MTA Regional Bus Operations operates the largest bus fleet in the United States, with 5,725 buses serving 234 local routes, 71 express bus routes, and 20 Select Bus Service routes as of early 2020. These buses serve all five boroughs and many routes operate 24 hours a day. Most bus routes are part of MTA New York City Bus, while the others are part of MTA Bus and were formerly operated by private companies under the administration of NYCDOT.
The MTA made multiple orders of the Orion VII between 2002 and 2013 when the company ceased manufacturing. Both hybrid and compressed natural gas models were ordered. The oldest Orion VIIs were retired beginning in 2019, though they remain a large part of the city's bus fleet.
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The MTA ordered its first compressed natural gas powered buses from New Flyer in 1998. Although the C40LF was officially removed from New Flyer's product listings in 2009, New Flyer built four orders of C40LF buses for the MTA between 2011 and 2013.
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MTA has been operating New Flyer XD40 "Excelsior" buses since 2015.
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The New Flyer XD60 Buses were first introduced in 2012 and were the second type of articulated buses in New York to feature three doors.
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The MTA's first order for articulated buses other than the New Flyer D60HF buses and first low floor articulated buses was made in 2010 when the NovaBUS LFS Artic buses were ordered and introduced in to service. In addition to low floors, these buses feature three entrance doors, clean diesel engines, and a rear window. Many are assigned to service on Select Bus Services throughout the five boroughs.
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Beginning in the late 1990s, MTA began ordering coach buses from MCI to operate on NYCT's express bus routes. Additional buses were also ordered to operate on MTA Bus services when the MTA took over privately operated lines subsidized by NYCDOT.
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The MTA began operating Prevost X3-45 buses in 2011, when it acquired 90 buses of this type. This marked the first time that the MTA purchased coach buses from a company other than MCI for its express services. Since the initial order in 2011, the MTA purchased an additional 300 Prevost X3-45 buses in 2015 and placed an order for an additional 307 buses of the same type at the end of 2019 that are due to enter service in 2021.
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