Bee-Line Bus System
The Westchester County Bee-Line System, branded on the buses in lowercase as the bee-line system, is a bus system serving Westchester County, New York. The system is owned by the county's Department of Public Works and Transportation.
Parent
Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation
May 1, 1978
100 East First Street, 9th Floor
Mount Vernon, NY 10550
Local, Limited, express,shuttle buses
64
327 fixed route
91 paratransit
111,316 (2013) [1]
Diesel, Diesel-electric hybrid
- Liberty Lines Transit, Inc.
(all fixed routes except 16, 18, and 31) - P.T.L.A. Enterprise, Inc.
(16, 18 and 31) - Suburban Paratransit Service
(Mobico Group subsidiary)
(paratransit)
Hugh J. Greechan, Jr., P.E., Commissioner
History[edit]
The system was founded on May 1, 1978, by the then Westchester County Department of Transportation to consolidate the bus system with thirteen private bus companies and has been given control over the buses, fare structure, routes, and services. By the 1980s, the bus system had an identity problem in who was providing the service. On May 19, 1987, WCDOT officially named the bus service "The Bee-Line System" with a 'bee-in-flight' mascot drawn by cartoonist Jack Davis.[2][3]
The Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation currently contracts out to two private bus companies to provide service in Westchester County and the surrounding counties: Yonkers-based Liberty Lines Transit, Inc., the main company that either bought out or obtained franchises from the other twelve bus companies over the years, operates buses on all but three bus routes; and Cortlandt Manor-based P.T.L.A. Enterprise, Inc., a small company that operates buses on routes 16, 18, and 31.
Fleet[edit]
Active fleet[edit]
This roster only lists buses and shuttle vans used in fixed route service. Paratransit vehicles are not listed. All buses are wheelchair accessible.