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Turlock Transit is the primary bus agency serving residents and visitors to Turlock, the second-largest city in Stanislaus County, California (after the county seat, Modesto). It is operated by the city through its contractor Storer Transit Systems and offers both fixed routes and dial-a-ride local service within Turlock, with most fixed routes ...
New York City's remaining four boroughs are collectively referred to as the outer boroughs. Brooklyn Landmark nineteenth-century brownstones in the Greenpoint Historic District of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Brooklyn (co-extensive with Kings County), on the western tip of Long Island, is the city's most populous borough.
The R21 was a New York City Subway car built by St. Louis Car Company from 1956 to 1957 for the IRT A Division. A total of 250 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars. The first R21s entered service on November 7, 1956.
BU cars is the generic term for BRT elevated gate cars used on predecessor lines of the New York City Subway system. Various orders of these cars were built by the Osgood-Bradley, Brill, Cincinnati, Laconia, Pullman, Gilbert & Bush, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wason, Pressed Steel, Brooklyn Heights Railroad, John Stephenson, and Jewett car ...
A transit district or transit authority is a government agency or a public-benefit corporation created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. A transit district may operate bus, rail or other types of transport including ferry service, or may operate other facilities. In some cases, the transit district may ...
The official subway map. The Subway Challenge entails navigating the entire New York City Subway system in the shortest time possible. This ride is also known as the Rapid Transit Challenge and the Ultimate Ride. The challenge requires competitors to stop at all 472 stations; as of 2023, this record is held by Kate Jones of Switzerland.
NJ Transit says that service has been suspended between New York's Penn Station and Secaucus due to a suspicious item found on the tracks east of the Secaucus junction. (WABC New York) 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict: Israel claims that Hezbollah fired 10 Katyusha rockets into Southern Lebanon with none reaching Israel. (Associated Press)
Black's public service career includes stints with the New York City Transit Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City's Mayor's Office of Contracts and the District of Columbia's City Council.