OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Are Bronx riders on unsafe buses? Union blames a breakdown in maintenance

Juan Quinones said he only started taking the bus in the last six months, after enrolling at Bronx Community College, where he studies history. He began riding the Bx40 and Bx42— two lines that link Throggs Neck to West Fordham and serve as critical routes for commuters.He described bus reliability as “hit or miss” and said he often chooses to walk 40 minutes from his home in Belmont to University Heights rather than wait.“I would skip school because my class lasts for an