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![]() The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. | |
Overview | |
Owner | State of New York |
Locale | New York City Long Island Lower Hudson Valley Coastal Connecticut Lower Housatonic Valley Lower Naugatuck River Valley |
Transit type | Commuter rail, local and express bus, subway, bus rapid transit |
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Daily ridership | 8.6 million (2017 weekday average)[1] |
Annual ridership | 2.658 billion (2017)[1] |
Key people | Janno Lieber, Chairman & CEO[2] |
Headquarters | 2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City |
Website | new |
Operation | |
Began operation | June 1, 1965[3] |
Operator(s) | |
Number of vehicles | 2,429 commuter rail cars 6,418 subway cars 61 SIR cars 5,725 buses[1] |
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area in the northeastern United States. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in North America, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.
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