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Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
Locale	Southeastern New York
Transit type	Commuter rail, Subway, Bus
Operator	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (all except Metro-North west of the Hudson River NJ Transit (Metro-North west of the Hudson River only)

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York.

Contents 1 History 2 Responsibilities and service area 3 Related entities 3.1 Subsidiary agencies 3.2 Affiliate agencies 4 Governance 5 External links

Chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1965 as the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA) it initially was responsible only for regulating and subsidizing commuter railroads, including the Long Island Rail Road and what is now the Metro-North Railroad. The MCTA changed its name to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 1968 when it took over operations of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA). The current CEO of the MTA is Elliot "Lee" Sander, appointed under the recommendation of Governor Eliot Spitzer.

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 MTA has the responsibility for developing and implementing a unified mass transportation policy for The New York metropolitan area, including New York City and the suburban counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester, all of which together are the "Transportation District".

The MTA is the largest public transportation provider in the Western Hemisphere. Its agencies serve 14.6 million people spread over 5,000 square miles (13,000 km²) from New York City through southeastern New York State (including Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley), and Connecticut. MTA agencies now move nearly 2.4 billion rail and bus customers a year.

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MTA carries out these planning and other responsibilities both directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates, and provides oversight to these subordinate agencies, known collectively as The Related Entities. The Related Entities represent a number of previously existing agencies which have come under the MTA umbrella. In turn, these previously existing agencies were (with the exception of the TBTA) successors to the property of private companies that provided substantially the same services.

Each of these Related Entities has a legal name and a popular name. The legal name is used for all legal dealings, such as contracts, and the popular names were assigned as part of an image campaign to identify the agencies more closely with the MTA in a shorthand fashion.

• The Long Island Rail Road Company (LIRR), MTA Long Island Rail Road
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (MNCRC), MTA Metro-North Railroad
• Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), MTA Staten Island Railway
• Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA), MTA Long Island Bus
• MTA Bus Company, MTA Bus

• Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), MTA Bridges and Tunnels
• New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), both assigned the popular name MTA New York City Transit.

The MTA is governed by a 17-member Board representing New York City and each of the counties in the Transportation District.

Members are nominated by the Governor, with four recommended by New York City’s mayor, and one each by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties. Each of these members has one vote.

The executives of the northern counties of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam also nominate a member each, but these members cast one collective vote. The Board also has six rotating nonvoting seats held by representatives of organized labor and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee, which serves as a voice for users of MTA transit and commuter facilities.

All Board members are confirmed by the New York State Senate.

• NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority home page
• NYPIRG Straphangers' Campaign
• MTA New York City Subway System Map
• Unofficial Map of NYC Subway & Regional transit systems
• Southeast Museum
• When Cameras Are Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Have Cameras, The Indypendent
• One More Time for the Number 9, The Indypendent

v • d • e Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
Bus	NYC Transit Department of Buses / MaBSTOA • Long Island Bus • MTA Bus
Heavy rail	New York City Subway • Staten Island Railway
Commuter rail	Long Island Rail Road • Metro-North Railroad
Roads	Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (d/b/a MTA Bridges and Tunnels)
Enforcement	MTA Police
Fleet	New York City Subway • New York City Transit Bus and MTA Bus
Other	New York City subway and bus fare • MetroCard • New York City Transit Authority • History of the New York City Subway • New York City Transit Police