Traveling around New York City with small children will soon get a little easier. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday announced that every bus will have an open stroller area, a designated space for parents and caregivers to hold a stroller without having to fold it up, which was previously required to ride. The agency said about 75 percent of its 5,800 buses have been retrofitted with the open stroller area, with the rest to be installed by the end of the year. A designated stroller area on the bus. Photo by Marc A. Hermann/ MTA on FlickrThe MTA tested the open stroller areas on buses as part of a pilot program that began in 2023 and slowly expanded over the years.