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the journey from Board of Transportation to MTA

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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.

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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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Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press
Language
English
Pages
178

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Subjects

Transportation, New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation, Local transit, New York (State). Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York (N.Y.)., New York (State), History

Places

New York (State), New York

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Cover of: From a Nickel to a Token
From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
2016, Fordham University Press
in English
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Cover of: From a nickel to a token
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 - First edition.
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Cover of: From a Nickel to a Token
From a Nickel to a Token: the Journey from Board of Transportation to Mta
2014, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
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Cover of: From a Nickel to a Token
From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
2014, Fordham University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
388.4/2097471
Library of Congress
HE4491.N65 S63 2015, HE4491.N65S63 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 178 pages
Number of pages
178

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27183947M
ISBN 10
0823261905
ISBN 13
9780823261901
LCCN
2014026467
OCLC/WorldCat
892304648

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