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The agency was founded in 1971, replacing the private Columbus Transit Company. Mass transit service in the city dates to 1863, progressively with horsecars, streetcars, and buses. The Central Ohio Transit Authority began operating in 1974 and has made gradual improvements to its fleet and network. Its first bus network redesign took place in 2017.
Since the early 2000s, many proposals for expanding or improving the New York City transit system have been in various stages of discussion, planning, or initial funding. As part of PlaNYC 2030, a long-term plan to manage New York City's environmental sustainability , Mayor Michael Bloomberg released several proposals to increase mass transit ...
The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division.A total of 400 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars.
The Flxible Metro is a transit bus that was assembled and manufactured by the Flxible Corporation from 1983 until 1995. From 1978 until early-1983, when Flxible was owned by Grumman, the model was known as the Grumman 870, with a Grumman nameplate.
The BMT West End Line is a line of the New York City Subway, serving the Brooklyn communities of Sunset Park, Borough Park, New Utrecht, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island. The D train operates local on the entire line at all times.
Ex-Conrail and New York Central. EMD GP40PH-2: 4102-4108, 4110-4112 1968 Modified for non-revenue use and are now mechanically standard GP40-2s. 4105, 4110, and 4112 remain unmodified. EMD F40PH-2CAT: 4119-4120 1979–1981 Used for both passenger and work service. MotivePower MP20B-3: 1001–1005 2008 Rebuilt from 1967 EMD GP40FH-2s 4130–4134.
The New-York Historical Society commissioned a plaque honoring Alfred Beach to be placed in the City Hall station. [3] [6] Although the Beach Pneumatic Transit lasted for only three years, the project gave rise to the New York pneumatic tube mail system, which was based on the request that Beach had made to Tweed and which ran until 1953. [5]: 14
Public transportation in the greater Rochester area can trace its roots back to the streetcar and interurban lines operated by the Rochester Railway Company and later New York State Railways. In 1929, New York State Railways entered receivership, and local interests formed a plan to reorganize the former Rochester Railway.