Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
David L. Gunn, who helped end a transit crisis when he led the NYCTA in the mid-1980s, described the 2017 crisis as "heartbreaking". [ 157 ] In December of the same year, the Times reported that the $12 billion East Side Access project, which would extend the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal upon its completion, was the most expensive of its kind ...
NYCTA = New York City Transit Authority; NYCTS = New York City Transit System; NYC & HRRR = New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; NYM = New York Municipal Railway Corporation; NYRT = New York Rapid Transit Corporation; NYTCo. = New York Telephone Company; PSC IRT = Public Service Commission-Interborough Rapid Transit
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 a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. [a] Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority, which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
The equipment was built and installed by General Railway Signal and Union Switch and Signal. The NYCTA contributed between $20,000 to $30,000 on the project and supplied the three R22 subway cars to be automated. The bulk of the money, between $250,000 and $300,000, was contributed by the two companies, which paid for installation, maintenance ...
Academy Bus previously operated those routes and others until 2001, when Atlantic Express and NYCT took them over. [31] Although the X23, and X24 routes were absorbed by Atlantic Express, the X17J, X21, X22, and X30 routes were absorbed by the New York City Transit Authority. NYCT discontinued service on the X21 months after the takeover. [32]
The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), a public authority presided by New York City, was created in 1953 to take over subway, bus, and streetcar operations from the city, and placed under control of the state-level Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968. [55] [57] Graffiti became a notable symbol of declining service during the 1970s.