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MTA Construction and Development Company is a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), formed in July 2003 as MTA Capital Construction Company to manage the MTA's major capital projects in the New York metropolitan area.
As a unified agency managing both the streets and transit system, the SFMTA can use its authority over the city's streets to add bus lanes (the agency maintains 15.6 miles (25.1 km) of bus lanes) [5] and transit signal priority in order to improve service performance for the transit system.
The agency was founded in 1971, replacing the private Columbus Transit Company. Mass transit service in the city dates to 1863, progressively with horsecars, streetcars, and buses. The Central Ohio Transit Authority began operating in 1974 and has made gradual improvements to its fleet and network. Its first bus network redesign took place in 2017.
The forced transfer at West Portal was criticized by disability advocates. On March 16, 2024, a motorist in an SUV crashed into the L Taraval bus stop at the station, killing a family of four. In April 2024, the city announced plans for changes to the intersection including transit lanes and turn restrictions.
The Transit Access Pass (TAP) is a contactless smart card used for automated fare collection on most public transport agencies within Los Angeles County, California.The card is also available in electronic form, free of charge, in Apple Wallet, thereby bypassing the need to purchase the plastic USD $2 card. [2]
The MTA took over the operations of the other New York City-area transit systems as well as the TBTA. [72] [73] Moses was relieved from his job as chairman of the TBTA, although he was retained as a consultant. [73] Moses stated that TBTA construction projects would reduce the MTA's budget surplus through 1970. [74]
Ventra is an electronic fare payment system for the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace that replaced the Chicago Card and the Transit Card automated fare collection system. Ventra (purportedly Latin for "windy," though the actual Latin word is ventosa ) [ 10 ] launched in August 2013, with a full system transition slated for July 1, 2014.
The MTA purchased and took over subway, elevated, streetcar, and bus operations from the Boston Elevated Railway in 1947. [15] In the 1950s, the MTA ran new subway extensions, while the last two streetcar lines running into the Pleasant Street Portal of the Tremont Street Subway were substituted with buses in 1953 and 1962. [16]