09 Jul 2025
Highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the app before you travel/buy tickets, on there you can use it to plan your visit in advance. They do advise last bus times on the app - I've seen some reviews regarding this issue. I do think considering this is a city that never sleeps that the buses could do with running late. I think its very early for a lot of the buses to stop. However saying that, it's a great app, gives live updates and includes a photo of the bus stop. We used the 2 day one and never had an issue with the bus. We enjoyed the commentary, it was helpful and included some interesting facts. Some bus stops are obviously busier than others so there are times its just easier to wait for the next bus than it is to cram onto the bus at the stop. They are frequent enough.
The staff were very helpful at the bus stops. We went last week and it was ridiculously hot in New York so the bus was a welcome relief to walking. We didn't find we were stuck in traffic either.