- MTA subways, busses and railroads move 2.4 billion
New Yorkers a year, about one in every three users of mass transit in
the United States and two-thirds of the nation's rail riders
- MTA bridges and tunnels carry nearly 300 million vehicles
annually more than any bridge and tunnel authority in the nation.
- This vast transportation network, North America's
largest, serves a population of 14.6 million people in the 5,000-square-mile
area fanning out from New York City through Long Island, southeastern
New York State, and Connecticut.
- Four of every five rush-hour commuters to New York
City's central business district avoid traffic congestion by taking
transit services, most of it operated by the MTA.
- MTA customers travel on America's largest bus fleet
and on more trains than all the rest of the country's subways and commuter
railroads combined.
- The greatest value of the MTA lies in its beneficial
impact on the New York region's economy and quality of life.
- New York ranks near the top among the nation's best
cities for business, says Fortune magazine, because it has
what every city desires, a workable mass transit system.
- Since 1982, the MTA has been carrying out the largest
public works rebuilding project in the country
- Funded by federal, state, and local government and
by the issuance of debt, the MTA's most recent capital program has generated
an average 31,760 private-sector jobs, $1.3 billion in wages, $100 million
in state and local tax revenues, and $3.52 billion in economic activity
annually.
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