NEW YORK CITY—After Monday's attempted suicide bombing in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City's public transportation system is back to normal. This requires different public entities cooperating to tackle the ongoing challenges of providing Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus, subway and railway services to a 2.7 billion annual ridership.

In Part I of “Rethinking NYC's Public Transportation,” Globest.com reviewed the Regional Plan Association's recommendations for the subway system. In Part II, today's article looks at New York City comptroller Scott Stringer's Nov. 27 report, “The Other Transit Crisis: How to Improve the NYC Bus System,” and transportation entities' responses.

Stringer indicates that similar to being the neglected stepchild, the MTA bus system is overlooked, as subways, commuter rails and bridges “enjoy more attention and resources.”