The MTA's 2025 Queens Bus Redesign

Hello and welcome to Next Stop News, a Branch of the Smartquest devoted to informing my fan base and the transit community of events which occur throughout the month(s) which they cover. This is June 2025's Queens Bus Network Redesign overview, a follow-up video regarding the analysis I initially conducted in April of 2022. We summarize the route changes taking place within both Phases, which will affect local routes between Q1-Q115 and express routes QM1-QM68. We conduct a route-by-route analysis to thoroughly summarize the changes taking hold. We discuss the closure of the old 165th Street Terminal and the opening of the new 168th Street Terminal, which took place on 6/1/2025. This new terminal plays a pivotal role in the new bus Redesign. In this video, we speak about: •The routes being cut (Q15A, Q20A/B, Q21, Q34, QM3) •The new routes being annexed (Q14, Q20, Q45, Q48, Q61, Q63, Q74-Q75, Q80, Q82, Q86-Q87, Q89-Q90, Q98, Q115, QM65) •The depots which they will be assigned to •The routes each depot is now expected to have in total •Redesign Plan changes (2022 vs 2025) •Rush Routes: Q2, Q4, Q9-Q10, Q13, Q27-Q28, Q35-Q36, Q40, Q43, Q46, Q48, Q63, Q75, Q77, Q82, Q84-Q87, Q89, Q111, Q114. •Routes affected by Phase I (between 6/27-6/30/2025): Q1-Q5, Q12-Q17, Q20-Q20B, Q23, Q25-Q31, Q34, Q36, Q38-Q39, Q42-Q46, new Q48, Q50-Q51, Q54-Q55, Q58-Q59, Q61, Q63-Q67, Q74-Q77, Q82-Q98, Q110-Q115, QM1-QM12, QM21, QM31-QM32, QM35-QM44, QM63-QM68. •Routes affected by Phase II (between 8/31-9/2/2025, mainly remaining MTA Bus routes): Q6-Q11, Q18-Q19, Q22, Q24, Q32-Q33, Q35, Q37, Q40-Q41, Q47, Q52-SBS, Q56, Q60, Q69, Q72, Q80, Q100-Q104, B57, B62, QM15-QM18, QM24-QM25, QM34. Released on 6/29/2025 (Day 1 of the Queens Bus Redesign), for your viewing and listening pleasure. Hope you enjoy! Links to Queens Bus Redesign Documents: •Queens Bus Redesign: https://www.mta.info/document/160201 •QBNR Info Hub: https://www.mta.info/project/queens-b... •MTA's Discussion of QBNR Phase I: https://www.mta.info/press-release/mt... •Archived Resources: https://www.mta.info/project/queens-b... iMovie/YouTube Music Songs Used (In Order): Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:17 168th Street Terminal 2:07 Unchanged Routes 2:34 Stop Interval Changes 2:53 Differences from 2022 QBNR 3:39 Local Bus Route Changes 18:29 Express Bus Route Changes 20:47 New Rush Routes 21:08 New Routes [2022 vs 2025] 21:24 Changes from the 2022 Plan 24:10 24:45 Depot Assignments for New Routes 25:18 Queens Bus Depot Assignments 27:22 Depot Changes due to QBNR 28:13 Queens Bus Fleet Changes 29:20 Remembering Fallen Fleets 30:32 Conclusion 30:43 Next Gen Footage in Queens News (iMovie)- Intro Energizing Jam- Queens Bus Route Analysis (around 3:40) Extra Jolly- Express Routes (around 18:30) Proto Ice Cap Act I- QBNR 2022 vs 2025 changes (around 22:25) Sunset Dream- New Routes (around 24:04) Bettie- Equipment Changes/Retirements (around 28:14) Timestamps: