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The Texas State Legislature authorized the creation of local transit authorities in 1973. In 1978, Houston-area voters created Metro and approved a one-cent sales tax to support its operations. Metro opened for business in January 1979, taking over the bus service owned by the City of Houston known as HouTran. HouTran was plagued by outdated ...
NEW YORK CITY — A Long Island Rail Road worker claimed 10 hours a day of overtime, earning $344,000 extra pay, while he actually went bowling.
As part of a pilot program by the MTA to make five bus routes free (one in each borough), the B60, Bx18, M116, Q4, and S46/96 were selected as fare-free routes in July 2023. [86] [87] The pilot program would last six to twelve months and buses would display a "Fare Free" sign, similar to the one used on the Q70. [88]
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.
NEW YORK CITY — A 54-year-old MTA worker reportedly lied to authorities about being slashed inside a New York subway station last month in an attempted to get time off work, according to ...
The MTA tax rate is .0034 or .34%, meaning that small businesses pay $3.40 for every $1,000 of payroll. So, if your annual payroll is $100,000, you only end up paying an extra $340 worth of tax ...
VIA's original logo, used until 2014. VIA was created in 1977 when the citizens of Bexar County voted in favor of a one-half cent sales tax to fund the service. Subsequently, VIA purchased transit assets from the City of San Antonio and began operations in March 1978, taking its name from the Latin word for "road".
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers.