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<strong>Chapter</strong> 3Accessible <strong>Transportation</strong> (SCAT), acurb-to-curb paratransit service.Suffolk operates 158 fixed route busesconsisting of 30-, 35-, and 40-foot dieseland hybrid diesel buses. <strong>The</strong> paratransitfleet consists of 143 gasoline and dieselpowered wheelchair lift equipped buses.Bus service and route planning is doneby Suffolk Transit itself (which is anagency of Suffolk County), and SuffolkTransit maintains a single brand identity.However, actual operations and maintenanceof the buses is provided by privatecompanies. Suffolk Transit provides service6 days per week with limited Sundayservice on the eastern portion of theCounty during the summer season and isanticipating operating additional Sundaybus service in late 2013 or early 2014.Smaller Long Island Bus <strong>System</strong>s<strong>The</strong> City of Long Beach’s Departmentof <strong>Transportation</strong> owns and operates aseparate bus system from that of NassauCounty. <strong>The</strong> five-route system serves theCity of Long Beach, with one route operatingeast to the hamlet of Point Lookout.<strong>The</strong> N15 (departing from RooseveltField) and N33 (departing from FarRockaway, Queens) NICE routes alsoserve Long Beach.For a city of its size (with a 2010 populationof 33,275), 38 Long Beach is unusualin that at least some part of its bus systemruns 24 hours a day, five days out of theweek. A special late-night route runs approximatelyonce an hour, and the buscan deviate from its route upon requestfrom a departing or arriving passengerwho calls in advance. 39 <strong>The</strong> base fare formost of the system is $2.00; the N69bus to Point Lookout is $2.50. 40 <strong>The</strong> systemdoes not accept MetroCards. LongBeach also runs a 7-day-a-week paratransitservice. 41<strong>The</strong> Town of Huntington in northwestSuffolk owns and operates its own bussystem, called Huntington Area RapidTransit, or HART. As of January 2013the base fare is $2.00 with no service onSundays or major holidays. Transfers areavailable to Suffolk Transit and NICE.<strong>The</strong> Village of Patchogue also ran a localbus system, but this was discontinued inlate 2010 or early 2011. 42<strong>The</strong> following sections discuss the LowerHudson Valley’s bus operations. Table3.8 provides a statistical overview of eachsystem.Westchester County Bee-LineBus <strong>System</strong>Westchester County holds a contractwith Liberty Lines Transit to operate themajority of its public bus system, knownas the Bee-Line. Westchester Countyowns all Bee-Line buses along with therelated maintenance facilities and is responsiblefor route planning and farepolicy. 43 Three routes in the northwestpart of the county are operated by PTLAEnterprise, another bus company. With59 bus routes in 2012, consisting of localand express service, the Bee-Line servicearea extends from the northern and centralBronx through Westchester, and intoBee-Line Hybrid Electric Bus, Westchester CountyTable 3.7Bus Operators on Long Island: Vital Statistics as of December 31, 2012Operational ElementsNICE(Nassau County)City of LongBeach BusSuffolkTransitHART (Town ofHuntington)# Route Miles 740.5 5 1,087.20 64.8# Routes Operated 49 25 52 5# Stations / Stops 51/2200 67 3,100 Hail Stops# Passenger Fleet 310 11 158 12# Paratransit Fleet 95 4 132 12# Maintenance Fleet 59 2 NA 2# Passengers: AverageWeekday Usage99,735 857 22,434 832<strong>The</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>System</strong> 3-17

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