Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority

Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority
	The Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority (AMA) provides local and regional bus service in the San Juan metropolitan area.
Founded	May 11, 1959
Headquarters	37 De Diego Ave, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00927
Service area	San Juan metropolitan area
Service type	Public transport
Alliance	Tren Urbano and Cataño Ferry
Routes	31
Daily ridership	35,000
Fuel type	Diesel; Hybrid Electric;
Website	http://dtop.pr.gov/

The Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority (AMA) is a government-owned corporation and public transport bus service based in the San Juan metropolitan area. It is ascribed to Puerto Rico's Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Puerto Rico Integrated Transit Authority (ATI).

Background[]

Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses was created as a public corporation on May 11, 1959. The operations would later be integrated into the Department of Transportation and Public Works in 1973 and the Integrated Transit Authority in 2014. It is the second oldest public transport authority in America, behind New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

AMA is one of three major public transportation systems serving the San Juan metropolitan area, along with Tren Urbano and the Cataño Ferry. All system ridership combined is estimated at 80,000 people on work days.^[2]

Service[]

San Juan metropolitan area transit map published by DTOP in 2015

AMA provides bus transportation in the San Juan metropolitan area—which includes the municipalities of San Juan, Guaynabo, Bayamón, Trujillo Alto, Cataño, Toa Baja, Carolina, and Loíza—through a network of 31 fixed bus routes.

Most routes work Monday through Friday from 5:00AM to 9:00PM; and Saturdays and holidays from 6:00AM to 8:00PM. Only routes E40 and T3 offer Sunday service, along with Tren Urbano and the Cataño Ferry.

All bus stops are identified with a sign with the word Parada (stop). To help the driver, please wave as the bus approaches.

Fares[]

Bus stop on Avenida Ashford across from the Best Western Plus in Condado

The regular service fare is $0.75 per ride. The only bus route with a different fare is Route E20 with a $2.00 cost per ride. Reduced fares are available for students, seniors, and people with disabilities.

All buses require exact change in coins or the use of a magnetic fare card available at Tren Urbano stations.

Service	Regular service	Route E20 (MU)
Full Fare (ages 3 and up)	$0.75	$2.00
Children 2 and under	Free	Free
Student Discount Program	$0.60	$1.00
Golden Program	Free	Free
Half Fare Program	$0.75	$1.00
Llame y Viaje (Paratransit)	$1.50
Unlimited passes TU/AMA
1-Day	$5.00
7-Day	$15.00
30-Day	$50.00
90-Day	$90.00

Routes[]

ATI manages the operation of thirty-one bus routes in the San Juan metropolitan area; twenty-four operated by AMA and seven by First Transit. The design of the bus network includes four service categories to guide the customers and improve the coordination between buses, ferry, públicos, municipal buses, and Tren Urbano.^[3]

