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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. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers. In December 2005, the TWU Local 100 ...
1966 New York City transit strike. In 1966, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) called a strike action in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916, and 1919 ...
Traffic & Transit MTA Eyeing 'Fare Capping' To Turn Single Rides To Unlimited Pass The new tap-and-pay OMNY system soon could let subway riders automatically get unlimited rides if they spend a ...
In a letter to MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye, Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano said transit officials should come to the table nex tweek and hash out a new pact once and ...
NEW YORK, NY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority rolled out a new smartphone app and website Monday morning that aim to streamline how straphangers plan their commutes. The cellphone ...
Roger Toussaint. Roger Toussaint is an American worker who led the December 20th, 2005 New York City transit strike which lasted three days and shut down bus and subway service in the city. Toussaint was the president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 in New York City (NYC) from January 2001 through December 2009.
The assaults of transit workers has spurred officials to dispatch a squad of 500 cops from the MTA and New York Police Department to improve public safety as well as crack down on fare evasion.