The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, Transit, NYCT for New York City Transit or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. Seven million of the eight million people in New York City use it, making the busiest transit system in North America. Image File history File links From [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Passengers board a bus at Westchester Square. ... The New York City Subway system is a rapid transit system operated by the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

Overview

Name

As part of a public image campaign, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has assigned "PR" names to each of its affiliates and subsidiaries. These popular names differ from the legal names, which are used in all contracting and legal matters, and are used on public notices, maps, publications, vehicles and stations. The PR name of the New York City Transit Authority is MTA New York City Transit. Current plans are to split MTA New York City Transit into MTA Subways (which would also take over MTA Staten Island Railway) and MTA Bus Company (which would also take over MTA Long Island Bus, and has already taken over from several private operators). In fact, there is no legal connection between the New York city Transit Authority (TA) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The MTA is able to control the TA because the governor and the mayor have agreed to appoint only members of the MTA board to the TA board. Other than the interlocking boards, there is no legal connection between the authorities. Further, the subway system is owned by the City of New York and leased to the TA as the successor to the Board of Transportation, as the operating entity. The mayor may cancel the lease on 365 days notice. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the State of New York. ... A plan structure responsible for operations of the MTA New York City Transits subways and MTA Staten Island Railway. ... Staten Island Railway (SIR) or Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) is a rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA. It began, like the BMT lines to Coney Island, as a typical railway, but it now uses subway cars (R44). ... The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. ... MTA Long Island Bus (properly, the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA)) is the name of the subdivision of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority that provides bus service throughout Nassau County and some stops along the western border of Suffolk County and the eastern border of Queens in New York...

History

The subway system consists of the lines built by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) company of August Belmont, The Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT) and the Independent (IND), depression era system built by New York City. The IRT and BMT systems were acquired by the city after they went bankrupt. All of the subways are now owned by NYC, and leased to the Transit Authority for operation. The Transit Authority, a public benefit corporation, was created in 1953 pursuant to Title 9 of Article 5 of the Public Authorities Law, as amended (the "TA Act"), for the purposes of acquiring the transit facilities then operated by the City and operating them "for the convenience and safety of the public." These facilities included the surface lines (buses and, until 1956, streetcars) and the IRT, BMT, and IND subways; before that date these services were managed by New York City's Board of Transportation. A major impetus of the formation of the NYCTA was to remove transit policy, and especially the setting of the transit fare, from City politics. A public benefit corporation is usually a government-owned corporation that performs a specific, narrow function for the public good. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... The sections of the IND and the date each was opened. ...

The subway system has almost always been able to pay its operating costs from the farebox, but as with all public transportation in the U.S., requires assistance for its capital needs. Historically, the TA's capital requirements were met by the city and state jointly, but this support was withdrawn, primarily by Governor Rockefeller, in the 1960s. He eventually forced the city to turn over effective control of the TA to the state and put his long time assistant, William Ronan, in charge by the creation of the MTA. This was much the same technique that he used to impose tuition on the free city colleges - initially, the City College, now City University of New York (CUNY), A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ...

In 1968 the NYCTA, and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), were placed under the control of, and are now affiliates of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public benefit corporation chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1965. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... A subsidiary of the New York City Transit Authority, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA) was created in 1962 to take over bus service for the bankrupt Fifth Avenue Coach Company and Surface Transit, Inc. ... The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation of the State of New York chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1965. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Management structure

Although the Chairman and Members of MTA, by statute, are also the Chairman and Members of the Transit Authority and Directors of MaBSTOA, and the Executive Director of MTA is, ex officio, Executive Director of the Transit Authority, the Transit Authority has its own management structure which is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The executive personnel of the Transit Authority and MaBSTOA report to the President of the Transit Authority.

Decline and Revival

A policy of deferred maintenance (in which infrastructure was repaired only when absolutely necessary) instituted in the 1950s came home to roost by the early 1970s when fires, collisions, and derailments became more common. Public perceptions of deteriorating service were not helped by spray-painted graffiti. A persistent but minor problem since around 1970, it rapidly spread throughout the subway system from 1972 to 1974, by which time much of the system's trains and stations had been tagged with graffiti. While credible arguments have been made that some of it had artistic merit, the sheer volume and discordance of graffiti on both the interiors and exteriors of subway cars reinforced an impression for many that the entire system had slipped out of control. Perhaps the system's nadir was reached in 1981, when one day, approximately one-third of all subway cars in the system were not fit enough for service to leave the yards.

An ambitious series of capital programs begun in January 1982 (and continuing to this day) ended the policy of deferred maintenance and began to restore the system to a state of good repair. Although little visible progress was evident in the first Capital Program's early years, from 1984 to 1989 it gradually became evident that the subway system's reliability was improving and that graffiti -- due to an expanding policy which forbade trains from leaving their terminals with any graffiti on them -- was diminishing from view. Over the years, NYCTA has continued to upgrade its network image, including safer trains and stations, new MetroCard vending machines, easier-to-read maps, and cleaner trains. Cars also tend to be better maintained and have more reliable air-conditioning and heating than they used to. However, the decline of graffiti has been matched by the rise of scratchiti, where scribers, keys, razor blades or other sharp instruments are used to etch markings on windows and interior surfaces of the cars. While less noticeable and objectionable to some, it is a more permanent form of vandalism. Metrocard Gold 1997-Present The MetroCard is the current payment method for the New York City Subway (rapid transit) system as well as for buses in the New York City Transit, Long Island Bus, PATH systems, and on Westchester Countys Bee-Line Bus System in Fall 2006. ... For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). ...

