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As of 2024, most bus routes, the subway, the Staten Island Railway, and the Roosevelt Island Tramway charge a $2.90 fare; a higher fare is charged for ferries, express buses, and the AirTrain JFK.
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 North America, [4] the NYCTA has a daily ridership ...
The subway option would have been 6.6 miles (10.6 km) long and would have cost $116 million while the elevated/subway option would have been 4.5 miles (7.2 km) and would have cost $80.8 million.
Pre-Unification Cars (BMT) Pre-Unification Cars (IRT) R-Type Cars 1932 to 1987. R-Type Cars 1999 to Present (NTT) 'R' Type Roster (includes non-train contracts) Roster of Rolling Stock Contracts. NYCTA Work Cars 2013. Korman, Joe (December 4, 2017).
In October 2017, Comptroller Stringer released an analysis of the effect of subway delays on the economy and on commuters, finding that "worst-case" subway delays of more than 20 minutes could cost up to $389 million annually in lost productivity. [29]
In October 1969, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) performed a test over the course of a month to evaluate the impact that increasing the scheduled frequency of the E and F services along the Queens Boulevard Line in the southbound direction in the morning would have on running times and the number of trains that actually ran in service.
The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), a public authority presided by New York City, was created in 1953 to take over subway, bus, and streetcar operations from the city, and placed under control of the state-level Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968.
In 2020, the MTA started displaying real-time service metrics on the screens, such as service changes and dynamic transfer information. [208] [209] By then, the subway system had 5,000 such screens, with another 9,000 to be installed by September 2021 at a cost of $100 million. [209]
The 3 Seventh Avenue Express [3] is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored red since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan. [4] The 3 operates at all times.
This change was made as part of the last round of cuts in subway service announced in January 1977 to reduce annual operating costs by $30 million. Changes were also made in A, AA, B and N service. The NYCTA said that the cuts only duplicated other night service, and for most, would increase travel by a few minutes. [33]