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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.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
The 63rd Street Tunnel is a double-deck subway and railroad tunnel under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City. Opened in 1989, it is the newest of the East River tunnels, as well as the newest rail river crossing in the New York metropolitan area .
New York City is home to many bridges and tunnels. Several agencies manage this network of crossings. The New York City Department of Transportation owns and operates almost 800. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak have many others.
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 ...
The MTA board in a unanimous voice vote approved the 4% fare hike. In a separate voice vote, the board also approved a hike in bridge and tunnel tolls. The new $2.90 base bus and subway...
Tolls on MTA bridges and tunnels are set to go up just after midnight on Sunday — and the percentage amount of the hike is greater than that planned for subway and bus fares.
The subway's rolling stock have operated under various companies: the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT), and Independent Subway System (IND), all of which have since merged into the New York City Transit Authority.
NEW YORK — The long-dreaded MTA bus and subway fare hikes take effect Sunday, and New York City commuters are on the express train to frustrated. “The trains are not reliable.
The new Transit Authority was modeled after the existing Port of New York Authority which now calls itself the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, the latter of which is also now part of the MTA.