THE BRONX — The goal is to streamline service and provide faster trips.

Riders, community groups, elected leaders and transit officials have been working for the past year and a half to redesign the Bronx routes.

Maps will be redrawn in all the boroughs. Staten Island was done first. The process has begun in Queens and Brooklyn. Public sessions are continuing there.

Riders in the Bronx worry that some areas will lose local service.

Read the final Bronx proposal and comment here.

The MTA Board has to approve the redesigns. The Bronx changes could take effect in the fall of 2020.

Transit officials will review and monitor the design as it goes into effect and they could make changes to reflect ridership and conditions.