(DNAINFO) Noah Horowitz | November 30, 2015 — The MTA is considering splitting the lengthy M5 bus route into two sections to alleviate delays that build up over the course of the 12-mile route.

Representatives of the agency showed up to a meeting of the Community Board 5 transportation committee last week and laid out the plan, which would would separate the route in Midtown, where buses to and from South Ferry would turn around at 38th Street and buses from Washington Heights would turn around at 37th Street.

The M5 is among the longest routes in the system, running from the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Washington Heights to the South Street Ferry Terminal, and travels through some of Manhattan’s most congested areas southbound on portions of Riverside Drive, Broadway, and Fifth Avenue and northbound on Church Street and Sixth Avenue.

Source: M5 Bus Route May Be Split at 38th Street Under MTA Plan – Midtown South – DNAinfo.com New York