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New York City Transit Grumman 870 236, preserved as an historic vehicle. The Grumman era of production would result in a number of lawsuits related to defects in the A-frame of the 870, involving either Flxible's former owner Rohr or the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
From 1986 to 1989, he served as the CEO of the Chicago Transit Authority, the second largest public transportation system in the U.S. From 2009 to 2010, he was the interim president of the City College of New York . [5]
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") [4] is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, [1] [note 1] and the third-busiest rapid ...
Transit agency City/Area served Annual ridership 2023 [1] Avg. ridership weekdays, Q2 2024 [2] System length Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q2 2024 Opened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway: New York City Transit Authority [note 1] New York City: 2,027,286,000 6,408,300 248 mi (399 km) [3] 25,840 1904 [4] 472 [4] 26 [4] 2 Washington Metro
In June 1953, the New York City Transit Authority, a state agency incorporated for the benefit of the city, now known to the public as MTA New York City Transit, succeeded the BoT. [14] [120] A combination of factors had this takeover coincide with the end of the major rapid transit building eras in New York City. [121]
55 Broadway, headquarters of Transport for London 1929-2020 370 Jay Street headquarters of New York City Transit Authority 1951-2012. 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.
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. [55] [57] Graffiti became a notable symbol of declining service during the 1970s.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was formed on February 1, 1993, by the California State Legislature which merged two rival agencies: the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD or more often, RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).