STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After bus riders on Staten Island have been forced to navigate cancelled and delayed trips throughout this summer, the MTA says it is bringing in buses from the rest of New York City, among other things, to bolster the borough’s service.
For two days last month, official alerts from the MTA warned that 12 of the borough’s express bus routes had trips canceled, primarily during the early morning rush hour. Additionally, in that same time period, 23 of the 31 local and limited bus routes on Staten Island had service delay alerts on the MTA’s mobile app, warning that customers should expect a longer wait than usual.
At the time, New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow acknowledged that the MTA was working to improve overall bus service in the borough…