekday rush hours, some M14 SBS buses make
The M14A/D SBS routes supplement the 14th Street Line (L train), which runs from Eighth Avenue and continues into Brooklyn.[3][5]
Stops
Station Street traveled |
Direction | Connections |
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M14A only | ||
Bleecker Street Eighth Avenue |
Eastbound station | M20 to Lincoln Center
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West 12th Street Hudson Street |
Westbound terminus | NYC Bus: M11 to Riverbank State Park |
West 13th Street Hudson Street |
Westbound | NYC Bus: M11 to Abingdon Square, M14D SBS to Chelsea Piers
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M14D only | ||
Ninth Avenue West 14th Street |
Westbound | NYC Bus: M11, M14A SBS to Abingdon Square
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Tenth Avenue West 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M11 to Riverbank State Park | |
West 15th Street Eleventh Avenue |
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West 17th Street Eleventh Avenue |
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Tenth Avenue West 18th Street |
Westbound terminus; eastbound station | NYC Bus: M11 to Riverbank State Park |
West 18th Street Ninth Avenue |
Eastbound | NYC Bus: M11 to Abingdon Square |
Hudson Street West 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M11, M14A SBS to Abingdon Square | |
M14A and M14D | ||
Eighth Avenue West 14th Street |
Bidirectional | NYC Bus: M20 to Lincoln Center 14th Street/Eighth Avenue
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Seventh Avenue West 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M20 to South Ferry NYC Subway: 14th Street/Sixth Avenue
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Sixth Avenue West 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M55 to West 44th Street/Sixth Avenue
NYC Subway: trains at 14th Street/Sixth Avenue PATH: HOB–33, JSQ–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) trains at 14th Street | |
Fifth Avenue West 14th Street |
Westbound | NYC Bus: M3 to East Village, M55 to South Ferry
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Union Square West/University Place East 14th Street |
Bidirectional | |
Irving Place East 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M1 to Harlem, M2 to Washington Heights, M3 to Fort George NYC Subway: 14th Street–Union Square
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Third Avenue East 14th Street |
NYC Bus: Third Avenue
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Second Avenue East 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M15 Local to South Ferry, M15 SBS to South Ferry | |
First Avenue East 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M15 Local to East Harlem, M15 SBS to East Harlem NYC Subway: First Avenue
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Avenue A East 14th Street |
NYC Subway: First Avenue
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M14A only | ||
East 11th Street Avenue A |
Bidirectional | NYC Bus: M8 at East 10th Street |
East 5th Street Avenue A |
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East Houston Street Avenue A |
NYC Bus: M9, M21 | |
Delancey Street Essex Street |
NYC Bus: M9, Delancey Street/Essex Street
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Grand Street Essex Street |
NYC Bus: M9 | |
Clinton Street Grand Street |
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Pitt Street Grand Street |
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East Broadway Grand Street |
Eastbound | |
Jackson Street Grand Street |
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Columbia Street Grand Street |
Westbound | |
Madison Street Jackson Street |
NYC Bus: M22
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FDR Drive Grand Street |
Eastbound terminus; Westbound station | NYC Bus: M22 to Battery Park City |
M14D only | ||
Avenue B East 14th Street |
Bidirectional | |
Avenue C East 14th Street |
NYC Bus: M9 | |
East 11th/12th Streets Avenue C |
NYC Bus: M8 at East 10th Street, M9 | |
Avenue D East 10th Street |
NYC Bus: M8 to West Village | |
East 5th/6th Streets Avenue D |
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East 4th Street Avenue D |
Eastbound | |
East Houston Street Avenue D |
Westbound | NYC Bus: M21 |
Columbia Street East Houston Street |
Eastbound | |
Rivington Street Columbia Street |
Westbound | NYC Bus: M21 to Soho |
Mangin Street East Houston Street |
Eastbound | NYC Bus: M21 to Lower East Side |
555 FDR Drive FDR Drive | ||
FDR Drive Delancey Street | ||
Columbia Street Delancey Street |
Eastbound terminus; Westbound station | NYC Bus: M21 to Soho |
History
The tracks were built by several companies and pieced together by the
When the
Avenue D service was added on January 28, 1951, initially running from Broadway along 14th Street, Avenue D and Columbia Street to Stanton Street, and returning on Cannon Street and Houston Street.[7]
That company changed its name to
The route was once operated by the now defunct Hudson Pier Depot and was known only as the M14. When the depot was taken over by the Quill depot, it was separated into three lines, the M14A, M14C and M14D. Following the September 11 attacks, security measures at the Consolidated Edison power plant were tightened, and the block of East 14th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D was closed to the public. Service was consolidated on the Avenue C and Avenue D branches of the M14, with bus service running along Avenue C, East 10th Street, and Avenue D. In May 2002, the MTA announced plans to consolidate the two routes to improve service, and make operations simpler.[9] Eventually it was decided since the route ran primarily on Avenue D the route would be renamed M14D.
