From a nickel to a token : the journey from Board of Transportation to MTA /

From a nickel to a token : the journey from Board of Transportation to MTA /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sparberg, Andrew J., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press, [2015]
Description:	xii, 178 pages ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	New York (N.Y.). -- Board of Transportation -- History. New York (State). -- Metropolitan Transportation Authority -- History. New York (N.Y.). -- Board of Transportation. New York (State). -- Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Local transit -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Transportation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Local transit. Transportation. New York (State) -- New York. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10120366

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ISBN:	9780823261901 0823261905
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index.
Summary:	"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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. 1940: Unification-IRT and BMT Join the IND, Creating One Subway System
2. 1941: A Strike and a Pioneering Labor Agreement
3. 1941: Dyre Avenue Subway Extension Opens
4. 1941-1948: Third Avenue Transit-Rails to Rubber
5. 1944 and 1950: Goodbye to Brooklyn Bridge Rails
6. 1947-1948: Private to Public Bus Operations
7. 1948: Goodbye to the Nickel
8. 1947-1956: Final Decade for Brooklyn Trolleys
9. 1950: Farewell, Lexington Avenue
10. 1953-1968: The TA, Tokens, and TWU Triumphant
11. 1953: Last Double-Deck Buses Operate on Fifth Avenue
12. 1954-1956: The BMT and IND Begin a Courtship
13. 1955: Sunshine Returns to Third Avenue
14. 1956: Fifth Avenue Coach Becomes Number One
15. 1957-1959: IRT West Side Improvement
16. 1962: Fifth Avenue Coach Suddenly Disappears
17. 1964: World's Fair, Blue Subways, Stainless Steel Subways
18. 1966: Mike Quill's Last Hurrah
19. 1967: The BMT and IND Marry Forever
20. 1968: The MTA Is Created and Express Buses Appear
Bibliography
Index