Bus owners are sending their vehicles to garages and paying artists like Roy Mungai, a.k.a. Great (who designed the Rolling Stone bus above) about $1,000 per vehicle.

In total, the change is expected to save the MTA some $375,000 a year, according to LI Bus spokesman Jerry Mikorenda. The MTA paints about 1,000 buses in its fleet a year and buys about another ...