Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn announced on September 23 the completion of the Tremont Avenue busway in the Bronx, the borough’s first, delivering a dedicated corridor for 39,000 daily riders on the Bx36 that now operates seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tremont Avenue serves the Bx36, where buses have historically traveled as slowly as 5 mph. The corridor connects riders to nearby subway routes and the Metro-North Railroad, and runs through a transit-dependent area where 72 percent of households do not own a private car. The busway was completed two months after it was announced.

Along the corridor, buses, trucks with six or more wheels, emergency vehicles and Access-a-Ride vehicles are permitted to travel the full route. Other vehicles, including taxis and for-hire vehicles, may enter only for local access and must exit at the next available right turn.