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In other MTA news, the Post reports that the board is looking to raise fares on LIRR and Metro-North riders, with hikes of 8.19 percent to 9.31 percent. Find out what's happening in Bayside ...
The MTA Board, on June 9, 1978, voted to seek a $605,000 grant from the UMTA to create four new bus transfer centers at the Mineola, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre, and Freeport LIRR stations. The county would contribute $108,000 to the project. Most of the funds would go to hiring 30 new employees, mainly bus operators.
Prior to the inauguration of YRT in 2001, public transit in York Region (York County prior to 1971) was a patchwork of transit services by various operators in some of the lower-tier municipalities, with some cross-boundary services in more heavily urbanized areas; with most of the latter being either GO Transit running "city" type bus routes or the present TTC-contracted routes (with some ...
The MTA Inspector General is nominated by the New York State Governor and must be confirmed by the New York State Senate. [1] [13] The agency's creation was requested by then-Governor Mario Cuomo. [14] The first MTA Inspector General was Sidney Schwartz. [15] In 2019, Carolyn Pokorny became the first female MTA Inspector General. [16]
The MTA has installed retail spaces within paid areas in selected stations, including the station concourses of the Times Square–Port Authority complex, the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, and the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station. [69] In the 1980s, the MTA operated around 350 retail spaces in the subway system. [69]
With over 185 Texas peace officers and 88 non-sworn, civilian employees, the department's main goal is to ensure safety and security on the transit system. The department was established in 1982 and is accredited with the Texas Police Chiefs Association (TPCA), one of only five public transit police departments in North America to be so. [46]
In the fall of 1980, Carrboro approved a $.10/$100 valuation ad valorem tax to pay for transit service. [3] In fiscal year 1980–1981 the Carrboro contract first included the EZ Rider. [3] Chapel Hill Transit, Average Daily Ridership, 2002–2016 Digitized signs showing the estimated arrival times of buses.
Sound Transit 2 (ST2) was part of a joint ballot measure with the Regional Transportation Investment District entitled Roads and Transit, which was presented to Snohomish, King, and Pierce county voters on November 6, 2007. Sound Transit 2 would have made a number of mass transit related improvements, as well as a series of highway improvements ...