Bx28 and Bx38 buses explained

Box Width:300px
Subheader:Gun Hill Road
System:MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator:New York City Transit Authority
Garage:Gun Hill Depot
Vehicle:Nova Bus LFS
Nova Bus LFS HEV
New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Open:September 18, 1933 (Bx28)
June 25, 2010 (Bx38)
Locale:The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Communities:Fordham, Kingsbridge Heights, Bedford Park, Norwood, Olinville, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Co-op City
Start:Fordham - East 192nd Street & Valentine Avenue (Bx28 daytime & Bx38 Sunday mornings and late evenings)
Norwood - Norwood-205th Street station (Bx28 late nights & Bx38)
Via:Gun Hill Road, Co-op City Boulevard (Bx38)
End:Co-op City - Earhart Lane & Erskine Place (Bx28)
Co-op City - Bay Plaza (Bx38)
Length:7.4miles (Bx28)
5.9miles (Bx38)
Otherroutes:Bx25/Bx26 Bedford Park Boulevard/Allerton Avenue
Bx30 Boston Road
Day:All times (Bx28)
All times except late nights (Bx38)
Timetable Link:Bx28/38
Annualpatronage:2,225,893 (2023)[1]
Transfers:Yes
Map State:collapsed
Previous Line:Bx27
← Bx36
Next Line:Bx29 →
Bx39

The Bx28 and Bx38 constitute a public transit line in The Bronx. These routes primarily run on Gun Hill Road between the northern part of West Bronx and Co-op City.

Route description

The Bx28 begins at 192nd Street and Valentine Avenue. It heads north onto Kingsbridge Road, turning north onto Jerome Avenue and running via Paul Avenue between Bedford Park Boulevard and Mosholu Parkway to serve Lehman College and turning southeast on Mosholu Parkway and then turning north onto Bainbridge Avenue. At 205th Street, it is joined by the Bx38, where both routes continue north on Bainbridge Avenue, before turning left onto Gun Hill Road, running on it until reaching Bartow Avenue, continuing east until reaching Baychester Avenue, where the routes split:

During late nights when the Bx38 does not run, the Bx28 follows the Bx38 route between Bay Plaza and Baychester Avenue-Bartow Avenue, but terminates at Norwood-205th Street station instead of Fordham.

Along the route, there are several connections to the New York City Subway at:

History

The Bx28 began on September 18, 1933, under the designation of the Bx15. On July 1, 1974, the Bx15 was extended on its eastern end from Gunther Avenue-Bartow Avenue to its current terminus at Co-op City and extended on its western end from Mosholu Parkway-Jerome Avenue to its current terminus in Fordham, although select trips and all Sunday trips continued to terminate at Mosholu Parkway-Jerome Avenue. A branch of the Bx15 from Norwood-205th Street to Eastchester Road-Boston Road was relabeled to the Bx6.[2] On February 19, 1984, as part of the Bronx bus revamp,[3] [4] [5] the Bx15 was renamed to the Bx28.[6] [7] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposed simplifying the Bx26's and Bx28's complicated service patterns in March 2000.[8] The Mosholu Parkway short-turn would be discontinued and all daytime Bx28 trips would run to Fordham Center to replace Bx26 service there; whenever service had headways lower than 10 minutes, every other bus would terminate at Norwood. These changes took place on September 10, 2000.[9] [10] On June 25, 2010, due to the MTA's budget crisis, Norwood short turns and service to sections 1-2-3 in Co-op City were spun off into a new designation, the Bx38, which would terminate at Bay Plaza, with service through Asch Loop discontinued outright.[11] On June 29, 2014, Bx28 service via Asch Loop was restored.[12]

