Improvements are being made on Westchester's most heavily traveled Bee Line Bus Routes.

Thanks to a state grant, the County is implementing changes designed to better coordinate traffic lights with the buses that go down Central Avenue in White Plains, Greenburgh and Yonkers.

The $2.4 million from the State Department of Transportation will be used to fund sensors and other technologies that will change a signal to green or extend the green time of the signal if a bus is approaching. The project's expected to be completed by 2010.

Centeral Avenue is considered one of Westchester's most prominent commercial corridors. It runs 14 miles from White Plains to the Bronx.

The Bee-Line Route 20, which operates along Central Avenue, currently has the highest ridership in the Bee-Line system, with approximately 12,500 riders on Weekdays and Saturdays. Ridership has been growing due to the redevelopment of Yonkers Raceway and the Cross County Shopping Center.