New York City Transit Authority

Headquarters in Brooklyn

The New York City Transit Authority ( NYCTA , NYCT or TA for Transit Authority ) is an authority in the US state of New York that operates public transport in the city of New York . NYCTA is part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York State and is the largest public transport authority in the United States , with around eight million journeys daily (2016: 5.6 million on weekdays on the subway and 2.4 million on buses) .

The NYCTA includes the following transit systems:

the New York City Subway , a subway system in the New York boroughs of Manhattan , Brooklyn , Queens and the Bronx
the Staten Island Railway (SIR, originally SIRT), a standard-gauge and electrified railway line in the Staten Island district
the New York City Transit Buses system

Originally there were three independent operators of subway networks in New York, two of which were in private hands and competed with one another. In 1953, the NYCTA was founded to unite these network systems under one roof.

Fare development

The fares for a single journey (without surcharge ) developed as follows:

15 ¢ (1953-1966)
20 ¢ (1966 - December 31, 1969)
30 ¢ (January 1, 1970 - December 31, 1971)
35 ¢ (January 1, 1972 - August 31, 1975)
50 ¢ (September 1, 1975 - June 28, 1980)
60 ¢ (June 29, 1980 - July 3, 1981)
75 ¢ (July 4, 1981 - December 31, 1983)
90 ¢ (January 1, 1984 - December 31, 1985)
$ 1.00 (Jan 1, 1986 - December 31, 1989)
$ 1.15 (Jan 1, 1990 - Dec 31, 1991)
$ 1.25 (January 1, 1992 - November 11, 1995)
$ 1.50 (November 12, 1995 - May 3, 2003)
$ 2.00 (May 4, 2003 - June 27, 2009)
$ 2.25 (June 28, 2009 - March 2, 2013)
$ 2.50 (March 3, 2013 - March 21, 2015)
$ 2.75 (as of March 22, 2015)

Web links

Commons : New York City Transit Authority - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

http://mta.info/nyct/ - MTA NYCT

Individual evidence

^ About New York City Transit. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2018, accessed February 24, 2019 .
↑ Emma G. Fitzsimmons: MTA Is Raising Fares and Tolls; One Subway or Bus Ride Will Cost $ 2.75 . In: The New York Times . January 22, 2015 ( nytimes.com ): "The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted on Thursday to raise the base fare on subways and buses by a quarter, to $ 2.75 (...) The new fares, which will take effect on March 22 "

[1] About New York City Transit. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2018, accessed February 24, 2019 .

[2] Emma G. Fitzsimmons: MTA Is Raising Fares and Tolls; One Subway or Bus Ride Will Cost $ 2.75 . In: The New York Times . January 22, 2015 ( nytimes.com ): "The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted on Thursday to raise the base fare on subways and buses by a quarter, to $ 2.75 (...) The new fares, which will take effect on March 22 "