All buses will have seats that flip up to allow for stroller storage or more standing room.
New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced it will outfit all of its buses with space to secure strollers by next year, reports Ramsey Khalifeh in Gothamist. "Currently, about 75% of the system’s 6,000 buses have been retrofitted to allow riders to flip two seats to store strollers, according to New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow."
The announcement comes on the heels of a 2022 pilot program that expanded to roughly 1,000 buses in 2023. "Redesigning the back seats to flip upwards will also allow more people to fit in buses, according to MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo. Now four people can stand where two people used to sit."
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