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  2. History of the New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    BRT. Starting in 1899, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; 1896–1923) and Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT; 1923–1940) operated rapid transit lines in New York City — at first only elevated railways and later also subways. The BRT was incorporated on January 18, 1896. [43]

  3. Video: 'Brass Queens' Crowned NYC's Best Subway Buskers

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    Brass Queens, an all-woman horn ensemble, tooted their way to the top of the first Riders' Choice Award for MTA's Music Under New York subway performer program Thursday. Their high-energy tunes ...

  4. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Wikipedia

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    Website. wmata .com. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA / wəˈmɑːtə / wə-MAH-tə ), [3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between ...

  5. Wordle For NYC: 'Subwaydle' Tests Subway Riders ... - Patch

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    The game was developed by Sunny Ng, who told Kotaku that the game was inspired by trivia nights at the New York City Transit Museum and other Wordle variants.. For at least one gamer, Subwaydle ...

  6. SmartLink (smart card) - Wikipedia

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    SmartLink is a RFID-enabled credit card-sized smartcard that is the primary fare payment method on the PATH transit system in Newark and Hudson County in New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City. It was designed to replace PATH's paper-based farecard, QuickCard, and there was plans to expand its usage throughout most transit agencies in the ...

  7. Cell Service Coming To All NYC Subway Tunnels In A Decade: MTA

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    NEW YORK CITY — Straphangers wanting cell service in subway tunnels could be in for a delay that's lengthy even by MTA's standards: 10 years. MTA board members will vote Wednesday on a deal to ...

  8. R14 (New York City Subway car) - Wikipedia

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    4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The R14 was a New York City Subway car model built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1949. The cars were a "follow-up" or supplemental stock for the A Division's R12s and look exactly the same, differing only in floor patterns. A total of 150 cars were built, arranged as single units.

  9. The MTA Will Pay $1M For Your 'Genius' Idea On How To ... - Patch

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    The MTA Will Pay $1M For Your 'Genius' Idea On How To Fix The NYC Subway (New Details!) - New York City, NY - The three winners of the "MTA Genius Transit Challenge" will be awarded $1 million each.