English: On Monday, June 17, 2019, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) leadership and Congressman Max Rose announced that 77 new state-of-the-art buses will be put into service on Staten Island this year as the MTA works to modernize bus service with new vehicles and a new contactless fare payment system that speeds entry and allows all-door boarding.
The new buses are equipped with modern customer amenities such as readers for the new payment system OMNY, USB charging ports, Wi-Fi and digital screens, and safety technology such as a pedestrian turn warning system and cameras. They replace Orion Hybrid buses from 2009 currently in service on Staten Island, and will be used on routes operating out of the Yukon Bus Depot, which includes S79 Select Bus Service. Additionally, the MTA is in the process of procuring 50 new coach buses that will be put into Staten Island express bus service in 2021.
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MTA New York City Transit President Andy Byford and Congressman Max Rose hold a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Yukon Depot on Mon., June 17, 2019 to announce that 77 new buses are going in service on local and Select Bus Service routes on Staten Island. This, as the OMNY contactless fare payment pilot program has met with success beyond initial projections.