An edition of From a nickel to a token
(2014)
From a nickel to a token
the journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
First edition.
by Andrew J. Sparberg
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"Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years bracket two sea change events - the June 1940 subway unification, and the March 1968 inception of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)"-- Provided by publisher.
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From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
2016, Fordham University Press
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From a nickel to a token: the journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
2015, Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press
in English
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From a Nickel to a Token: the Journey from Board of Transportation to Mta
2014, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
2014, Fordham University Press
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Table of Contents
1940: unification: IRT and BMT join the IND, creating one subway system
1941: a strike and a pioneering labor agreement
1941: Dyre Avenue subway extension opens
1941-1948: Third Avenue transit: rails to rubber
1944 and 1950: goodbye to Brooklyn Bridge rails
1947-1948: private to public bus operations
1948: goodbye to the nickel
1947-1956: final decade for Brooklyn trolleys
1950: farewell, Lexington Avenue
1953-1968: The TA, tokens, and TWU triumphant
1953: last double-deck buses operate on Fifth Avenue
1954-1956: The BMT and IND begin a courtship
1955: sunshine returns to Third Avenue
1956: Fifth Avenue coach becomes number one
1957-1959: IRT West Side improvement
1962: Fifth Avenue coach suddenly disappears
1964: World's Fair, Blue Subways, stainless steel subways
1966: Mike Quill's last hurrah
1967: The BMT and IND marry forever
1968: The MTA is created and express buses appear.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index.
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