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Empire Corridor: Amtrak owns the 11 miles (18 km) between New York Penn Station and Spuyten Duyvil, New York. In 2012, Amtrak leased the 94 miles (151 km) between Poughkeepsie, New York, and Schenectady, New York, from owner CSX. [131] In addition, Amtrak owns the tracks across the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge and short approach sections near it. [132]
The MTA is governed by a 21-member board representing the 5 boroughs of New York City, each of the counties in its New York State service area, and worker and rider interest groups. [61] Of these, there are 14 voting members, broken down into 13 board members who cast individual votes, 4 board members who cast a single collective vote, and 6 ...
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. [ a ] Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority , which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
David L. Gunn (born June 21, 1937) is a transportation system administrator who has headed several significant railroads and transit systems in North America. He was director of operations of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from 1975 to 1979, general manager and chief operations officer of SEPTA from 1979 to 1984, president of the New York City Transit Authority from 1984 ...
Let's privatize Amtrak too. Despite being structured like a corporation, it's owned by the federal government and operates with chronic deficits. Taxpayers fork over more than $3 billion annually ...
Last March, Amtrak, armed with $66 billion in funding from the 2021 infrastructure bill, began a $6 billion project to build a new tunnel that's scheduled to open in 2035. That was just one of ...
In order to access Federal Railroad Administration funds earmarked in the infrastructure bill, Amtrak often has to collaborate with a web of federal, state, and local government agencies.