Upgrading the rail fleet includes replacement of older cars. The IRT Division phased out the 1959-1963 vintage Redbird cars in 2001-2002. The oldest cars remaining on the IRT lines are now the R62 model from 1983-1985, which are only at mid-service life. In the BMT and IND Division, planning is underway for the selective replacement of cars in the 1964-1974 R32, R38, R40, R40M, R42 and R44 cars. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Redbird trains are the name for the now retired r26, 28, 29, 33, 36 fleet of subway cars. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Future NYCTA plans include the extension of the IRT Flushing Line to Manhattan's West Side by 2012, and a Lower Manhattan Transportation Center at the new World Trade Center. The 2nd Avenue Subway line is also in the advanced stages of planning and engineering and contracts for the construction of the first segment from 96th Street to 63rd Street along 2nd Avenue in Manhattan are expected sometime in 2006, with an expected opening date of 2012. Services that use the IRT Flushing Line through midtown have been colored purple since 1979. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Lower Manhattan skyline as viewed from the Staten Island Ferry Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway Lower Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge, 2005 Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. ... 1 World Trade Center redirects here. ... The Second Avenue Subway (SAS), refers to a series of public works projects and engineering studies undertaken to construct a subway underneath Second Avenue in the borough of Manhattan as part of the New York City Subway system. ...

Fare

Main article: MetroCard

The current NYCTA fare for local and limited stop buses and trains is nominally $2, increased from $1.50 on May 4, 2003. The actual fare for most riders is $1.67 because a MetroCard is credited for $12 for every $10 payment. Express Buses are $5.00 one way. The MetroCard is the main form of fare payment, which is a magnetic stripe card that can be in any amount from $4 to $80. There is a 20 percent bonus in place for any MetroCard purchase of or over $10 (example: $10 purchase = $12 Metrocard). Unlimited cards for 1-day (Fun Pass) ($7), 7-days ($24), and 30-days ($76) are also available. Subway turnstiles accept only MetroCards. NYCT Buses, in addition to MetroCards, accept only exact change (no pennies or half-dollars), but not paper bills. The famous token was phased out in 2003 and is now a collector's item. Metrocard Gold 1997-Present The MetroCard is the current payment method for the New York City Subway (rapid transit) system as well as for buses in the New York City Transit, Long Island Bus, PATH systems, and on Westchester Countys Bee-Line Bus System in Fall 2006. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metrocard Gold 1997-Present The MetroCard is the current payment method for the New York City Subway (rapid transit) system as well as for buses in the New York City Transit, Long Island Bus, PATH systems, and on Westchester Countys Bee-Line Bus System in Fall 2006. ... Marcus Boltonas (Mark Boltan) Marcus Boltonas Brief history The magnetic stripe which is often reffered to as the Bolton is derived from the Marcus Boltonas from the Jurassic period. ...

Most Metrocards allow a transfer within two hours after first use from bus to bus, subway to bus or bus to subway only. There is generally no free subway to subway transfer, except where two or more stations are joined by connecting stairways or passageways that are not separated by a fare-control barrier. However, two free "out-of-system" subway to subway transfers are available, both of which involve leaving the subway system and walking to another station (once only, meaning if even 1 subway-to-bus, bus-to-subway, bus-to-bus, or 1 of these 2 "out-of-system" subway-to-subway transfer is used, they must pay $2.00 fare on the next faregate when transfering between "out-of-system" transfer stations):

• Between 45th Road–Court House Square (7 <7> ^(1a2a3c)) and the 23rd Street–Ely Avenue (E V ⁽¹²³⁾) / Long Island City–Court Square (G) complex

• Between Lexington Avenue–59th Street (4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)) and Lexington Avenue–63rd Street (F)

Bus transfers are almost unlimited, but there is no transfer to the same bus line on which the trip began, and there are no free transfers between the following bus routes: To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... R36 7 local northbound at 33 Street-Rawson The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a... R36 7 local northbound at 33 Street-Rawson The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... 23rd Street–Ely Avenue is a station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. ... The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... Long Island City–Court Square is a subway station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. ... The G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Lexington Avenue–59th Street is a subway station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. ... 59th Street, located at Lexington Avenue and 59th Street, has four side platforms, two on the upper local level and two below serving express trains. ... The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... Lexington Avenue–63rd Street is a two-level station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. ... The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ...

