The event was hosted by Transit Center, one of the groups spearheading the “Bus Turnaround Campaign” to pressure the MTA and elected officials to improve the city’s woeful bus service. Nevertheless, New York City Transit President Andy Byford projected optimism regarding his plan to redesign the Bronx bus network at an event on Thursday, citing successes in Staten Island and a doubling down on rider engagement efforts. Ridership on that route alone has fallen 16 percent since 2012, with ridership borough-wide falling 8.6 percent during the same time period. “Sometimes I walk faster than the bus,” weary Bx19 bus rider Ibn Mitchell told Gothamist earlier this year as the bus crawled tediously through the borough. The poor service impacts New York's most vulnerable commuters, as bus riders are, on average, more likely to be people of color and have lower incomes than subway riders. With just a 6.5 mph average speed, bus speeds in the Bronx are slower than the citywide average, even though 16 percent of Bronxites commute to work by bus, second only to Staten Island, according to Transit Center’s Ashley Price. Bus service in the Bronx remains some of the worst in New York, a titanic feat in a city where service overall is some of the slowest and most unreliable in the nation.
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