In 2017, the MTA released its Fast Forward Plan, aimed at speeding up mass transit services.[13] As part of this program, a draft plan for a reorganization of Bronx bus routes was proposed in draft format in June 2019, with a final version published in October 2019.[14] [15] The draft plan proposed rerouting the Bx28 on Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard instead of Mosholu Parkway and Paul Avenue to replace a rerouted Bx34, the discontinuation of the Bx38, the removal of closely spaced stops and the truncation of the Bx28 to Asch Loop, with the Bx23 taking over all Co-op City inter-section service. The final plan removed the Bx38 discontinuation and the Bx28 truncation, but kept the reroute via Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard, which was also dropped in late 2021, and the stop removal, which was kept.[16] [17] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year.[18] [19] [20] The modification took place on June 26, 2022.[21] [22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Subway and bus ridership for 2023 . mta.info . April 29, 2024. May 2, 2024.
  2. News: 2 BOROUGHS' BUSES GET NEW NUMBERS. June 20, 1974. The New York Times. 0362-4331. October 2, 2016. August 1, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801085719/http://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/20/archives/2-boroughs-buses-get-new-numbers-route-jumblie-ends-july-1-in.html. live.
  3. Web site: Reyes. Lennin. Busses and Trains A Go-Go. Bronx Journal. December 24, 2015. October 2, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104703/http://bronxjournal.com/2011/10/new-york-transit-museum-bus-festival-at-atlantic-antic/. December 24, 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: 1976 Bronx Bus Map. wardmaps.com. New York City Transit Authority. March 3, 2016. 1976. March 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310144634/http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=16357. live.
  5. Old MTA bus timetables http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/Railpics/NYCSubway/Maps/Bronx_Bus_1977_Rear-1.jpg
  6. Web site: Bronx Bus Service Changes Effective February 19, 1984. February 1984. New York City Transit Authority. February 19, 2019. April 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220418084845/http://imgbox.com/Fimhx4dX. live.
  7. Web site: Bronx Bus Service Changes Effective February 19, 1984. February 1984. New York City Transit Authority. February 19, 2019. April 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220418084845/http://imgbox.com/IB1GXIgH. live.
  8. Book: March 2000 NYC Transit Committee Agenda . March 21, 2000 . New York City Transit . 101, 102, 103-104, 105-106, 107-108, 109-110, 111, 112, 113.
  9. News: Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Improved bus service for Co-op City. September 13, 2000. New York Daily News. August 17, 2018. August 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818020910/https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=22799985. live.
  10. Web site: Bus Service Advisories. November 9, 2000. mta.nyc.ny.us. https://web.archive.org/web/20001109120100/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/bus/bussrvno.htm. November 9, 2000. dead. August 17, 2018.
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20130224010015/http://www.mta.info/news/pdf/NYCT_Revised_Service_Changes.pdf 2010 budget crisis information
  12. Web site: Bx28 Effective Sunday, June 29, 2014 Service adjustment in Co-op City. 2014. mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 28, 2019. June 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190628235955/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_Bx28.htm. live.
  13. Web site: Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize New York City Transitt. September 12, 2023. MTA. en.
  14. Web site: Draft Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign. December 2019. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 1, 2020.
  15. Web site: Final Plan, Bronx Bus Network Redesign. December 2019. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 1, 2020. October 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028234204/https://new.mta.info/document/11321. live.
  16. Web site: MTA's Bronx bus redesign will chop 400 stops and add new routes. Spivack. Caroline. October 22, 2019. Curbed NY. December 1, 2019. November 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128135053/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/22/20926765/mta-nyc-bus-bronx-redesign-transportation. live.
  17. Web site: MTA releases final Bronx bus system overhaul proposal. October 22, 2019. ABC7 New York. December 1, 2019. January 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101030034/https://abc7ny.com/5638098/. live.
  18. Web site: Duggan . Kevin . MTA revives borough bus network redesigns, starting with the Bronx – Bronx Times . Bronx Times . August 19, 2021 . September 4, 2021 . April 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408133051/https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ . live .
  19. Web site: NYC officials announce ambitious plan to expand MTA bus service . ABC7 New York . August 16, 2021 . September 4, 2021 . September 4, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210904021530/https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ . live .
  20. Web site: Duggan . Kevin . MTA sets June date for Bronx bus redesign rollout . amNewYork . February 20, 2022 . May 16, 2022 . February 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220224023527/https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-sets-june-date-bronx-bus-redesign-rollout/ . live .
  21. Web site: Duggan . Kevin . What to know about the Bronx bus redesign . AMNewYork . June 26, 2022 . June 27, 2022 . June 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627011649/https://www.amny.com/news/what-to-know-about-the-bronx-bus-redesign/ . live .
  22. Web site: MTA launches redesigned bus network in the Bronx . CBS News . June 26, 2022 . June 27, 2022 . June 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627004806/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-launches-redesigned-bronx-bus-network/ . live .

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