Route	Terminals			Major streets traveled	Notes
EXPRESS ROUTES	Limited number of stops, headways between 10 and 30 minutes in peak periods, and route mostly on exclusive lanes or expressways allowing for higher speeds.
E10 (ME) ^[4]	Sagrado Corazón TU station	↔	Old San Juan Covadonga Terminal	Luis Muñoz Rivera Hwy	Weekday service only until 8:00pm 10-minute peak period service frequency Branded as Metrobús Expreso
E20 (MU) ^[5]	Bayamón TU station	↔	Campanilla Park-and-ride	PR-5, PR-22	Weekday service only until 7:00pm 15-minute peak period service frequency Branded as Metro Urbano
E40 ^[6]	Piñero TU station	↔	LMM International Airport (SJU)	Jesús T. Piñero Hwy, The Mall of San Juan	Daily service until 8:00pm 30-minute frequency Bus stops at the airport located on the upper level Part of the TU CONEXIÓN shuttle system
TRUNK ROUTES	Primary routes connecting Tren Urbano stations and transit terminals with headways between 10 and 25 minutes in peak periods.
T2 ^[7]	Sagrado Corazón TU station	↔	Bayamón TU station	FD Roosevelt Ave, PR-2	Formerly known as Metrobús II
T3 (M3) ^[8]	Sagrado Corazón TU station	↔	Old San Juan Covadonga Terminal	Juan Ponce de León Ave	Daily service until 11:00pm 10-minute peak period service frequency Branded as Metrobús
T4 ^[9]	Piñero TU station	↔	Cataño Ferry Terminal	Juan Ponce de León Ave, Luis Muñoz Rivera Ave, Chardón Ave, Calaf St, FD Roosevelt Ave, PR-165, PR-24
T5 ^[10]	Old San Juan Covadonga Terminal	↔	Iturregui Bus Terminal	Juan Ponce de León Ave, José de Diego Ave, Loíza St, Isla Verde Ave, LMM International Airport (SJU), Marginal Los Angeles
T6 ^[11]	Carolina Bus Terminal	↔	Iturregui Bus Terminal	Campo Rico Ave, Sánchez Osorio Ave, Jesús M. Fragoso Ave
T7 ^[12]	Cupey TU station	↔	Carolina Bus Terminal	65 de Infanteria Ave (PR-3)
T8 ^[13]	Piñero TU station	↔	Martínez Nadal TU station	Jesús T. Piñero Ave
T9 ^[14]	Cupey TU station	↔	Old San Juan Covadonga Terminal	Barbosa Ave, Borinquen Ave, Manuel Fernández Juncos Ave
T21 ^[15]	Sagrado Corazón TU station	↔	Old San Juan Covadonga Terminal	Juan Ponce de León Ave, José de Diego Ave, Ashford Ave, Magdalena St
T41 ^[16]	Piñero TU station	↔	Iturregui Bus Terminal	Mayagüez St, Barbosa Ave, 65 de Infantería Ave, Simón Madera St, Ramal 8, Campo Rico Ave
CIRCULATION ROUTES	Short length routes around Tren Urbano stations or transit terminals operating at headways between 20 and 30 minutes in peak periods.
1 ^[17]	Sagrado Corazón TU station	↔	Río Piedras Capetillo	Juan Ponce de León Ave, Luis Muñoz Rivera Ave	Weekday service only until 8:00pm
C22 ^[18]		↔	Plaza Las Américas	Chardón St, Hostos Ave, Arterial B Ave	Weekday service only until 8:00pm Part of TU CONEXIÓN
C35 ^[19]		↻	Puerto Rico Convention Center	Manuel Fernández Juncos Ave, Cerra St, Hoare St, Juan Ponce de León Ave	Weekday service only until 8:00pm Part of TU CONEXIÓN
C36 ^[20]		↻	Lloréns Torres	Borinquen Ave, Eduardo Conde Ave, Degetau St, Marginal Baldorioty de Castro, Isla Verde Ave, Loíza St, Tapia St, Juan Ponce de León Ave	Weekday service only until 8:00pm Part of TU CONEXIÓN
43 ^[21]	Iturregui Bus Terminal	↻	Plaza Escorial	Pontezuela Ave, Galicia Ave, Campo Rico Ave, PR-190, Monserrate Ave, Fidalgo Díaz Ave, Jesús M. Fragoso Ave, PR-3, El Comandante Ave
44 ^[22]	Carolina Bus Terminal	↻	Campo Rico Avenue	Dr. Sánchez Castaño Ave, Eloy Hernández St, Inocencio Cruz St, Calderón Ave, Monserrate Ave, Roberto Clemente Ave, 419 St, Campo Rico Ave, Fidalgo Díaz Ave
DISTRIBUTION ROUTES	Connection routes between Tren Urbano or transit terminals to sub-urban or rural areas with frequencies between 30 and 90 minutes in peak periods.
15 ^[23]	Cupey TU station	↔	Sagrado Corazón TU station	Quisqueya St, Barbosa Ave, PR-181, José de Diego St
17 ^[24]		↔	Piñero TU station	Centro Médico Station, San Patricio Ave, Jesús T. Piñero Ave, Andalucía Ave, FD Roosevelt Ave, Domenech Ave
18 ^[25]		↔	Alturas de Cupey	Paraná St, Winston Churchill Ave, Las Cumbres Ave
19 ^[26]	Martínez Nadal TU station	↔	Centro Médico TU station	San Patricio Ave, FD Roosevelt Ave, De Diego Ave, Américo Miranda Ave
26 ^[27]	Piñero TU station	↔	Trujillo Alto Plaza	Gándara Ave, José de Diego St, PR-181, Park Gardens Ave, Frontera Ave, PR-846, Ave A, Venus Ave, PR-199
27 ^[28]	Martínez Nadal TU station	↔	Guaynabo	Francisco Paz Granela Ave, Lomas Verdes Ave, Camino Alejandrino, Esmeralda Ave, Carazo St, PR-886
31 ^[29]	Cupey TU station	↔	Emiliano Pol Ave	Paraná Ave, Lomas Verdes Ave, Las Cumbres Ave, Emiliano Pol Ave
37 ^[30]	Bayamón TU station	↔	Cataño Ferry Terminal	PR-167, Sabana Seca Ave, CDT Toa Baja, Dr. Diego Álvarez Chanca St, Boulevard Levittown, PR-165, Las Nereidas Ave
45 ^[31]	Sagrado Corazón TU station	↔	Loíza	Sagrado Corazón St, Tapia St, Isla Verde Ave, PR-187
53 ^[32]	Old San Juan Covadonga Terminal	↔	LMM International Airport (SJU)	Ashford Ave, Magdalena St, McLeary St, Isla Verde Ave
91 ^[33]	Bayamón TU station	↔	Santa Juanita	Bobby Capó Ave, Main Ave, PR-174, UPR Bayamón, Laurel Ave, Santa Juanita Ave, Hostos Ave, Minillas Ave
92 ^[34]	Bayamón TU station	↔	Magnolia Gardens	PR-174, Lomas Verdes Ave, Santa Juanita Ave, Magnolia Ave

