M96 and M106 buses
notability.(October 2023) ) |
m96, m106 | |||
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96th Street Crosstown East 106th Street Line | |||
Manhattan | |||
Communities served | Upper West Side, Yorkville, Upper East Side, East Harlem | ||
Start | Upper West Side - 96th Street & West End Avenue | ||
Via | West 96th Street, East 96th Street (M96), East 106th Street (M106) | ||
End | Yorkville - East 97th Street & 1st Avenue (M96) East Harlem - East 105th Street & FDR Drive (M106) | ||
Length | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) (M96) 2.5 miles (4.0 km) (M106) | ||
Service | |||
Operates | 24 hours (M96) All times except evenings and late nights (M106) | ||
Annual patronage | 2,633,391 (M96) (2022) 381,941 (M106) (2022)[1] | ||
Transfers | Yes | ||
Timetable | M96 M106 | ||
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The M96 and M106 constitute a pair of bus routes in
Route description
The M96 begins at 96th Street and
Some M96 runs begin at 1st Avenue and 99th Street when school is in session and use 101st Street and then 2nd Avenue to return to normal routing.
The M106 diverges from the M96 at Fifth and Madison Avenues, using 5th Avenue westbound and Madison Avenue eastbound until 106th Street, where it turns onto 106th Street and runs on the street until 1st Avenue, where the eastbound M106 continues east on 106th Street, right on FDR Drive, and west on 105th Street to terminate directly after turning onto 105th Street. The westbound M106 returns to 106th Street by utilizing a dogleg turn on 1st Avenue to resume service.
Along both routes, there are several connections to the New York City Subway at:
- Broadway
- Central Park West
- Lexington Avenue (M96)
- Second Avenue-96th Street(M96)
In the future, when the second phase of the
History
The New York City Department of Plant and Structures began operating a bus route designated the M6 – which soon became NYCO's 19 on July 1, 1921. It was operated by Green Bus Lines from 1933 to 1936, when it was taken over by the New York City Omnibus Corporation on June 22, 1936.[2]
The
The M96 was set to become the next route to be converted to Select Bus Service after the M14, with implementation set for 2019, but was pushed back due to budget constraints.[6]
References
- ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2022". mta.info. August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Trial Bus Run Started on 106th St.", The New York Times, September 10, 1962.
- ^ "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority Report For The Period March 21, 1962 to June 30, 1963" (PDF). Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority. 1963. pp. 1–2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Authority: The First Ten Years." Motor Coach Age, May 1972.
- ^ "Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President Testimony on Proposed MTA Fare Increases" (PDF). manhattanbp.nyc.gov. Office of the President Borough of Manhattan. November 27, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2019.