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The large "M" logos on trains and buses were replaced with decals that state MTA New York City Bus, MTA New York City Subway or MTA Staten Island Railway, eliminating inconsistencies in signage. [57] Today, the older "M" logos survive on existing cube-shaped lamps on station lampposts dating to the 1980s, though such lamps have been updated ...
CityTime was a New York City contract to build a timekeeping and payroll system for city employees, awarded to SAIC as a no-bid, $63 million contract in 2003. [1] In the following years, the contract ballooned to $700 million, as consultant rates were artificially inflated, and contract terms were adjusted to make the city responsible for "cost overruns".
The 57% funding of WMATA from fares and other revenue compares with New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority which receives 53% of its funding from fares and car tolls. [103] The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority receives of 31.8% of its funding from fares. [104]
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission or WMATC is a regulatory agency established by the Washington Metropolitan Area Regulation Compact, an interstate compact established between the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, and consented to by Congress under Public Law 86–794 in 1960 [1] to regulate passenger common carriers operating ...
On December 6, 2022, the Council of the District of Columbia voted to abolish fares within city limits from July 1, 2023. [10] The District has continued to delayed its fare-free service due to its inability to fund the program and opposition from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser , Maryland, and Virginia.
Employees of the New York City Transit Authority assigned to the New York City Subway and in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx are members of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 100, with Queens and Staten Island bus personnel represented by various Amalgamated Transit Union locals.
This brand, and the New York City Bus brand, was removed from buses delivered from 2016 on, showcasing only the MTA logo, and the blue-stripe livery was replaced with a new blue-and-yellow livery. A few years later, the MTA Bus and New York City Bus brands were put once again, and buses that did not have them got them back.
WMATA did launch SmarTrip's online reload feature in September 2011. [41] WMATA allowed customers to load a seven-day unlimited Metrorail pass to their SmarTrip cards in April 2012. [42] All trips made with a SmarTrip card, with the exception of bus transfers and passes, are charged as individual one-way fares.