The B44 Rogers/ Bedford/ Nostrand Avenues bus route, the fifth Select Bus Service corridor in the city, was implemented on Novemafter the arrival of new fare machines. Initially, a 34th Street busway was planned that would require eliminating 34th Street as a through street, but it was dropped in favor of the standard SBS model. The M34, M34A line was started on November 13, 2011. The next line, the M15, saw Select Service begin on Octoafter the delivery of new low-floor buses. The first Select Bus Service corridor, on the Bx12 along 207th Street, Fordham Road, and Pelham Parkway, was placed into service on June 29, 2008. At the time of the announcement, the MTA and then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg had stated that implementation on other corridors was contingent on the passage of congestion pricing, which ultimately did not make it for a vote in the legislature. The Select Bus Service program was unveiled to the public on March 25, 2008.
The Merrick Boulevard corridor was eventually scrapped because of community opposition related to loss of parking. Four bus priority corridors were also identified for implementation or expansion (three in Manhattan, one in the Bronx): Madison Avenue (expansion), Fifth Avenue, 34th Street, and Webster Avenue. In conjunction with the New York City Department of Transportation, the MTA identified five corridors for implementation of bus rapid transit, one in each of the five boroughs, in late 2004: the Fordham Road/ Pelham Parkway corridor in the Bronx, First Avenue and Second Avenue in Manhattan, Merrick Boulevard in Queens, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, and Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island. As of December 2015, there are ten SBS routes along nine corridors three SBS corridors in Queens and Brooklyn are planned. The first route was the Bx12 along Fordham Road and the Pelham Parkway.
SBS began service in 2008 in order to improve speed and reliability on long, busy corridors. Select Bus Service ( SBS stylized on the buses as +select busservice) is a brand used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's MTA Regional Bus Operations for bus rapid transit service in New York City. All other routes: Nova Bus LFS articulated
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