The MTA will be running a 30 day trial run of double-decker buses in New York City.
Beginning on Thursday, the 13-foot-tall, 45-foot-long, 81-seat bus will alternate service on local and express bus routes: BxM3 from Yonkers to Manhattan, the X17J between Staten Island and Manhattan, the M15 limited on First and Second Avenues, and possibly the M5 along Fifth Avenue (if the tree pruning along the bus lane goes well).
Great. Note sarcasm.
What I've learned from the obnoxious double-decker tour buses that crowd around my office's block is that this just means New York City will see more bus billboards that will now be twice as large with advertisements for upcoming movies or invitations to go visit Tulum or Paris.
Hey MTA: Less novelty distractions and focus instead on installing digital service signs announcing the ETA for trains in all the subway platforms, and finishing the 2nd Avenue subway line. Kthnxby.