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New York City's transit system in the 1970s was in disarray. Subway ridership was declining, while private express buses mushroomed, exacerbating Transit Authority's (TA) problems. Crime was rampant; derailments, fires, breakdowns, and assaults were commonplace. Trains and stations were covered in graffiti.
A 1980 transit strike in New York City halted service on the New York City Transit Authority (a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority) for the first time since 1966. Around 33,000 members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 walked off their jobs on April 1, 1980, in a strike with the goal of increasing the wage for ...
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 against the then-private transit ...
New York City, NY real-time local traffic updates and transit news for commuters. ... New York City Transit trains and buses will be running on a Saturday schedule on July 4.
In the mid-1990s the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) assumed control of the Transit Museum from the New York City Transit Authority. At that time, the scope of the museum was expanded to include other aspects of transportation services within the MTA region, including commuter rail ( Metro-North , Staten Island Railway , Long Island ...
New York City Transit Authority: Garage: Manhattanville Depot Michael J. Quill Depot (school trippers) Vehicle: Orion VII NG HEV Nova Bus LFS HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (school tripper only) New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 (school tripper only) Began service: 1859 [1] (train) 1935 [2] (bus) 1948 [3] (current alignment) Route ...
Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B38 DeKalb/Lafayette Avenues bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority. At its east end, after crossing into Queens, the line turns southeast on Seneca Avenue and ends just short of Myrtle Avenue, at Catalpa Avenue. A branch runs northeast on Stanhope Street to Linden Hill Cemetery.
Cipriano, a Brooklyn native, has been president of MTA Bus Company and senior vice president of New York City Transit's Department of Buses since 2019. His appointment takes effect July 31.