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[167] [168] With the addition of unlimited-ride MetroCards in 1998, the New York City Transit system was the last major transit system in the United States with the exception of BART in San Francisco to introduce passes for unlimited bus and rapid transit travel. [169] Unlimited-ride MetroCards are available for 7-day and 30-day periods. [170]
[42] [43] With the addition of unlimited-ride MetroCards in 1998, the New York City Transit system was the last major transit system in the United States, with the exception of BART in San Francisco, to introduce passes for unlimited bus and rapid transit travel. [44] Unlimited-ride MetroCards are available for 7-day and 30-day periods. [45]
The MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet is a fleet of buses in fixed-route service in New York City under the "MTA New York City Bus" (also known as New York City Transit or NYCT) and "MTA Bus" brands, both of which operate local, limited, express and Select Bus Service routes.
The New York City Subway is the largest subway system in the world when measured by number of stations (472), [34] and the eighth-largest [35] when measured by annual ridership (1.76 billion passenger trips in 2015). [36] It is the second-oldest subway system in the United States after the rapid transit system in Boston. In 2002, an average 4.8 ...
MTA New York City Bus operates seven of the express routes in Brooklyn and Queens, which are prefixed with the letter X, as well as all express routes in Staten Island, which are prefixed with the letters SIM. The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system, is $7. Discount fare media is available. Except ...
By 1997, the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard, [126] and tokens were no longer accepted for fare payment in 2003. [123] [124] A different fare payment system is used on the LIRR and Metro-North. Both railroads sell tickets based on geographical "zones" and time of day, charging peak and off-peak fares.
First bus route in New York City in February 2011 to test tracking real time arrival system called MTA BusTime. [150] B64 Bay Ridge Avenue Line streetcar until May 15, 1949. Bay Ridge Avenue and 86th Street portion of B1 were B34 until November 12, 1978. [139] Western end (13th Avenue and 86th Street) swapped with B1 in July 2010.
All MetroCard turnstiles were installed by May 14, 1997, when the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard. [116] On September 28, 1995, buses on Staten Island started accepting MetroCard, and by the end of 1995, MetroCard was accepted on all New York City Transit buses. [116] Before 1997, the MetroCard design was blue with yellow lettering.