Legislator Schneiderman encouraged by strong early ridership numbers
(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Legislature’s Deputy Presiding Officer Jay Schneiderman (I-Montauk) says Sunday bus service ridership numbers for the first month of service are encouraging.
On January 5, Sunday bus services were added on seven routes. These routes include the S1, S33, S40, S41, S58, S66, and 3D. The S54 bus route started the following Sunday on January 12. The S92 and 10C located on the East End were already operating on Sunday as a pilot program.
There were a total of 1,162 riders on the first day of the expanded service. January 19 marked the highest ridership number for January totaling 2,070 Sunday riders. Throughout the month of January there has been an average of 195 riders on each bus line with an average growth reaching 15%. Some routes have increased more than others with the S1 and S58 both growing over 60%. The best performing routes are the S1, S58, S66 and the S92 which have had over 200 passengers each day. The number of passengers on Sundays has been approximately half of the typical ridership numbers on Saturdays. Lower ridership on Sundays was expected according to Schneiderman.
“The extended bus service is off to a good start, said Legislator Schneiderman. “I’m pleased to see residents taking advantage of this very important and much needed service.” Public transportation provides people with mobility and access to employment, medical care, and other community resources across the county.” Legislator Schneiderman expects Sunday bus services to continue to grow.
Last year, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman sponsored Introductory Resolution 366-2013 to expand bus service in Suffolk County to Sundays. The resolution made more than two million dollars in state and federal transportation assistance available for Suffolk Transit to expand bus services. Schneiderman hopes to expand Sunday service in the future to additional routes not currently served.
Below contains each Suffolk County bus route with its respective stops.
- S92– the S92 bus line runs from Orient Point to East Hampton, making stops in Sag Harbor, Water Mill, Southampton Village, Hampton Bays, Flanders and Riverhead.
- 10C– the 10C line connects East Hampton riders to the S92 route making stops in Montauk, Amagansett and East Hampton.
- S1– the S1 bus line runs from Amityville to Halesite making stops in Farmingdale, Melville, Huntington Station and Huntington.
- S33– the S33 bus line runs from the Sunrise Mall to Hauppauge making stops in Amityville, Copiague, North Lindenhurst, West Babylon, Wyandanch, Deer Park and Brentwood.
- S40– the S40 bus line runs from Babylon to Patchogue making stops in West Islip, Brightwaters, Islip, East Islip, Great River, Oakdale, West Sayville, Sayville, Bayport and Blue point.
- S41– the S41 bus line runs from Bay Shore to the Northport VA medical center making stops in Brentwood, Commack and East Northport.
- S58– the S58 bus line runs from East Northport to the Riverhead County Center making stops in Commack, Smithtown, St James, Centereach, Selden, Coram, Middle Island, Ridge, Calverton and Riverhead.
- S66– the S66 bus line runs from Patchogue to Riverhead making stops in East Patchogue, North Bellport, Brookhaven, Shirley, Mastic, Mastic Beach and Center Moriches.
- 3D– the 3D bus line runs from Brentwood RR to the Stony Brook RR making stops in Central Islip, East Brentwood, Islandia, Ronkonkoma and Stony Brook.
Attached is a link to the map of all Suffolk County Bus lines.
http://www.sct-bus.org/assets/sct_systemmap.pdf
For additional information you can visit the website at http://www.sct-bus.org/ or call Suffolk County Transit at 631-852-5200 between the hours of 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m., Monday through Friday or write to: Suffolk County Transit, 335 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, N.Y. 11980-9744.
Representing the South Fork, Deputy Presiding Officer Jay Schneiderman is the Suffolk County Legislator for the Second Legislative District. For more information, or to arrange an interview, please call (631) 852-8400.
