M60 (New York City bus)

m60 M101 3rd/Lexington/Amsterdam Avs/125th Street
Service
Operates	24 hours[4]
Annual patronage	2,481,500 (2022)[6]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	M60 SBS
Route map Legend 106th Street  M60  116th Street / Broadway 120th Street / Broadway 120th Street / Amsterdam Avenue 125th Street / Amsterdam Avenue St. Nicholas Avenue / Douglass Boulevard ​​​ Lenox Avenue ​ Park Avenue Lexington Avenue ​​ 2nd Avenue Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Manhattan Queens 31st Street ​ Steinway Street 77th Street 82nd Street–Ditmars Boulevard LaGuardia Airport – Terminal A 87th Street 94th Street LaGuardia Airport – Terminal B LaGuardia Airport – Terminal C  M60  Legend Major stop Minor stop  M60  Terminal ​ Subway connection ←  Q53 SBS (by route number)  {{{system_nav}}}  Q70 SBS  →

The M60 Select Bus Service is a

The M60 was introduced in 1992 as an airport connector and is usually advertised as such. Much of the M60's passenger load, however, is from its crosstown service along 125th Street in Harlem; the M60 is the busiest of the four bus routes that run along the 125th Street Crosstown Line ("125th Street corridor"). On May 25, 2014, the M60 was converted into a Select Bus Service (SBS) route to improve service to-and-from the airport, and service along 125th Street.

Route description and service

The M60 begins on the

In 1991, the

In June 1995, the route was extended 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to West 106th Street and Broadway, and was rerouted to Broadway from Claremont Avenue as residents on that street believed that the route had decreased their quality of life. Three options had been considered to reroute or extend the M60: using Riverside Drive, extending the route to West 110th Street, and extending the route to West 106th Street, which was decided upon. The M60 was extended south via Broadway and West End Avenue to West 106th Street, making limited stops, and laying over at West 106th Street and Broadway. The extension provided direct service between the Upper West Side and LaGuardia.^[18][19]

Between 1997 and 2004, the bus route had an increase in ridership of 237%,^[20] leading to a decrease in trip headways from 20 minutes^[10] to 15 minutes in 1998,^[21] and under 10 minutes by the 2000s.^[13] On October 12, 2009, the first luggage rack-equipped bus in the city debuted on the M60, as part of a ten-bus pilot program on airport bus services to improve passenger flow.^[22][23][24] In 2012, 60-foot (18 m) articulated buses began replacing the standard 40-foot (12 m) buses on the route.^[25][26]

In 2009, the MTA and the

Studies and community outreach for Select Bus Service upgrades were conducted through 2011, and plans to implement the M60 SBS were announced on October 11, 2012.[34] At the time, the M60 was the heaviest used of the four 125th Street crosstown buses. The plan would turn the M60 local into a limited-stop service along 125th Street, with the number of stops along the corridor reduced from eleven to six. It would add dedicated MTA bus lanes and other improvements to speed travel times, and make the fleet entirely articulated and fully equipped with luggage racks.^[7][8]

Plans for the SBS route were scrapped in July 2013 after opposition from the Harlem community and state senator Bill Perkins, over the potential loss of parking space on 125th Street, and due to a lack of collaboration by the DOT with the community.^[35][36][37] In October 2013, the plan was reinstated after the proposed bus lanes along 125th Street between Morningside Avenue on the West Side and Lenox Avenue in central Harlem were eliminated.^[8] The M60 SBS began service on May 25, 2014.^[3][7][8] An inauguration ceremony was held two days later.^[38]

In January 2023, the MTA released a strategic action plan by the name of Extending Transit's Reach. As apart of this plan, the M60 SBS was scheduled to receive bike rack installation on it's buses.^[39]

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• M60 125th Street – LaGuardia Airport SBS − mta.info
• 125th–LaGuardia Airport Select Bus Service − NYCDOT