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The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
The bond issue passed, and the MTA was set to take over the NYCTA in 1968. The night before December 31, 1967, the NYCTA and the TWU made an agreement to avoid a strike. The deal gave NYCTA workers the ability to retire with about half-pay after twenty years if the employee was over fifty years old.
MTA employees also suffered due to the budget issues. By mid-July 2010, MTA layoffs had reached over 1,000, and many of those affected were low-level employees who made less than $55,000 annually. As of 2015, the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan.
The division comprises two brands: MTA Bus and MTA New York City Bus. While MTA Bus is an amalgamation of former private companies' routes, MTA New York City Bus is composed of public routes that were taken over by the city before 2005. The MTA also operates paratransit services and formerly operated Long Island Bus.
The former Bergen Street Depot, now an MTA Sign Shop. The Bergen Street Shop is located at 1415 Bergen Street/1504 Dean Street between Albany and Troy Avenues in Crown Heights, Brooklyn ( 40°40′32″N 73°56′16″W / 40.675599°N 73.937884°W / 40.675599; -73.937884 ( MTA Bergen
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 ...
Just before 5 p.m., trains stopped running between 34th Street-Hudson Yards and Queensboro Plaza as the MTA requested paramedics for an injured employee at Grand Central-42nd Street, the MTA said ...
“NYCT employees are held to a high standard as outlined in the MTA All-Agency Code of Ethics,” MTA spokeswoman Meghan Keegan said in a statement. “Reckless behavior that violates that code ...