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In 2003, the LIRR and Metro-North started a pilot program in which passengers traveling within New York City were allowed to buy one-way tickets for $2.50. [63] The special reduced-fare CityTicket, proposed by the New York City Transit Riders Council, [63] was formally introduced in 2004. [64]
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. [a] Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority, which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
On January 4, 2024, a New York City Subway train derailed causing at least 26 people, mostly passengers, to suffer minor injuries. The incident happened when the first car of a 1 train collided with a disabled train that had been vandalized, both consisting of R62As, just north of the 96th Street station. [1]
Dougherty, Peter J. Tracks of the New York City Subway, version 4.2. 2007; Kramer, Frederick A. Building the Independent Subway. Quadrant Press, Inc.; New York, 1990. ISBN 0-915276-50-X; Sansone, Gene. Evolution of New York City subways: An illustrated history of New York City's transit cars, 1867–1997. New York Transit Museum Press, New York ...
New York City Transit Authority: Garage: Manhattanville Depot (M5) Michael J. Quill Depot (M55) Vehicle: Orion VII NG HEV (M5 only) New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 (M5 only) Nova Bus LFS HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (M55 only) New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 (M55 only) Began service: 1864 (train) 1893 (streetcar) 1936 (M5 bus) 2017 (M55 bus) Route; Locale ...
The R62 is a New York City Subway car model built between 1983 and 1985 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, Japan, for the A Division. A total of 325 cars were built, originally as single units. A total of 325 cars were built, originally as single units.
One aspect of the New York City Subway Action Plan involved removing seats from the 42nd Street Shuttle (pictured) On July 25, Chairman Lhota announced a two-phase, $9 billion New York City Subway Action Plan to stabilize the subway system and to stall its continuing decline. [49] [50] It expanded on the six-point plan elaborated on in May. [51]
Walder was born in Indianapolis and grew up in the Rockaways in the New York City borough of Queens, where he attended Beach Channel High School. [6] [8] He attended Harpur College at Binghamton University , and received a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University .