MBTA Bus

MBTA Bus

Neoplan AN440LF Trolleybus on Route 71
Slogan	'Driven by Customer Service'
Parent	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Founded	1964
Headquarters	10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116
Locale	Greater Boston
Service area	Boston and immediate suburbs
Service type	Local, express, and Silver Line BRT
Routes	183
Fleet	1,017
Daily ridership	378,500
Fuel type	Diesel, CNG, Electric-trolleybus, Diesel-electric Hybrid
Operator	MBTA
Chief executive	Jonathan R. Davis (interim)
Web site	[1]

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates a large number of bus lines in the greater Boston area. Some routes are for transport within the city; others bring passengers from surrounding areas to stops on the rail lines (commuter or subway) of the MBTA.

The MBTA also operates bus rapid transit service; see the Silver Line article for more information.

The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance, defined as 1/4 mile, for all residents living in areas with population densities greater than 5,000 inhabitants per square mile (1,900 /km²). Much of this service is provided by bus.

Vehicles

The MBTA uses Trackless trolley, Dual mode, Compressed natural gas, Diesel, and the newset edition of fuel propulsion Diesel-electric hybrid buses. Most of the MBTA's bus fleet consists of low-floor buses that have wheelchair ramps and audio/visual announcement technology. See MBTA accessibility.

All buses are wheelchair accessible and all buses have orange LED headsigns displaying route and destination, along with automated stop announcements.

Active fleet

This is the current bus roster for the MBTA as of November 3, 2011. All buses are 102 inches wide.

Year	Manufacturer	Model	Picture	Fleet/(Qty.)	Engine/Transmission	Propulsion	Floor Styling	Length (ft.)	Notes
1994	TMC	RTS T80206		0001-0138 (138)	DDS 50/Allison VR731	Diesel	High-Floor	40	* 34 active * Others have been retired or scrapped
1995	NovaBus			0139-0400 (261)					* 89 active * Others have been retired or scrapped
1999	NFI	C40LF		6000-6001 (2)	DDS 50G/Allison B400R	CNG	Low-Floor		* Buses built to NYC MTA specifications
2001				6002-6016 (15)					* #6003 & #6005-6015 wrapped for Silver Line
2003-2004	NABI	40-LFW		2001-2299 (299)	Cummins C Gas Plus/Allison B400R
	Neoplan USA	AN460LF		1001-1044 (44)	DDS 60G/Allison B500R			60	* #1001-1020 & #1030 wrapped for Silver Line
2004		AN440LF		4101-4128 (28)	Skoda Electrical	Electric-trolleybus		40	* Some initially wrapped for Silver Line
2004-2005				0401-0593 (193)	CAT C9/Allison B400R	Diesel			* 192 active * #0517 wrecked on Mass. Pike in 2007
		AN460LF		1101-1132 (32)	DDS 60/Skoda Electrical	Dual mode		60	* In Silver Line service #1125-1132 owned by Massport
2006-2007	NFI	D40LF		0600-0754 (155)	Cummins ISL/Allison B400R	Diesel		40
2008				0755-0909 (155)
2010		DE60LFR		1200-1224 (25)	Cummins ISL9/Allison EP-50 HybriDrive	Diesel-electric Hybrid		60	* #1222-1224 wrapped for Silver Line routes SL4 & SL5

Facilities

MBTA buses are operated out of the facilities listed below.

Name	Address	Routes	Operation
Albany Street	421 Albany Street, Boston	57, 59, 60, 65, 170, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 553, 554, 556, 558, CT1, CT2, CT3	Weekday rush hours & middays only
Arborway	3600 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain	14, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39†, 40, 41, 42, 48, 50, 51, 52	Full-time
Cabot	275 Dorchester Avenue, South Boston	1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 43, 44, 45, 47, 55, 57*, 59*, 65*, 66, 171, 504*, 554*, 555*	Full-time
Charlestown	21 Arlington Avenue, Charlestown	90, 91, 92, 93, 94*, 95*, 96*, 97*, 99*, 100*, 101, 104, 105*, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 132*, 134*, 136*, 137*, 325, 326, 352, 355, 411*, 430*,	Full-time
Bennett/Somerville	21 Arlington Avenue, Charlestown	62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 70A, 71**, 72**, 73**, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 350, 351	Full-time
Fellsway	465 Salem Avenue, Medford	94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 105, 106 (Melrose peak trips only), 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 354, 411, 430	Weekday rush hours & middays only
Lynn	985 Western Avenue, Lynn	114, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 424, 426, 428, 429, 431, 434, 435, 436, 439, 441, 442, 448, 449, 450, 451, 455, 456, 459, 465, 468	Full-time
North Cambridge	2375 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge	71, 72, 73, 77A	Weekdays & Saturdays only
Quincy	954 Hancock Street, Quincy	201, 202, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 222, 225, 230, 236, 238, 240, 245, 274‡, 275‡, 276‡, 277‡	Full-time
Southampton	230 Southampton Street, Boston	16, 28, 39, Silver Line BRT	Full-time

Notes: * - Route during evenings & weekends.
** - Route during Sundays.
† - Route during evenings.
‡ - Private Route for Long Island.

MBTA Route 39 Bus from Forest Hills Station to Back Bay Station via Huntington Ave

Private buses

The MBTA also provides operating subsidies to private bus companies for certain routes. These are known collectively as the HI-RIDE Commuter Bus service, and are not numbered or mapped in the same way as integral bus services. MBTA passes are not accepted on some of these services; others accept MBTA passes, but only if they're printed on human-readable CharlieTickets.

See also

• List of MBTA bus routes
• MBTA Crosstown Buses
• Defunct MBTA streetcar lines
• Key MBTA bus routes
• Urban Ring Project

External links

• MBTA bus schedules
• MBTA roster
• MBTA Mobile Bus Schedules