While these events had many causes, some were the result of government policies favoring private automobile travel, dispersed land-use, suburbanization, and regulators' reluctance to increase fares. In New York City, a local public policy decision was made to subsidize the fare paid by passengers so that the fares would remain at a reasonable level, and to supply Green Bus Lines and other companies with sufficient funding to continue operating these vital transportation services. Today, Green Bus Lines continues to operate the local and express routes in Queens County that were first franchised to the company in 1933, and later added to with the acquisition of other companies and the implementation of new express service. Each year Green Bus Lines carries over 35 million passengers, and operates its buses over 6.5 million miles. The City of New York funds the buses and service operated by Green Bus Lines.
Service is administered through a contract with the City of New York.