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1966 New York City transit strike. In 1966, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) called a strike action in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916, and 1919 ...
The city indeed owns the subways and leases them to the New York City Transit Authority, an MTA subsidiary that operates the system.
PATH (rail system) The Port Authority Trans-Hudson ( PATH) is a 13.8-mile (22.2 km) rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Sarah Feinberg, who currently heads city transit, will be nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to become the next MTA chair, the Wall Street Journal first reported.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ( TBTA ), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
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The IRT Jerome Avenue Line, also unofficially known as IRT Woodlawn Line, is an A Division New York City Subway line mostly along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Originally an Interborough Rapid Transit Company -operated route, it was built as part of the Dual Contracts expansion and opened in 1917 and 1918. It is both elevated and underground, with 161st Street–Yankee Stadium being the ...
In 1981, the New York Transit Authority's car replacement program estimated that the R46s would be replaced in 2011. [17] However, the MTA now estimates the cars to remain in service until the mid-2020s, when they will be replaced by the R211s. [18]