From 2004 to 2006, the M14C briefly returned running down Avenue C to Houston Street then turning East towards Avenue D/Columbia Street and resuming the normal route. This new route began running late and caused confusion with the M21 on Avenue C and eventually service returned to its current state as the M14A and M14D. Afterward, Avenue C was temporarily served by the M21 bus, but since 2010, it has been served by the M9 bus.
Select Bus Service
In April 2019, a
On January 4, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the L train shutdown would be modified. An alternate plan of weekend and late-night construction would be executed instead, therefore putting the initial M14 SBS plan in limbo.[17][18] New York City Transit later announced that it still planned to implement SBS along the corridor, and continued to work with the DOT on a plan for permanent service. The preliminary plan was to convert both the M14A and M14D routes into SBS routes.[19] On March 6, 2019, the NYCDOT met with elected officials and revealed plans to implement Select Bus Service on both the M14A and the M14D in June 2019, with an accelerated timeline to provide an alternative to L service. The implementation of bus lanes on the branches in the Lower East Side was to be implemented later on. Bus stops on each branch would be spaced out to speed up service. The M14A's terminal loop through Abingdon Square was to be implemented on a 9-month trial due to difficulty of bus operations there, as well as complaints of buses laying over in the Abingdon Square area. If the terminal was eliminated during or after the trial, service would be extended to Tenth Avenue. As of May 2022, the M14A continues to serve Abingdon Square at all times.[6] Bus lanes would either make use of the busway layout intended for the Tunnel shutdown or would consist of standard bus lanes.[20][21]
In April 2019, the busway was added back to the plan.
References
- ^ Google (May 8, 2017). "M14A-SBS" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ Google (May 8, 2017). "M14D-SBS" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f MTA Regional Bus Operations. "M14 SBS bus schedule" (PDF).
- ^ "Facts and Figures". mta.info. August 28, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "M14 SBS Bus Schedule" (PDF).
- ^ "New Bus Service Sunday". The New York Times. January 26, 1951. p. 23.
- ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6.
- ^ May 2002 NYC Transit Committee Agenda. New York City Transit. May 29, 2002. pp. 94, 95, https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/48482438452/in/album-72157710163565677/ 96], 97.
- ^ Rivoli, Dan (May 7, 2016). "Looming L train shutdown forces riders to consider future". NY Daily News. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Nir, Sarah Maslin (April 3, 2018). "With L Train Shutdown a Year Off, Lower Manhattan Braces for Upheaval". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ "14th Street Corridor Traffic Analysis Overview" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 22, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 23, 2018. pp. 201–205. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Mascali, Nikki M. (July 24, 2018). "City launching M14 SBS bus ahead of L train shutdown". Metro US. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ Barone, Vincent (July 23, 2018). "MTA sets rollout date for L train shutdown busway". am New York. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ "MTA, DOT to Launch M14 SBS Ahead of L Train Tunnel Reconstruction Project". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 23, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ Baird-Remba, Rebecca (January 3, 2019). "Cuomo Cancels Full L Train Shutdown in Favor of Part-Time Closures". Commercial Observer. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ "Some Transit Alternatives Already in the Works for the L Train Shutdown". www.ny1.com. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "L Project Weekly #10: This week's news, that Court Sq moving walkway, Select Bus Service coming to 14th Street". us18.campaign-archive.com. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "M14A/D Select Bus Service Elected Officials Briefing March 6, 2019". New York City Department of Transportation. March 6, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ "Select Bus Service Package of improvements working together to keep buses moving" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "NYC Pilot Program Will Limit Cars Along 14th Street". NBC New York. April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ Plitt, Amy (April 24, 2019). "NYC will limit private cars on 14th Street during L train 'slowdown'". Curbed NY. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ Barone, Vincent (April 24, 2019). "Advocates hail 14th Street plan while locals rail". am New York. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Commuter Alert: Most Of 14th Street Will Be Closed To Cars Most Of The Time Starting July 1". CBS New York. June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ Spivack, Caroline (June 11, 2019). "Dedicated busway on 14th Street will roll out on July 1". Curbed NY. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ Barone, Vincent (July 1, 2019). "14th Street busway supporters slam lawsuit as classist". am New York. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Spivack, Caroline (June 28, 2019). "14th Street busway blocked by judge". Curbed NY. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Lee, Vivian (August 10, 2019). "Ban on Most Cars on 14th Street Delayed Amid Last-Minute Appeal". Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ Spivack, Caroline (August 9, 2019). "Judge hits brakes on 14th Street busway—again". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ "Busway plan banning most cars from 14th Street kicks off Thursday". Crain's New York Business. Bloomberg. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ^ Plitt, Amy (September 27, 2019). "14th Street busway gets the green light from judges". Curbed NY. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ^ Berger, Paul (October 3, 2019). "Buses Cruise Through Manhattan Corridor as Traffic Change Takes Effect". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "MTA deploys first all-electric articulated bus fleet to 14th Street busway". Mass Transit Magazine. December 16, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
External links
- Media related to M14 (New York City bus) at Wikimedia Commons
- Select Bus Service − mta.info
- M14 SBS: Keeping Buses Moving on 14 St and the Lower East Side − mta.info
- 14th Street Select Bus Service with Transit & Truck Priority Pilot Project − NYCDOT