By Patrick W. Condren | Administrator of the BUS4NYC Coalition Inc. Congestion Mitigation is vital for NYC today. The MTA Board at their meeting made next steps in the Central Business District Tolling Program. Recommendations include the recognition of privately owned commuter bus operators. Over the last 120 years, NYC public transport was primarily served...Read More
December 6, 2023 BUS4NYC Coalition Inc. would like to point out the following in support of bus exemption. · There are vital commuter bus companies serving the NY riding public CBD that are NOT under government contract, but provide daily commuter service, including participation in the National Transit Database that generates funding for New York...Read More
August 29, 2022 CBDTP Hearing NY1 Good afternoon, I will be brief. My name is Patrick Condren, of BUS4NYC Coalition Inc, a group of regional privately owned bus operators founded in 2019, just before the Pandemic. BUS4NYC members provide the riding public with commuter, inter-city, contract, charter, sightseeing, shuttle and tour, travel, services. BUS4NYC supports Congestion...Read More
The Central Business District Tolling Plan (CBDTP) Environmental Assessment (EA) identifies environmental benefits. The EA, is based on modeling of seven tolling scenarios within the CBD Tolling Alternative, with different combinations of potential exemptions, discounts and/or crossing credits and the resultant toll rates. The EA includes a review of topics regarding regional air quality and...Read More
New York, NY (September 29, 2021) – In the recent issue of Crain’s New York Business dedicated to the role that tourism is playing in the resurgence of the City, we find Ms. Wylde’s stated desire to rid the City of tour buses to be woefully misguided. Buses are not only environmentally friendly; the most...Read More
A bus is the most efficient, environmentally friendly, mobility vehicle for public transport in NYC. Congestion relief is best achieved by a bus, whether private or public authority owned. Bus passengers replace up to 55 cars. BUS ONLY lanes are proven to be successful. Buses produce the lowest amount of CO2 per passenger; have the...Read More
Posted: 10:38 PM, Nov 26, 2019 Updated: 10:38 PM, Nov 26, 2019 By:Greg Mocker MANHATTAN — Beginning Friday, the city of New York will prioritize pedestrians during around one of the busiest spots for holiday visitors. A new group called BUS4NYC that was created to advocate for private bus carriers, tours and charters will be watching the new...Read More
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-what-buses-and-their-riders-deserve-20191204-cqsi6tzf7jerhec4m6swhh7ine-story.html By GLENN EVERY and ANDREW LYNCH NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |DEC 04, 2019 Our roads are too crowded with cars, including Uber, Lyft and other for-hire services, and our subways are struggling. Add the annual crush of trucks delivering Christmas presents and you might as well walk. But so many proposed solutions to the transit crises ignore —...Read More
PHOTO (L to R): BUS4NYC VP Patrick Condren, BANY President Camilla Morris, BUS4NYC President Glenn Every, NYCDOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, BUS4NYC Board Members Andrew Lynch, Bob Brisman and Chairman Mike Horak. (New York, NY – October 30, 2019) — To fight New York City congestion, sometimes you have to go “back to the bus.” That’s...Read More
BUS4NYC is a NYC-based and -focused advocacy group comprised of private bus company owners – and related business and associations – promoting the industry as a viable transportation solution and local economic driver.
The group is responsible for raising the industry’s overall profile in NYC through sustained education and public awareness campaigns, which seek out supportive public policies that will encourage the growth of the private bus company.
