Future
During his tenure as Suffolk County executive, Steve Levy proposed a takeover of Suffolk County Transit by the MTA. In 2010 Suffolk Transit had ordered 81 Orion VII clean Diesel buses. to replace all of their 1996 Gillig 35TB102 and 1997 Gillig 30TB96, as well as most of their 1999 Orion 05.503's.
In 2011 the Suffolk County Legislature authorized a fare hike from $1.50 to $2.00 on the S92 and 10C routes only. In return, service on those two routes was expanded to Sunday during the summer months. The fare hike took place on June 17, 2011, with Sunday service operating from July until September.
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