514,653 ride Manhattan local buses on an average weekday with about 10% using M15.

[JubaionBx12+SBS]

As promised I did some number crunching with the Manhattan routes based on ridership. It turns out the Bronx gathers more local bus riders than Manhattan which is not surprising. The M15, Manhattan's most used route, happens to carry a higher percentage of it's boroughs riders than the Bronx with the Bx12.

 

The M15 gathers 51,461 riders on an average weekday. The math shows us this.

51,461/514,653= .09999 which is really close to 10 percent, 9.99% to be exact.

 

So in essence 10% of Manhattan bus riders use the M15. What do you think about this?

[Gorgor]

No surprise there. The East Side greatly lacks sufficient subway coverage. All other bus routes excluding crosstowns have subway service within a short walking distance.

[MHV9218]

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[qjtransitmaster]

No surprise there. The East Side greatly lacks sufficient subway coverage. All other bus routes excluding crosstowns have subway service within a short walking distance.

 

couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!!!!!!! Many ppl in manhattan just plain don't use the bus period!!!! Some tell me it's pointless and useless.

[Gorgor]

couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!!!!!!! Many ppl in manhattan just plain don't use the bus period!!!! Some tell me it's pointless and useless.

 

Were all those fifteen exclamation marks necessary?

[B35 via Church]

I can believe that; sounds about right.....

So much for Manhattanites not using buses.....

 

 

What I'd like to know is, the percentage of manhattan's bus riders that use(d) crosstown routes, compared to north-south routes......

[error46146]

Contrary to what some may say the buses in Manhattan do pick up..

 

the Lex Ave buses (M101/102/103) can be anywhere from half-empty to SRO in Midtown..I don't think anyone would ride it for a long distance though (I ride it sometimes for 1 stop cause im too lazy to walk from 68th to 63rd lol..unlimited metrocard ftw)

 

Not surprised about the M15; the M15 is pretty much our temporary 2nd Ave Subway for now until the real thing gets built

[Shortline Bus]

As promised I did some number crunching with the Manhattan routes based on ridership. It turns out the Bronx gathers more local bus riders than Manhattan which is not surprising. The M15, Manhattan's most used route, happens to carry a higher percentage of it's boroughs riders than the Bronx with the Bx12.

 

The M15 gathers 51,461 riders on an average weekday. The math shows us this.

51,461/514,653= .09999 which is really close to 10 percent, 9.99% to be exact.

 

So in essence 10% of Manhattan bus riders use the M15. What do you think about this?

 

 

This data is further proof,that even a min SAS is needed like since 1999.

Even if a SAS for now the planned extension was bulit to run just to 96th St/2nd opens and no further expansion occurs, it will take some load off both the Lex and the (M15) Local and SBS. And if a Upper East Side resident like our friend Gongor if he still in NYC in 2016-'17 a happy camper lol.:cool:

[MHV9218]

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[SoSpectacular]

*raises hand* I definitely take those buses for a while, I catch the M103 from Chinatown to 14th or I take the 101 from 96th to 6th. Not that bad a ride and if I have the time I think the hf D60s are much comfier than the lf LFSAs. I'd bet a lot of people use that bus to commute.

 

High floors do offer a larger capacity since the entire floor is level... I wouldn't be surprised, the LFSs that were recently deployed got some backlash and was even the subject of an opinion article in the NY Post one day with mainly negative opinions.

[MattTrain]

I'm assuming that the crosstown routes get more ridership than the north-south routes (with some exceptions like the M15 bus) Interesting find.

[Gorgor]

Here's a list of the ridership based on bus routes. They're grouped by which streets they run north/south on, or crosstown.

 

Some routes are left out because they don't necessarily run north-south or crosstown, or serve a different purpose.

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1st Avenue / 2nd Avenue

M15 - 51,461

 

3rd Avenue / Lexington Avenue: 63,538

M101 - 32,266

M102 - 16,951

M103 - 14,321

 

Madison Avenue / 5th Avenue: 66,096

M4 - 21,380

M3 - 16,412

M2 - 13,512

M1 - 14,792

 

Central Park West

M10 - 9,442

 

Columbus Avenue / Amsterdam Avenue: 30,581

M7 - 17,456

M11 - 13,125

 

Broadway

M104 - 17,437

 

Riverside Drive

M5 - 13,961

 

7th Avenue / 8th Avenue

M20 - 4,108

 

Crosstown

M14 - 37,405

M86 - 26,028

M79 - 18,211

M23 - 16,238

M96 - 15,578

M66 - 13,951

M42 - 12,795

M31 - 12,365

M34 - 9,480

M116 - 9,046

M16 - 8,612

M57 - 8,171

M72 - 6,803

M22 - 4,150

M50 - 3,905

M8 - 2,614

M106 - 1,922

M21 - 1,512

 

Total North-South Bus Ridership: 252,516

 

Total Crosstown Bus Ridership: 208,786

 

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But you must take into account that most of these north-south bus routes also go crosstown in a portion of their route, such as the M101 on 125th Street, which do account for a portion of the ridership. So I would say that riders using the bus to go north-south is about the same as crosstown.

[qjtransitmaster]

I'm assuming that the crosstown routes get more ridership than the north-south routes (with some exceptions like the M15 bus) Interesting find.

 

It was to be expected.

[DanTheTransitMan]

The m15 being at the top of the ridership charts does not shock me. When I leave for school in the morning I usually have to wait for the 2nd or 3rd select bus. The numbers that I am shocked about are M66. I expected more out of that route.