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SmarTrip was the first contactless smart card for transit in the United States [23] when WMATA began selling SmarTrip cards on May 18, 1999. [24] By 2004, 650,000 SmarTrip cards were in circulation. [25]
MYmta is intended to combine MTA functionalities that are already available in separate apps such as Subway Time, Bus Time, and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad Train Time applications into one all-encompassing application. [2]
The CharlieCard is named after the lead character in the 1948 protest folk music song, "M.T.A.".The song was written to protest a fare increase in the form of an extra five cent exit fare for longer rides and was later made popular by The Kingston Trio in 1959.
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.
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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. [56] Today, the older "M" logos survive on existing cube-shaped lamps on station lampposts dating to the 1980s, though such lamps have been updated ...
(The Center Square) — New York legislative leaders have rejected a $65.4 billion plan to upgrade the state's beleaguered mass transit system, citing a lack of funding for the proposed improvements.
A political war on the Hudson erupted Monday over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA’s controversial $9 congestion toll. The MTA can begin collecting the first-in-the-nation congestion fee ...