Notes

Operated by First Transit

¹Effective June 4, 2018^[35]
²Peak period service: 6:00am-9:00am and 3:00pm-6:00pm

Transit hubs[]

Bo. Campanilla Terminal: E20, municipal buses
Carolina Terminal: T6, T7, 44, municipal buses
Cataño Terminal: T4, 37, municipal buses, públicos
Hato Rey Transfer Center: TU Roosevelt, T2, T4, 1
Iturregui Terminal: T5, T6, T41, 43, municipal buses
Río Piedras (Capetillo) Transfer Center: T7, T9, T41, 1, 15, 26, municipal buses, públicos
TU Bayamón Bus Terminal: E20, T2, 37, 91, 92, municipal buses, públicos, Inter American University Bayamón trolley
TU Centro Médico Transfer Center: 17, 19, ALSA Caguas-Covadonga & Caguas-Isla Verde
TU Cupey Bus Terminal: T7, T9, 15, 17, 18, 31, Inter American University Metro trolley
TU Martínez Nadal Bus Terminal: T8, 19, 27, municipal buses
TU Piñero Bus Terminal: E40, T4, T8, T41, 26
TU Sagrado Corazón Bus Terminal: E10, T2, T3, T9, T21, 1, 15, 22, 35, 36, 45, municipal buses, públicos, ALSA Caguas-Isla Verde, Dolphy-Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Viejo San Juan (Covadonga) Terminal: E10, T3, T5, T9, T21, 53, municipal buses, públicos, ALSA Caguas-Covadonga

Active bus fleet[]

Sagrado Corazón Station

AMA has a total of around 100 buses in its active fleet, with the oldest active fleet model being Orion V built in 2004-2005 and 2007, and the newest being the NovaBus Smart LFS built in 2013. In addition, AMA also operates a large fleet of Orion VII NG built in 2010 and a subfleet of New Flyer DE35LF built in 2005 and 2007.

