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The MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet is a fleet of buses in fixed-route service in New York City under the "MTA New York City Bus" (also known as New York City Transit or NYCT) and "MTA Bus" brands, both of which operate local, limited, express and Select Bus Service routes.
The A Eighth Avenue Express [3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway.Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.
The B70 bus route is a public transit line in Brooklyn in New York City, running mostly on 8th Avenue and 39th Street between Sunset Park and Dyker Heights. The route was originally a streetcar line known as the Eighth Avenue Line, and is currently operated by MTA New York City Bus.
A 1980 transit strike in New York City halted service on the New York City Transit Authority (a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority) for the first time since 1966. Around 33,000 members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 walked off their jobs on April 1, 1980, in a strike with the goal of increasing the wage for ...
The Interborough Express (IBX) is a proposed 14-mile (23 km) 24/7 light rail line in New York City.As proposed, the line would operate on its own separate tracks within the existing right-of-way from the Bay Ridge Branch and Fremont Secondary to connect Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, Queens.
50th Street, one of the line's original stations. Also known as the IRT West Side Line, [6] since it runs along the west side of Manhattan, the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line runs from Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street in the Bronx, close to New York City's border with Westchester, to South Ferry in Lower Manhattan, at the southernmost point in the borough.
NYC Board of Transportation New York City Transit Authority: Specifications; Car body construction: Riveted steel: Car length: 60 feet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (18.35 m) Width: 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) Height: 12 feet 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 inches (3.70 m) Doors: 8 sets of 45 inch wide side doors per car: Weight: 84,228 lb (38,205 kg) Traction system
It is the largest regional transit authority, and second largest public transit system in Massachusetts after the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, providing service to over 11 million riders annually across 24 municipalities in the region, [1] with about 70% of all riders using the system as their primary mode of transit. [2]