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MTA agencies now move about 8.6 million customers per day (translating to 2.65 billion rail and bus customers a year) and employ about 74,000 people. The MTA's systems carry over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
On June 11, 2012, the MTA duplicated "The Weekender" site as a free mobile app download for iOS. [65] [66] On November 29, 2012, an Android version of the app was released. [67] The Weekender, however, is only available as an online version, because it changes every week. [46]
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 ...
MTA Regional Bus Operations: Operator: New York City Transit Authority: Garage: Michael J. Quill Depot: Vehicle: New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 Nova Bus LFS HEV: Route; Locale: Manhattan, New York, U.S. Communities served: West Village, SoHo, Lower East Side: Start: West Village – Spring St and Hudson St
As part of the 2018 MTA Action Plan, the MTA would improve the Access-A-Ride interface to make the ride-hailing, vehicle scheduling, and traveling processes easier. [31] : 42 During the COVID-19 pandemic , there was an increase in the reports of AAR trips that were canceled, in part because of traffic congestion and a shortage of drivers. [124]
The "Holiday Shopper's Special", a train of R1, R4, R6, R7A, and R9 subway cars running in special service at the 23rd Street station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line An R142A series car interior in service on the 4 route A Vaktrak track vacuuming train Part of a series of articles on Overview History Stations Rolling stock Expansion Nomenclature Services The New York City Subway is a large rapid ...
The MTA expanded the experiment to the Times Square–42nd Street station in 1983. The cameras were deactivated in 1985 after further tests showed that their presence did not help reduce crime. [95] The MTA considered transferring 220 CCTV cameras from these stations to token booths at the stations with the most crime. [96]
MTA (in-house) Hose/reach & de-icer cars in service: R72 Flat cars F200–F218, F221–F223, PF219–PF220 Garrett Corp 1983 In service: R73 Crane cars (2 tons) C256–C258 Fuji Heavy Industries 1984 In service: R74 Signal supply cars S01–S02 Fuji Heavy Industries 1984 In service: R75: 5 diesel locomotives: Never purchased: R76
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]