This topic is meant to expand the discussion of overcrowding in our bus system as it relates to Select Bus Service routes. When SBS and overcrowding are bought up in the same sentence on here it's generally one route being addressed (one that paulrivera and I happen to know quite a bit about). That's not to say said route isn't significantly worse than the others around the city in terms of crowding but the other SBS routes have to have some overcrowding issues otherwise there may not have been any impetus to have branded them SBS routes.
The question i'm posing is outside of the Sardine Bus Special... which SBS route is doing worst at meeting it's demand (a.k.a has the most packed buses running throughout the day)? I've gotten the chance to take all of the SBS routes (on multiple occasions) minus the two in Brooklyn and notice that the crowds even during rush hour make the bus a joyride compared to what i'm used to.