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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York, serving 12 counties in southeastern New York, along with 2 counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 800,000 vehicles on its nine toll bridges and tunnels per weekday. It's the other transit system being the Toronto Transit Commission.

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  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
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  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York, serving 12 counties in southeastern New York, along with 2 counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 800,000 vehicles on its nine toll bridges and tunnels per weekday. It's the other transit system being the Toronto Transit Commission.
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York.
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York. Chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1965, the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA) was formed. In 1968 the MCTA changed its name to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)--yet it was known only as the "TA" or "Transit Authority" for most of the 1970's. The current chairman of the MTA is Peter S. Kalikow, appointed under the recommendation of Governor George Pataki.
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  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York. Chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1965, the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA) was formed. In 1968 the MCTA changed its name to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)--yet it was known only as the "TA" or "Transit Authority" for most of the 1970's. The current chairman of the MTA is Peter S. Kalikow, appointed under the recommendation of Governor George Pataki. For the developments in relation to the transit workers strike that halted all New York City Transit Authority operations in 2005, see the main article: 2005 New York City transit strike.
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York, serving 12 counties in southeastern New York, along with 2 counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 800,000 vehicles on its nine toll bridges and tunnels per weekday. It's the other transit system being the Toronto Transit Commission.
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York.
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