• Downtown Fifth Avenue and uptown Madison Avenue buses (M1, M2, M3 and M4)
• Downtown Lexington Avenue and uptown Third Avenue buses (M101, M102 and M103)
• Southbound and northbound Grand Concourse buses (Bx1 and Bx2)
• Eastbound and Westbound 49 and 50 Street crosstown buses (M27 and M50)
• Eastbound and Westbound 57 Street crosstown buses (M31 and M57)
• Eastbound and Westbound 96 Street crosstown buses (M96 and M106)
• Eastbound and Westbound Tremont Avenue buses (Bx40 and Bx42)

SingleRide MetroCards costing $2 are valid for one ride within two hours after purchase on local buses and the subway, with one transfer available from bus to bus only.

Fare history

Below are the fares charged for single boardings on NYCTA transit lines. Different combinations of transfer privileges have altered these fares from time to time and massively increased transfer privileges and pass discounts have lowered the average real fare significantly since 1997. On November 23, 2005, a $1.00 holiday fare promotion was instituted by the MTA on behalf of riders, although opposed by the government and passengers themselves.^{[citation needed]} (Express Buses continued to require a $5.00 fare). 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• $0.15 (1953 – 1966)
• $0.20 (1966 – December 31, 1969)
• $0.30 (January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1971)
• $0.35 (January 1, 1972 – August 31, 1975)
• $0.50 (September 1, 1975 – June 28, 1980)
• $0.60 (June 29, 1980 – July 3, 1981)
• $0.75 (July 4, 1981 – December 31, 1983)
• $0.90 (January 1, 1984 – December 31, 1985)
• $1.00 (January 1, 1986 – December 31, 1989)
• $1.15 (January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1991)
• $1.25 (January 1, 1992 – November 11, 1995)
• $1.50 (November 12, 1995 – May 3, 2003)
• $2.00 (May 4, 2003 – present)

1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article is about the year 1984. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article is about the year. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

2005 holiday fare bonus

Single fares were reduced to $1.00 from $2.00 for non-weekday dates during the 2005 holiday season and for the week from Christmas through New Year's holiday week. The dates for these $1.00 fares are as follows. If successful, this may carry on for future holiday seasons. Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday that marks the traditional birthdate of Jesus of Nazareth. ... This article is about January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• November 24, 2005 – November 27, 2005
• December 3, 2005 – December 4, 2005
• December 10, 2005 – December 11, 2005
• December 17, 2005 – December 18, 2005
• December 24, 2005 – January 2, 2006

November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th on leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI), a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Strikes

On New Year's Day, in 1966, a 12-day strike was started with the aid of Michael J. "Mike" Quill. This strike started after the union member's contracts had expired, and with large economic demands from the union. After the 1966 New York City transit strike, the Taylor Law was passed making public employee strikes illegal in the state of New York. This article is about January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Michael J. Quill (1905–1966) was one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a union founded by subway workers in New York City that expanded to represent employees in other forms of transit, and the President of the TWU for most of the first thirty... The 1966 New York City transit strike was an illegal strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). ... The Public Employees Fair Employment Act (more commonly known as the Taylor Law) refers to Article 14 of the New York State Civil Service Law, which defines the rights and limitations of unions for public employees in New York. ...

Despite the Taylor Law, there was still an 11-day strike in 1980. 34,000 union members struck in order to call for increased wages.

On December 20, 2005, another strike occurred. Workers walked off at 3 a.m. and the NYCTA stopped operating. Later that day, State Justice Theodore Jones fined and warned the transit union that there would be a fine of $1 million for each day the TA is shut down. Also for each day the workers missed during the strike they would be fined two days pay. The workers are members of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 100. December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A closed entrance to 45th Street station on the R Line in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. ... Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discusses the parent union and its largest local, Local...

At 2:35 p.m. on December 22, TWU Local 100 had told members to report to work immediately[1], even though no contract agreement had been reached. By late afternoon, the strike was over and bus service resumed in the evening and subway service in the morning of the December 23. The MTA Board of Directors, sitting as the Transit Authority board, repudiated the contract that they had agreed to. The original contract was ultimately imposed on the Transit Authority by a state mediator.

See also

• New York City Subway
• Staten Island Railway
• New York City Buses
• Long Island Rail Road
• Metro-North Railroad
• MTA Long Island Bus
• MTA Bus
• Transit fares

The New York City Subway system is a rapid transit system operated by the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... Staten Island Railway (SIR, formerly SIRT) is a rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA. Like the BMT lines to Coney Island, it began as a normal railway but was later converted to R44 subway cars . ... The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA, publicly known as MTA New York City Transit as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority) operates roughly 4,784 buses within the 5 boroughs of New York City daily. ... The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR (often referred to as the L-I-double-R) is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ... The Metro-North Railroad (officially the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and usually abbreviated as Metro-North) is a suburban commuter railroad service between New York City to its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut. ... MTA Long Island Bus (properly, the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA)) is the name of the subdivision of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority that provides bus service throughout Nassau County and some stops along the western border of Suffolk County and the eastern border of Queens in New York... The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. ... Transit fares are fees charged for travel on publicly chartered or operated transportation systems, including subways, trolleys and buses (as these are known in northeastern parts of the United States). ...

External links

• New York City Transit: official site
• nycsubway.org: New York City Subway Resources