Every weekday for 24 years, Carlos Cruz has left his home in Rosedale, Queens at 6 a.m. and walked seven blocks to catch the Q111 bus on 147th Avenue. It's a 10-minute walk to start his commute to Jersey City.

And that’s just the first part of his commute. It's a painfully slow crawl — 55 minutes, to be exact — to go north on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard to Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, to catch the F train to Herald Square to the PATH train.

“I think it would help me if they had more express service, but affordable," Cruz said. "They do have an express bus a block away from me, but if they had a local bus a block away from me, that would be great.”

While a bus stop a block from his house may not be on the horizon, there is hope for better bus service with a Queens bus redesign.

“We’re actually looking at having the buses that go to transit stations move more quickly by reducing the number of stops," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber told NY1 recently. "And also adding routes which are called rush routes, which connect people directly to transit stations.”

Cruz’s commute would be cut in half by taking the LIRR, which offers a discounted CityTicket.

“Travel inside the city from any Long Island Rail Road station to another New York City-based station is seven bucks," Lieber said. "The same or a little less than an express bus, and five bucks the rest of the day.”

But Cruz says he just can't afford that, and says it's not easy to get to the Rosedale station.

“I would have to take the 111 here, what we just jumped on, then go over to Huxley, get off, take the [Q]85, then take the 85 over to Long Island Railroad," he said. "So now I’m spending more on commute because I gotta jump on two buses just to get to one train."

There are no free transfers between New York City Transit and the railroads. The state Senate budget proposes just that, and groups like the Permanent Citizen’s Advisory Committee to the MTA support it, as well as extending a low-income discount to the railroad.

“Bringing Fair Fares to the railroads, creating a CityTicket weekly, with transfers to subways and buses, would significantly reduce people’s costs," PCAC executive director Lisa Daglian said. "And increase access to transit, which is access to opportunity.”

For his return home, Cruz does afford himself a luxury.

"I take the express bus home. The express bus, I could take it in the morning, but the expense is too much for me," he said.

In the meantime, Cruz, as he’s done for years, accepts his almost two-hour commute every workday.

“The majority of the time I like to listen to Christian music," he said. "To give me that peace and calm for the ride.”