First Transit, which operates seven routes under contract, works with a fleet of Gillig Low Floors built in 2009, and NABI 42-BRT and 60-BRT for Metro Urbano (E20 route) built in 2012. The 60-BRT will be AMA's first low-floor articulated bus. This will mark only the second-time articulated buses have been used on the island; in 1984 AMA receive their first fleet of articulated buses, the MAN SG-310.

In 2015, AMA introduced the first suburban bus fleet with 33 Ford Super Duty Glaval buses.

TYPE	YEAR	LENGTH
Orion V	2004-2005, 2007	35'
New Flyer DE35LF	2005, 2007	35'
Gillig Low Floor	2009	40'
Orion VII Next Generation	2010	40
NABI 42-BRT	2012	42'
NABI 60-BRT	2012	60'
	2012	25'
NovaBus Smart LFS	2013-2014, 2019-2020	40'

Inactive bus fleet[]

TYPE	YEAR	LENGTH
Old Look	1946	35'
GMC Old Look	1953-1954	40'
Mack Trucks Old Look	1955	40'
Mack Trucks	1960	40'
GMC New Look	1962-1963	35'
GMC New Look	1966-1968	35'
Flxible New Look	1970,1972	35'
GMC New Look	1976	35'
GMC RTS II	1980,1983	35'
MAN SG-310	1984	60'
Grumman 870 ADB	1987	40'
Flxible Metro	1988	40'
Flxible Metro	1990	30'
Flxible Metro	1991	35'
TMC Methanol Powered RTS	1992	40'
Flxible Metro	1995	40'
Nova Bus RTS	1997-2000	40'
Nova Bus LFS	1999	40'
Nova Bus RTS	2002	30'

References[]

^ Molestos los usuarios de la AMA con la reorganización del servicio (in Spanish)
^ Amenazan con dejar a pie a usuarios de transporte público (in Spanish)
^ Folleto Informativo Reestructuración ATI 2015(in Spanish)
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=E10 E10 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=E20 E20 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=E40 E40 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T2 T2 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T3 T3 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T4 T4 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T5 T5 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T6 T6 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T7 T7 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T8 T8 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T9 T9 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T21 T21 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T41 T41 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C1 C1 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C22 C22 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C35 C35 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C36 C36 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C43 C43 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C44 C44 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D15 D15 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=17 D17 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D18 D18 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=19 D19 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D26 D26 map and information
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D27 D27 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=31 D31 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D37 D37 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D45 D45 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D53 D53 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D91 D91 map
^ http://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D92 D92 map
^ Nuevas rutas de la AMA conectan con el Centro Médico (in Spanish)

External links[]

[1] Molestos los usuarios de la AMA con la reorganización del servicio (in Spanish)

[2] Amenazan con dejar a pie a usuarios de transporte público (in Spanish)

[3] Folleto Informativo Reestructuración ATI 2015(in Spanish)

[4] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=E10 E10 map

[5] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=E20 E20 map

[6] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=E40 E40 map

[7] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T2 T2 map

[8] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T3 T3 map

[9] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T4 T4 map

[10] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T5 T5 map

[11] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T6 T6 map

[12] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T7 T7 map

[13] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T8 T8 map

[14] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T9 T9 map

[15] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T21 T21 map

[16] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=T41 T41 map

[17] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C1 C1 map

[18] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C22 C22 map

[19] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C35 C35 map

[20] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C36 C36 map

[21] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C43 C43 map

[22] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=C44 C44 map

[23] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D15 D15 map

[24] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=17 D17 map

[25] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D18 D18 map

[26] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=19 D19 map

[27] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D26 D26 map and information

[28] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D27 D27 map

[29] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=31 D31 map

[30] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D37 D37 map

[31] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D45 D45 map

[32] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D53 D53 map

[33] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D91 D91 map

[34] ttp://trenurbanoapp.com/app/map?route=D92 D92 map

[35] Nuevas rutas de la AMA conectan con el Centro Médico (in Spanish)

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